The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

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arts education facility performing arts center performing arts venue university building

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is a major multidisciplinary performing arts venue and educational facility located on the campus of the University of Maryland.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center	7
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T626290 — 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: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Context triple: [College Park, Maryland, isHomeOf, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center]

A. Hancher Auditorium
Hancher Auditorium is a major performing arts venue at the University of Iowa known for hosting concerts, theater, dance, and other cultural events.
B. Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts
The Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts is a historic cultural venue and theater complex that hosts concerts, plays, films, and community events in downtown Muskegon, Michigan.
C. Sibley Hall
Sibley Hall is a historic academic building on Cornell University’s Arts Quad, known for housing the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
D. Pulitzer Hall
Pulitzer Hall is the main building that houses Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, serving as a central hub for journalism education and research.
E. Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts is a major historic performing arts venue and cultural hub in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, known for hosting Broadway tours, concerts, 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: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Target entity description: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is a major multidisciplinary performing arts venue and educational facility located on the campus of the University of Maryland.

A. Hancher Auditorium
Hancher Auditorium is a major performing arts venue at the University of Iowa known for hosting concerts, theater, dance, and other cultural events.
B. Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts
The Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts is a historic cultural venue and theater complex that hosts concerts, plays, films, and community events in downtown Muskegon, Michigan.
C. Sibley Hall
Sibley Hall is a historic academic building on Cornell University’s Arts Quad, known for housing the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
D. Pulitzer Hall
Pulitzer Hall is the main building that houses Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, serving as a central hub for journalism education and research.
E. Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts is a major historic performing arts venue and cultural hub in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, known for hosting Broadway tours, concerts, and community events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arts education facility ⓘ performing arts center ⓘ performing arts venue ⓘ university building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	contemporary architecture ⓘ
campus	University of Maryland campus ⓘ linked to: University of Maryland
coordinateLocation	38.990°N 76.950°W ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
genre	dance performance ⓘ multidisciplinary arts ⓘ music performance ⓘ theatre performance ⓘ
hasFunction	community engagement in the arts ⓘ hosting visiting artists ⓘ presenting arts performances ⓘ supporting academic programs in the arts ⓘ
hasPart	Black Box Theatre ⓘ Dance Theatre ⓘ Dekelboum Concert Hall ⓘ Gildenhorn Recital Hall ⓘ Kay Theatre ⓘ classrooms ⓘ lobby spaces ⓘ production shops ⓘ rehearsal studios ⓘ
inception	2001 ⓘ
locatedIn	College Park, Maryland ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnCampusOf	University of Maryland, College Park ⓘ linked to: University of Maryland
namedAfter	Clarice Smith ⓘ
openingDate	2001 ⓘ
operator	University of Maryland, College Park ⓘ linked to: University of Maryland
owner	University of Maryland, College Park ⓘ linked to: University of Maryland
partOf	University of Maryland, College Park ⓘ linked to: University of Maryland
usedBy	University of Maryland School of Music ⓘ University of Maryland School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies ⓘ
usedFor	arts education ⓘ community events ⓘ performances ⓘ rehearsals ⓘ
website	https://theclarice.umd.edu/ ⓘ

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