New York World Building (former, nearby on Park Row/Frankfort St.)
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The New York World Building was a historic late-19th-century skyscraper in Lower Manhattan that once housed Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World newspaper and was among the tallest buildings in the world at the time of its completion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New York World Building (former, nearby on Park Row/Frankfort St.) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12977264 — 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)
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Target entity: New York World Building (former, nearby on Park Row/Frankfort St.) Context triple: [Park Row, hasBuilding, New York World Building (former, nearby on Park Row/Frankfort St.)]
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Tribune Building, New York City
The Tribune Building in New York City was a pioneering 19th-century skyscraper and former headquarters of the New York Tribune, designed in a richly ornamented style by architect Richard Morris Hunt.
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The New York Central Building (now Helmsley Building, New York City)
The New York Central Building, now known as the Helmsley Building, is a landmark Beaux-Arts skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that famously straddles Park Avenue just north of Grand Central Terminal.
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C.
Fuller Building, 41 East 57th Street, New York City
The Fuller Building at 41 East 57th Street in New York City is a landmark Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan known for its luxury offices, galleries, and high-end retail spaces.
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Crown Building, New York City
The Crown Building in New York City is a historic, ornately detailed early-20th-century skyscraper on Fifth Avenue, renowned for its distinctive gilded crown and luxury retail and office spaces.
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CBS Building (Black Rock), New York City
The CBS Building, nicknamed "Black Rock," is a landmark Modernist skyscraper in New York City known for its dark granite facade and distinctive monolithic design.
- 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: New York World Building (former, nearby on Park Row/Frankfort St.) Target entity description: The New York World Building was a historic late-19th-century skyscraper in Lower Manhattan that once housed Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World newspaper and was among the tallest buildings in the world at the time of its completion.
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A.
Tribune Building, New York City
The Tribune Building in New York City was a pioneering 19th-century skyscraper and former headquarters of the New York Tribune, designed in a richly ornamented style by architect Richard Morris Hunt.
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B.
The New York Central Building (now Helmsley Building, New York City)
The New York Central Building, now known as the Helmsley Building, is a landmark Beaux-Arts skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that famously straddles Park Avenue just north of Grand Central Terminal.
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C.
Fuller Building, 41 East 57th Street, New York City
The Fuller Building at 41 East 57th Street in New York City is a landmark Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan known for its luxury offices, galleries, and high-end retail spaces.
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D.
Crown Building, New York City
The Crown Building in New York City is a historic, ornately detailed early-20th-century skyscraper on Fifth Avenue, renowned for its distinctive gilded crown and luxury retail and office spaces.
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E.
CBS Building (Black Rock), New York City
The CBS Building, nicknamed "Black Rock," is a landmark Modernist skyscraper in New York City known for its dark granite facade and distinctive monolithic design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
demolished building
ⓘ
newspaper headquarters ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Pulitzer Building
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architect | George B. Post NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Beaux-Arts
ⓘ
Renaissance Revival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Joseph Pulitzer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
yellow journalism era ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| category |
demolished buildings and structures in Manhattan
ⓘ
skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| client | Joseph Pulitzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1890 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| demolishedFor | expansion of the Brooklyn Bridge approaches ⓘ |
| demolitionDate | 1955 ⓘ |
| floorCount | 20 ⓘ |
| function |
editorial offices
ⓘ
newspaper offices ⓘ printing plant ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
clock
ⓘ
lantern-topped cupola ⓘ large dome ⓘ |
| height | approximately 309 feet ⓘ |
| heightIncludingDome | approximately 309 feet ⓘ |
| housed | New York World newspaper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lower Manhattan
ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedNear | Frankfort Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Park Row NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
masonry
ⓘ
steel frame ⓘ |
| near |
Brooklyn Bridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
City Hall Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Civic Center, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1890 ⓘ |
| owner | New York World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Newspaper Row, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 1889 ⓘ |
| usedAs | symbol of the New York World newspaper ⓘ |
| wasAmong |
tallest buildings in New York City at time of completion
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tallest buildings in the world at time of completion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: New York World Building (former, nearby on Park Row/Frankfort St.) Description of subject: The New York World Building was a historic late-19th-century skyscraper in Lower Manhattan that once housed Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World newspaper and was among the tallest buildings in the world at the time of its completion.
Referenced by (1)
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