Ovid Butler House
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The Ovid Butler House is a historic residence in Indianapolis, Indiana, associated with Ovid Butler, the abolitionist lawyer and founder of Butler University.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ovid Butler House canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11804051 — 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: Ovid Butler House Context triple: [Ovid Butler, hasPart, Ovid Butler House]
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A.
Buttolph-Williams House
The Buttolph-Williams House is a historic 17th-century New England saltbox house and museum renowned for its well-preserved colonial architecture and period furnishings.
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B.
Owens–Thomas House
The Owens–Thomas House is a prominent Regency-style historic mansion and museum in Savannah, Georgia, noted for its architecture and preserved urban slave quarters.
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C.
Walker House
Walker House is a residential block within the Ossulston Estate in the London Borough of Camden, known as part of an interwar social housing development.
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D.
Grant-Humphreys Mansion
Grant-Humphreys Mansion is a historic Beaux-Arts mansion in Denver, Colorado, known for its association with prominent political figures and its use as an event and cultural venue.
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E.
Samuel Fleming House
The Samuel Fleming House is a historic 18th-century stone dwelling and museum in Flemington, New Jersey, associated with early settler Samuel Fleming and the town’s colonial-era development.
- 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: Ovid Butler House Target entity description: The Ovid Butler House is a historic residence in Indianapolis, Indiana, associated with Ovid Butler, the abolitionist lawyer and founder of Butler University.
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A.
Buttolph-Williams House
The Buttolph-Williams House is a historic 17th-century New England saltbox house and museum renowned for its well-preserved colonial architecture and period furnishings.
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B.
Owens–Thomas House
The Owens–Thomas House is a prominent Regency-style historic mansion and museum in Savannah, Georgia, noted for its architecture and preserved urban slave quarters.
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C.
Walker House
Walker House is a residential block within the Ossulston Estate in the London Borough of Camden, known as part of an interwar social housing development.
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D.
Grant-Humphreys Mansion
Grant-Humphreys Mansion is a historic Beaux-Arts mansion in Denver, Colorado, known for its association with prominent political figures and its use as an event and cultural venue.
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E.
Samuel Fleming House
The Samuel Fleming House is a historic 18th-century stone dwelling and museum in Flemington, New Jersey, associated with early settler Samuel Fleming and the town’s colonial-era development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic house
ⓘ
human ⓘ residence ⓘ university ⓘ |
| architecturalType | house ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Ovid Butler ⓘ |
| category | Houses in Indianapolis, Indiana ⓘ |
| city | Indianapolis ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| heritageStatus | historic residence ⓘ |
| historicalAssociation | abolitionist movement in Indiana ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Indiana
ⓘ
Indianapolis, Indiana ⓘ
linked to:
Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana ⓘ
linked to:
Indianapolis
Marion County, Indiana ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| namedAfter | Ovid Butler ⓘ |
| notableFor | founder of Butler University ⓘ |
| occupation | lawyer ⓘ |
| relatedInstitution | Butler University ⓘ |
| residence | Ovid Butler House ⓘ |
| significance |
associated with abolitionist lawyer Ovid Butler
ⓘ
associated with founder of Butler University ⓘ |
| state | Indiana ⓘ |
| use | residential building ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ovid Butler House Description of subject: The Ovid Butler House is a historic residence in Indianapolis, Indiana, associated with Ovid Butler, the abolitionist lawyer and founder of Butler University.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Ovid Butler House