Van Allen Building
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The Van Allen Building is a historic early 20th-century commercial structure in Clinton, Iowa, celebrated as a prime example of Louis Sullivan’s richly ornamented, proto-modern architectural style.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14196722 — 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: Van Allen Building Context triple: [Louis Sullivan, notableWork, Van Allen Building]
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A.
Space Research Building
The Space Research Building is a University of Michigan facility on North Campus dedicated to research and education in space science and engineering.
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B.
Albright Building
The Albright Building is the historic neoclassical main structure of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, housing much of the museum’s renowned art collection.
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C.
Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building
The Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building is a massive NASA facility in Florida used to assemble and prepare large launch vehicles, including Saturn V rockets and Space Shuttles, for space missions.
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D.
Rickover Hall
Rickover Hall is the main engineering academic building at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
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E.
Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
The Christa McAuliffe Planetarium is an educational astronomy center named in memory of teacher-astronaut Christa McAuliffe, offering public programs and exhibits about space and science.
- 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: Van Allen Building Target entity description: The Van Allen Building is a historic early 20th-century commercial structure in Clinton, Iowa, celebrated as a prime example of Louis Sullivan’s richly ornamented, proto-modern architectural style.
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A.
Space Research Building
The Space Research Building is a University of Michigan facility on North Campus dedicated to research and education in space science and engineering.
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B.
Albright Building
The Albright Building is the historic neoclassical main structure of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, housing much of the museum’s renowned art collection.
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C.
Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building
The Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building is a massive NASA facility in Florida used to assemble and prepare large launch vehicles, including Saturn V rockets and Space Shuttles, for space missions.
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D.
Rickover Hall
Rickover Hall is the main engineering academic building at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
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E.
Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
The Christa McAuliffe Planetarium is an educational astronomy center named in memory of teacher-astronaut Christa McAuliffe, offering public programs and exhibits about space and science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Louis Sullivan