MIT Rogers Building in Boston
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The MIT Rogers Building in Boston was the original main academic building of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, housing classrooms, laboratories, and administrative offices in its early years.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| MIT Rogers Building in Boston canonical | 1 |
| Rogers Building (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston campus) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9382677 — 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: MIT Rogers Building in Boston Context triple: [Main Group of MIT campus buildings, follows, MIT Rogers Building in Boston]
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A.
MIT Building 5
MIT Building 5 is one of the historic main academic and administrative buildings on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s central campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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B.
MIT Building 54
MIT Building 54 is a prominent high-rise tower on the MIT campus that houses the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and is known for its meteorological and geophysical research facilities.
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C.
MIT Building 10
MIT Building 10 is a central and iconic structure on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, recognizable by its Great Dome and role as a major academic and administrative hub.
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D.
MIT Building 8
MIT Building 8 is one of the interconnected main academic buildings on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, housing classrooms, laboratories, and offices along the central Infinite Corridor.
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E.
MIT Building 1
MIT Building 1 is one of the central academic buildings on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, housing classrooms, laboratories, and offices along the main corridor.
- 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: MIT Rogers Building in Boston Target entity description: The MIT Rogers Building in Boston was the original main academic building of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, housing classrooms, laboratories, and administrative offices in its early years.
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A.
MIT Building 5
MIT Building 5 is one of the historic main academic and administrative buildings on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s central campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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B.
MIT Building 54
MIT Building 54 is a prominent high-rise tower on the MIT campus that houses the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and is known for its meteorological and geophysical research facilities.
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C.
MIT Building 10
MIT Building 10 is a central and iconic structure on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, recognizable by its Great Dome and role as a major academic and administrative hub.
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D.
MIT Building 8
MIT Building 8 is one of the interconnected main academic buildings on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, housing classrooms, laboratories, and offices along the central Infinite Corridor.
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E.
MIT Building 1
MIT Building 1 is one of the central academic buildings on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, housing classrooms, laboratories, and offices along the main corridor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic building
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university building ⓘ |
| affiliation | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | 19th-century institutional architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
MIT School of Engineering
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MIT School of Science ⓘ MIT administration ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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University and college buildings in Boston ⓘ |
| city |
Boston
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linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
|
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| function |
administrative offices
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classrooms ⓘ laboratories ⓘ |
| hasName | Rogers Building ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic MIT facility ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boston
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linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| namedAfter | William Barton Rogers ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| partOf | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| role | original main academic building of MIT ⓘ |
| significance |
early center of MIT teaching and research
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original administrative center of MIT ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| use |
engineering education
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higher education ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: MIT Rogers Building in Boston Description of subject: The MIT Rogers Building in Boston was the original main academic building of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, housing classrooms, laboratories, and administrative offices in its early years.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Peabody & Stearns
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notableWork
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Rogers Building (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston campus)
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linked to: MIT Rogers Building in Boston