Thompson Hall
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Thompson Hall is a historic landmark building on the campus of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, often recognized as the university’s iconic centerpiece.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thompson Hall canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9194644 — 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: Thompson Hall Context triple: [Durham, New Hampshire, hasHistoricSite, Thompson Hall]
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A.
Thompson Hall
Thompson Hall is an academic building at the University of Puget Sound that houses classrooms, laboratories, and offices for science and related disciplines.
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B.
Lattimore Hall
Lattimore Hall is an academic building on the University of Rochester’s River Campus that houses classrooms, offices, and departmental spaces.
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C.
Starkweather Hall
Starkweather Hall is a historic building located on the campus of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan, known as one of the institution’s oldest surviving structures.
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D.
Fendall Hall
Fendall Hall is a historic 19th-century Italianate mansion and museum in Eufaula, Alabama, noted for its preserved period architecture and interiors.
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E.
Devlin Hall
Devlin Hall is a historic academic building on Boston College’s Chestnut Hill campus, known for housing classrooms and faculty offices.
- 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: Thompson Hall Target entity description: Thompson Hall is a historic landmark building on the campus of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, often recognized as the university’s iconic centerpiece.
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A.
Thompson Hall
Thompson Hall is an academic building at the University of Puget Sound that houses classrooms, laboratories, and offices for science and related disciplines.
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B.
Lattimore Hall
Lattimore Hall is an academic building on the University of Rochester’s River Campus that houses classrooms, offices, and departmental spaces.
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C.
Starkweather Hall
Starkweather Hall is a historic building located on the campus of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan, known as one of the institution’s oldest surviving structures.
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D.
Fendall Hall
Fendall Hall is a historic 19th-century Italianate mansion and museum in Eufaula, Alabama, noted for its preserved period architecture and interiors.
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E.
Devlin Hall
Devlin Hall is a historic academic building on Boston College’s Chestnut Hill campus, known for housing classrooms and faculty offices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clock tower building
ⓘ
historic building ⓘ |
| architect | Dow & Randlett ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Romanesque Revival architecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Neo-Romanesque
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| campusLandmarkStatus | primary visual symbol used in University of New Hampshire branding ⓘ |
| category |
Clock towers in New Hampshire
ⓘ
Romanesque Revival architecture in New Hampshire ⓘ University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire ⓘ University of New Hampshire buildings ⓘ
linked to:
University of New Hampshire
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| city | Durham ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1893 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 43.1389°N 70.9333°W ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| floorCount | 4 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arched windows
ⓘ
asymmetrical massing ⓘ bell tower ⓘ central pavilion ⓘ clock tower ⓘ turrets ⓘ |
| hasLawn | Thompson Hall lawn ⓘ |
| hasPart | Thompson Hall clock ⓘ |
| hasView | overlooks central campus of the University of New Hampshire ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | December 18, 1980 ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| image | iconic symbol of the University of New Hampshire ⓘ |
| inception | 1892 ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
University of New Hampshire campus
ⓘ
linked to:
University of New Hampshire
|
| locatedIn | Durham, New Hampshire ⓘ |
| locatedOnCampusOf | University of New Hampshire ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
ⓘ
granite ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Benjamin Thompson
ⓘ
linked to:
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford
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| NRHPReferenceNumber | 80000286 ⓘ |
| originalFunction | administration and classroom building ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University of New Hampshire ⓘ |
| postalCode | 03824 ⓘ |
| roofType | hipped roof with dormers ⓘ |
| significance | iconic centerpiece of the University of New Hampshire campus ⓘ |
| significantEvent | served as the first building of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in Durham ⓘ |
| state | New Hampshire ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | Thompson Hall lawn ⓘ |
| use |
administration building
ⓘ
meeting space ⓘ office space ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Thompson Hall Description of subject: Thompson Hall is a historic landmark building on the campus of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, often recognized as the university’s iconic centerpiece.
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