Foley Square
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Foley Square is a prominent public plaza and civic center in Lower Manhattan, New York City, known for its concentration of major federal, state, and municipal courthouses and government buildings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Foley Square canonical | 19 |
| Foley Square area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T517876 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foley Square Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, location, Foley Square]
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A.
Herald Square
Herald Square is a bustling commercial and transportation hub in Midtown Manhattan, best known for its flagship Macy’s department store and as a focal point of New York City’s retail and holiday festivities.
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B.
Stuyvesant Square Park
Stuyvesant Square Park is a historic public park in Manhattan’s East Village/Gramercy area, known for its 19th-century design, iron fence, and role as a neighborhood green space.
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C.
Longacre Square
Longacre Square was the original name of New York City’s Times Square, a major commercial and entertainment hub in Midtown Manhattan.
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D.
Union Square
Union Square is a major commercial and cultural hub in downtown San Francisco, known for its upscale shopping, theaters, hotels, and vibrant urban plaza.
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E.
Union Square
Union Square is a historic commercial and cultural neighborhood in Somerville, Massachusetts, known for its diverse dining, arts scene, and community events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foley Square Target entity description: Foley Square is a prominent public plaza and civic center in Lower Manhattan, New York City, known for its concentration of major federal, state, and municipal courthouses and government buildings.
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A.
Herald Square
Herald Square is a bustling commercial and transportation hub in Midtown Manhattan, best known for its flagship Macy’s department store and as a focal point of New York City’s retail and holiday festivities.
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B.
Stuyvesant Square Park
Stuyvesant Square Park is a historic public park in Manhattan’s East Village/Gramercy area, known for its 19th-century design, iron fence, and role as a neighborhood green space.
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C.
Longacre Square
Longacre Square was the original name of New York City’s Times Square, a major commercial and entertainment hub in Midtown Manhattan.
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D.
Union Square
Union Square is a major commercial and cultural hub in downtown San Francisco, known for its upscale shopping, theaters, hotels, and vibrant urban plaza.
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E.
Union Square
Union Square is a historic commercial and cultural neighborhood in Somerville, Massachusetts, known for its diverse dining, arts scene, and community events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civic center
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plaza ⓘ public square ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Centre Street
ⓘ
Lafayette Street ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Law & Order television series
ⓘ
linked to:
Law & Order
various legal dramas set in New York City ⓘ |
| contains |
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse
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New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene building vicinity ⓘ New York City Municipal Building vicinity ⓘ New York County Supreme Court building ⓘ Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse ⓘ public plaza ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| governedBy |
City of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| hasCulturalRole |
frequent filming location
ⓘ
symbol of New York City justice system ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
fountains
ⓘ
monuments ⓘ open paved space ⓘ seating areas ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalUse |
site of civic protests
ⓘ
site of labor demonstrations ⓘ |
| hasUse |
civic center
ⓘ
public gathering place ⓘ |
| hasZoning | public plaza ⓘ |
| knownFor |
concentration of courthouses
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federal government buildings ⓘ municipal government buildings ⓘ state government buildings ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lower Manhattan
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Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ
linked to:
New York
|
| namedAfter | Thomas F. Foley ⓘ |
| near |
Brooklyn Bridge
ⓘ
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall subway station ⓘ Chambers Street–World Trade Center–Park Place subway complex ⓘ
linked to:
Chambers Street–World Trade Center
Chinatown, Manhattan ⓘ City Hall Park ⓘ Civic Center, Manhattan ⓘ |
| owner |
City of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| partOf | Civic Center neighborhood ⓘ |
| publicAccess | open to the public ⓘ |
| transportConnection | New York City Subway ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civic events
ⓘ
political rallies ⓘ press conferences ⓘ public demonstrations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Foley Square Description of subject: Foley Square is a prominent public plaza and civic center in Lower Manhattan, New York City, known for its concentration of major federal, state, and municipal courthouses and government buildings.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
New York City Subway Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall station (4,5,6)
subject linked to:
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse (named in his honor)
linked to: Foley Square
subject linked to:
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse (named in his honor)
subject linked to:
Civic Center neighborhood of Manhattan