New York Times Building
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The New York Times Building is a prominent early 20th-century skyscraper in New York City that originally served as the headquarters of The New York Times and helped give Times Square its name.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New York Times Building canonical | 1 |
| New York Times Building (41 Park Row) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12978231 — 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: New York Times Building Context triple: [Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz, notableWork, New York Times Building]
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A.
New York Times Building
The New York Times Building is a prominent high-rise office tower in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the headquarters of The New York Times and is noted for its modern, light-filled design.
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B.
New York Herald Building
The New York Herald Building was a prominent Beaux-Arts style newspaper headquarters in Manhattan designed by architect Stanford White in the late 19th century.
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C.
New York Journal Building
The New York Journal Building was a prominent late-19th-century newspaper headquarters in Manhattan’s Park Row district, associated with William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal.
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D.
New York Sun Building
The New York Sun Building was a prominent historic newspaper office skyscraper in Manhattan that housed the influential New York Sun during the height of New York City’s print journalism era.
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E.
RCA Building
The RCA Building, now known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza or 30 Rock, is a landmark Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the centerpiece of New York City's Rockefeller Center complex.
- 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 Times Building Target entity description: The New York Times Building is a prominent early 20th-century skyscraper in New York City that originally served as the headquarters of The New York Times and helped give Times Square its name.
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A.
New York Times Building
The New York Times Building is a prominent high-rise office tower in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the headquarters of The New York Times and is noted for its modern, light-filled design.
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B.
New York Herald Building
The New York Herald Building was a prominent Beaux-Arts style newspaper headquarters in Manhattan designed by architect Stanford White in the late 19th century.
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C.
New York Journal Building
The New York Journal Building was a prominent late-19th-century newspaper headquarters in Manhattan’s Park Row district, associated with William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal.
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D.
New York Sun Building
The New York Sun Building was a prominent historic newspaper office skyscraper in Manhattan that housed the influential New York Sun during the height of New York City’s print journalism era.
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E.
RCA Building
The RCA Building, now known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza or 30 Rock, is a landmark Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the centerpiece of New York City's Rockefeller Center complex.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
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office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
One Times Square
NERFINISHED
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Times Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architect |
Andrew C. McKenzie
NERFINISHED
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Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Beaux-Arts
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early skyscraper ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| category |
Historic buildings in New York City
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Office buildings in New York City ⓘ Skyscrapers in Manhattan ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1904 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1903 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developer | The New York Times Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| feature | narrow tower rising from a larger base ⓘ |
| floorCount | approximately 25 ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
development of Times Square as an entertainment district
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media history of New York City ⓘ |
| height |
approximately 111 meters
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approximately 363 feet ⓘ |
| influencedNameOf | Times Square NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ Times Square NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| material |
masonry cladding
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steel frame ⓘ |
| namedAfter | The New York Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Times Square NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the naming of Times Square
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early 20th-century skyscraper design ⓘ former headquarters of The New York Times ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1904 ⓘ |
| originalFunction | newspaper headquarters ⓘ |
| originalOccupant | The New York Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownershipHistory |
The New York Times Company
NERFINISHED
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various private real estate owners ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 1475 Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| use |
advertising space
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billboard displays ⓘ office space ⓘ |
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: New York Times Building Description of subject: The New York Times Building is a prominent early 20th-century skyscraper in New York City that originally served as the headquarters of The New York Times and helped give Times Square its name.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New York Times Building (41 Park Row)