David Rumsey Map Center
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The David Rumsey Map Center is a specialized facility at Stanford University dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of historical maps and cartographic materials.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Rumsey Map Center canonical | 3 |
| David Rumsey Map Collection | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T812738 — 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: David Rumsey Map Center Context triple: [Stanford University Libraries, hasPart, David Rumsey Map Center]
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A.
Mapam
Mapam was a left-wing socialist Zionist political party in Israel that played a significant role in the early decades of the state, particularly within the kibbutz movement and peace-oriented politics.
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B.
USGS topographic maps
USGS topographic maps are detailed, large-scale representations of the Earth's surface produced by the U.S. Geological Survey, showing natural and man-made features with contour lines to depict elevation and terrain.
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C.
MAP
MAP was the abbreviated name used for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Aircraft Production, the World War II government department responsible for overseeing and increasing aircraft manufacturing.
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D.
Mapai
Mapai was a dominant left-wing labor Zionist political party in pre-state and early Israel that played a central role in founding and governing the country.
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E.
Maped Helix
Maped Helix is a stationery and school supplies brand known for products like rulers, math sets, and other classroom and office essentials.
- 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: David Rumsey Map Center Target entity description: The David Rumsey Map Center is a specialized facility at Stanford University dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of historical maps and cartographic materials.
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A.
Mapam
Mapam was a left-wing socialist Zionist political party in Israel that played a significant role in the early decades of the state, particularly within the kibbutz movement and peace-oriented politics.
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B.
USGS topographic maps
USGS topographic maps are detailed, large-scale representations of the Earth's surface produced by the U.S. Geological Survey, showing natural and man-made features with contour lines to depict elevation and terrain.
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C.
MAP
MAP was the abbreviated name used for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Aircraft Production, the World War II government department responsible for overseeing and increasing aircraft manufacturing.
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D.
Mapai
Mapai was a dominant left-wing labor Zionist political party in pre-state and early Israel that played a central role in founding and governing the country.
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E.
Maped Helix
Maped Helix is a stationery and school supplies brand known for products like rulers, math sets, and other classroom and office essentials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
exhibition space
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map library ⓘ research center ⓘ special collections library ⓘ |
| affiliation | Stanford University Libraries ⓘ |
| campus | Stanford University campus ⓘ |
| collectionType |
atlases
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cartographic ephemera ⓘ globes ⓘ rare maps ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| discipline |
cartography
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digital humanities ⓘ geography ⓘ history of science ⓘ |
| focus |
cartographic materials
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geospatial data ⓘ historical maps ⓘ |
| function |
exhibition of maps
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preservation of historical maps ⓘ study of cartography ⓘ support of teaching and research ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
19th-century maps
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20th-century maps ⓘ early modern maps ⓘ exploration and travel maps ⓘ globes and sphere models ⓘ pictorial maps ⓘ school maps ⓘ sea charts ⓘ thematic maps ⓘ topographic maps ⓘ urban and city plans ⓘ wall maps ⓘ |
| hasDigitalComponent | online map collections ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Stanford University
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Stanford, California ⓘ |
| name | David Rumsey Map Center ⓘ |
| namedAfter | David Rumsey ⓘ |
| offers |
digital map access terminals
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exhibition galleries ⓘ reading room access ⓘ seminar and classroom space ⓘ |
| partOf |
Green Library
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linked to:
Cecil H. Green Library
|
| primaryCollectionSource |
David Rumsey Map Collection
ⓘ
linked to:
David Rumsey
|
| supports |
faculty research
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graduate research ⓘ public outreach and education ⓘ undergraduate instruction ⓘ |
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: David Rumsey Map Center Description of subject: The David Rumsey Map Center is a specialized facility at Stanford University dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of historical maps and cartographic materials.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: David Rumsey Map Center
linked to: David Rumsey Map Center