PPG Place
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PPG Place is a landmark glass-clad office and retail complex in downtown Pittsburgh, renowned for its neo-Gothic design by architect Philip Johnson.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PPG Place canonical | 5 |
| PPG Place, Pittsburgh | 3 |
| Five PPG Place | 1 |
| Four PPG Place | 1 |
| One PPG Place | 1 |
| PPG Place (PHLF Historic Landmark) | 1 |
| PPG Place Plaza | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Plate Glass Place (PPG Place), Pittsburgh | 1 |
| Three PPG Place | 1 |
| Two PPG Place | 1 |
| Wintergarden at PPG Place | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T630155 — 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: PPG Place Context triple: [Philip Johnson, notableWork, PPG Place]
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A.
Pennzoil Place
Pennzoil Place is a landmark pair of trapezoidal skyscrapers in downtown Houston, Texas, celebrated for their innovative postmodern design and dramatic silhouette.
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B.
PPG Paints Arena
PPG Paints Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the home venue of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.
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C.
McCormick Place
McCormick Place is a massive convention center complex in Chicago and one of the largest and most prominent exhibition facilities in North America.
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D.
Nynex Arena
Nynex Arena was the original name of the large indoor entertainment and sports venue now known as Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
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E.
Amica Mutual Pavilion
Amica Mutual Pavilion is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Providence, Rhode Island, best known as a primary venue for minor league hockey and major entertainment events in the region.
- 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: PPG Place Target entity description: PPG Place is a landmark glass-clad office and retail complex in downtown Pittsburgh, renowned for its neo-Gothic design by architect Philip Johnson.
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A.
Pennzoil Place
Pennzoil Place is a landmark pair of trapezoidal skyscrapers in downtown Houston, Texas, celebrated for their innovative postmodern design and dramatic silhouette.
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B.
PPG Paints Arena
PPG Paints Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the home venue of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.
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C.
McCormick Place
McCormick Place is a massive convention center complex in Chicago and one of the largest and most prominent exhibition facilities in North America.
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D.
Nynex Arena
Nynex Arena was the original name of the large indoor entertainment and sports venue now known as Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
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E.
Amica Mutual Pavilion
Amica Mutual Pavilion is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Providence, Rhode Island, best known as a primary venue for minor league hockey and major entertainment events in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building complex
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mixed-use development ⓘ office complex ⓘ |
| architect |
John Burgee
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Philip Johnson ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
neo-Gothic
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postmodern architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Postmodern architecture in the United States
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Skyscraper office buildings in Pittsburgh ⓘ |
| cityLandmarkStatus | Pittsburgh landmark ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1984 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1981 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 40.4406°N 80.0042°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| developer | PPG Industries ⓘ |
| floorArea | about 1,500,000 square feet ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Wintergarden glass atrium
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linked to:
Winter Garden Atrium
central plaza with fountain ⓘ seasonal ice skating rink ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Five PPG Place
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linked to:
PPG Place
Four PPG Place ⓘ
linked to:
PPG Place
One PPG Place ⓘ
linked to:
PPG Place
PPG Place Plaza ⓘ
linked to:
PPG Place
Three PPG Place ⓘ
linked to:
PPG Place
Two PPG Place ⓘ
linked to:
PPG Place
Wintergarden at PPG Place ⓘ
linked to:
PPG Place
|
| height |
193 meters
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635 feet ⓘ |
| inception | 1984 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Downtown Pittsburgh
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linked to:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania ⓘ Pittsburgh ⓘ
linked to:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| material |
glass
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | PPG Industries ⓘ |
| near | Market Square, Pittsburgh ⓘ |
| notableFor |
glass-clad facades
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neo-Gothic spires ⓘ postmodern interpretation of Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| numberOfBuildings | 6 ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 40 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1984 ⓘ |
| owner | Highwoods Properties ⓘ |
| use |
office
ⓘ
public plaza ⓘ restaurant ⓘ retail ⓘ |
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: PPG Place Description of subject: PPG Place is a landmark glass-clad office and retail complex in downtown Pittsburgh, renowned for its neo-Gothic design by architect Philip Johnson.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark
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hasInstance
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PPG Place (PHLF Historic Landmark)
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linked to: PPG Place
linked to: PPG Place
linked to: PPG Place
linked to: PPG Place
Philip Johnson and Associates
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notableWork
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Pittsburgh Plate Glass Place (PPG Place), Pittsburgh
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linked to: PPG Place
subject linked to:
Golden Triangle