Sir Duncan Rice Library
E99384
The Sir Duncan Rice Library is the University of Aberdeen’s striking modern main library building, renowned for its distinctive glass architecture and extensive academic collections.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sir Duncan Rice Library canonical | 5 |
| The Sir Duncan Rice Library | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T850413 — 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: Sir Duncan Rice Library Context triple: [University of Aberdeen, hasLibrary, Sir Duncan Rice Library]
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A.
Robinson Library
Robinson Library is a major academic library at Newcastle University, providing extensive scholarly resources and study facilities for students and researchers.
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B.
Robbins Library
Robbins Library is a historic public library and cultural landmark serving the community of Arlington, Massachusetts.
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C.
Lamont Library
Lamont Library is an undergraduate-focused library at Harvard University known for its extensive collections, study spaces, and late-night access.
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D.
Laidlaw Library
Laidlaw Library is a major modern academic library at the University of Leeds, designed to support undergraduate study with extensive learning spaces and digital resources.
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E.
Rotch Library
Rotch Library is MIT’s primary library for architecture, planning, and art, housing specialized collections and resources that support research and education in these fields.
- 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: Sir Duncan Rice Library Target entity description: The Sir Duncan Rice Library is the University of Aberdeen’s striking modern main library building, renowned for its distinctive glass architecture and extensive academic collections.
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A.
Robinson Library
Robinson Library is a major academic library at Newcastle University, providing extensive scholarly resources and study facilities for students and researchers.
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B.
Robbins Library
Robbins Library is a historic public library and cultural landmark serving the community of Arlington, Massachusetts.
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C.
Lamont Library
Lamont Library is an undergraduate-focused library at Harvard University known for its extensive collections, study spaces, and late-night access.
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D.
Laidlaw Library
Laidlaw Library is a major modern academic library at the University of Leeds, designed to support undergraduate study with extensive learning spaces and digital resources.
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E.
Rotch Library
Rotch Library is MIT’s primary library for architecture, planning, and art, housing specialized collections and resources that support research and education in these fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library
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library building ⓘ university library building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
contemporary architecture
ⓘ
modern architecture ⓘ |
| awarded |
RIBA Award for Architecture in Scotland
ⓘ
linked to:
RIBA Awards
RIBA National Award ⓘ |
| collectionType |
academic collections
ⓘ
archives ⓘ research collections ⓘ special collections ⓘ |
| country |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| formerName | New Library ⓘ |
| hasAccessibilityFeature |
lifts
ⓘ
wheelchair access ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
café
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central atrium ⓘ distinctive glass façade ⓘ exhibition space ⓘ reading rooms ⓘ special collections centre ⓘ study spaces ⓘ zigzag banded glazing ⓘ |
| hasService |
IT facilities
ⓘ
Wi‑Fi access ⓘ book lending ⓘ reference services ⓘ |
| hasView |
Aberdeen city
ⓘ
linked to:
Aberdeen
North Sea ⓘ |
| inception | 2011 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aberdeen
ⓘ
University of Aberdeen campus ⓘ
linked to:
University of Aberdeen
|
| materialUsed |
glass
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| name | Sir Duncan Rice Library ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Duncan Rice
ⓘ
Sir Duncan Rice ⓘ
linked to:
Duncan Rice
|
| numberOfFloors | 8 ⓘ |
| officialOpeningDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| operator | University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University of Aberdeen ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Aberdeen ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
provide study space for students
ⓘ
support research ⓘ support teaching ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | landmark building in Aberdeen ⓘ |
| replaced | Queen Mother Library ⓘ |
| serves | University of Aberdeen ⓘ |
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: Sir Duncan Rice Library Description of subject: The Sir Duncan Rice Library is the University of Aberdeen’s striking modern main library building, renowned for its distinctive glass architecture and extensive academic collections.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sir Duncan Rice Library