Seattle Times Building (former)
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The former Seattle Times Building is a historic early 20th-century newspaper headquarters in Seattle, Washington, designed by prominent architect Charles Bebb.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seattle Times Building (former) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10256694 — 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: Seattle Times Building (former) Context triple: [Charles Bebb, notableWork, Seattle Times Building (former)]
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A.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Building
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Building is a historic Seattle landmark best known for its iconic globe atop the former home of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper.
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B.
Seafirst Building (Seattle)
The Seafirst Building in Seattle is a prominent modernist high-rise office tower that long served as a major financial and corporate hub in the city’s downtown skyline.
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C.
Bank of California Building (Seattle)
The Bank of California Building in Seattle is a historic downtown high-rise office building known for its mid-20th-century modernist architecture.
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D.
Portland Building
The Portland Building is a landmark postmodern office building in downtown Portland, Oregon, designed by architect Michael Graves and noted for its colorful, ornamental façade.
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E.
Portland Building
The Portland Building is a key academic and administrative facility on the University of Portsmouth campus, housing teaching spaces, student services, and various university departments.
- 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: Seattle Times Building (former) Target entity description: The former Seattle Times Building is a historic early 20th-century newspaper headquarters in Seattle, Washington, designed by prominent architect Charles Bebb.
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A.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Building
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Building is a historic Seattle landmark best known for its iconic globe atop the former home of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper.
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B.
Seafirst Building (Seattle)
The Seafirst Building in Seattle is a prominent modernist high-rise office tower that long served as a major financial and corporate hub in the city’s downtown skyline.
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C.
Bank of California Building (Seattle)
The Bank of California Building in Seattle is a historic downtown high-rise office building known for its mid-20th-century modernist architecture.
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D.
Portland Building
The Portland Building is a landmark postmodern office building in downtown Portland, Oregon, designed by architect Michael Graves and noted for its colorful, ornamental façade.
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E.
Portland Building
The Portland Building is a key academic and administrative facility on the University of Portsmouth campus, housing teaching spaces, student services, and various university departments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
ⓘ
newspaper headquarters ⓘ |
| architect |
Bebb and Gould
ⓘ
linked to:
Bebb & Mendel
Charles Bebb ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Beaux-Arts
ⓘ
Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Seattle
ⓘ
Historic buildings in Washington state ⓘ Newspaper headquarters in the United States ⓘ |
| city | Seattle ⓘ |
| completionDate | early 20th century ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currentUse |
office space
ⓘ
redeveloped commercial space ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
classical façade
ⓘ
large industrial windows ⓘ multi-story volume ⓘ ornamental terra cotta detailing ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Seattle landmark ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic property ⓘ |
| historicUse |
newspaper headquarters
ⓘ
printing facility ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Seattle
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Washington ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Denny Way ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Fairview Avenue North
ⓘ
linked to:
Fairview Avenue N
|
| material |
brick
ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ terra cotta ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
The Seattle Times
ⓘ
linked to:
Seattle Times
|
| neighborhood |
South Lake Union
ⓘ
linked to:
South Lake Union neighborhood
|
| occupant |
The Seattle Times
ⓘ
linked to:
Seattle Times
|
| owner |
The Seattle Times Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Seattle Times
|
| partOf | South Lake Union neighborhood ⓘ |
| significance |
associated with history of journalism in Seattle
ⓘ
example of early 20th-century industrial office architecture ⓘ |
| startDate | early 20th century ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| usedFor |
editorial offices
ⓘ
newspaper publishing ⓘ printing plant ⓘ |
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: Seattle Times Building (former) Description of subject: The former Seattle Times Building is a historic early 20th-century newspaper headquarters in Seattle, Washington, designed by prominent architect Charles Bebb.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.