Paper Log House
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Paper Log House is an experimental, low-cost, and quickly assembled temporary housing structure made from paper tubes, designed by architect Shigeru Ban for disaster relief.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paper Log House canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10705848 — 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: Paper Log House Context triple: [Shigeru Ban, notableWork, Paper Log House]
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A.
The Pine Log
The Pine Log is the student-run newspaper of Stephen F. Austin State University, covering campus news, events, and student life.
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B.
Spruce Tree House
Spruce Tree House is a well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling located within Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
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C.
Tharp’s Log
Tharp’s Log is a historic hollowed-out giant sequoia in what is now Sequoia National Park that early settler Hale Tharp converted into a rustic cabin.
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D.
Timber
Timber is one of the official mascots of the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics, represented as an animal character symbolizing the spirit of the Games.
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E.
Timber
"Timber" is a 2013 dance-pop song by Pitbull featuring Kesha, produced and co-written by Cirkut, known for its harmonica hook and global chart success.
- 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: Paper Log House Target entity description: Paper Log House is an experimental, low-cost, and quickly assembled temporary housing structure made from paper tubes, designed by architect Shigeru Ban for disaster relief.
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A.
The Pine Log
The Pine Log is the student-run newspaper of Stephen F. Austin State University, covering campus news, events, and student life.
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B.
Spruce Tree House
Spruce Tree House is a well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling located within Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
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C.
Tharp’s Log
Tharp’s Log is a historic hollowed-out giant sequoia in what is now Sequoia National Park that early settler Hale Tharp converted into a rustic cabin.
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D.
Timber
Timber is one of the official mascots of the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics, represented as an animal character symbolizing the spirit of the Games.
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E.
Timber
"Timber" is a 2013 dance-pop song by Pitbull featuring Kesha, produced and co-written by Cirkut, known for its harmonica hook and global chart success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
disaster relief shelter
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experimental building ⓘ temporary housing structure ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
humanitarian architecture
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minimalist ⓘ |
| assemblyMethod | manual construction ⓘ |
| assemblyTime | a few hours ⓘ |
| associatedArchitect | Shigeru Ban ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
humanitarian design
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sustainable architecture ⓘ |
| category |
post-disaster reconstruction project
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temporary architecture ⓘ |
| deployedAfter | Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Shigeru Ban Architects
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linked to:
Shigeru Ban
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| designedFor |
displaced persons
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earthquake victims ⓘ refugees ⓘ |
| designer | Shigeru Ban ⓘ |
| firstDeployedIn | 1995 ⓘ |
| firstDeployedLocation |
Kobe, Japan
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linked to:
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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| foundationSystem | beer crates filled with sand ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
environmentally friendly
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lightweight ⓘ low-cost ⓘ modular ⓘ quickly assembled ⓘ recyclable ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
fabric or canvas walls
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paper tube beams ⓘ paper tube columns ⓘ raised floor on crates ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | need for low-cost disaster housing ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
cardboard tubes
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fabric ⓘ paper tubes ⓘ sand-filled beer crates ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| notableFor |
rapid deployment in disaster zones
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use of locally available materials ⓘ use of paper as structural material ⓘ |
| numberOfPeopleRequiredForAssembly | a small volunteer team ⓘ |
| purpose |
disaster relief
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emergency shelter ⓘ temporary housing ⓘ |
| reusability | components can be recycled ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | corrugated plastic sheets ⓘ |
| structuralSystem | paper tube frame ⓘ |
| targetCost | very low per unit ⓘ |
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: Paper Log House Description of subject: Paper Log House is an experimental, low-cost, and quickly assembled temporary housing structure made from paper tubes, designed by architect Shigeru Ban for disaster relief.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.