The Shard
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The Shard is a landmark glass skyscraper in London known for its sharp, shard-like design and status as one of the tallest buildings in the United Kingdom.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Shard canonical | 30 |
| The View from The Shard | 4 |
| Shard London Bridge Tower | 1 |
| The Shard (construction involvement) | 1 |
| The Shard skyscraper | 1 |
| The Shard, London | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T90511 — 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: The Shard Context triple: [London, hasIconicStructure, The Shard]
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A.
London Eye
The London Eye is a giant riverside observation wheel in central London offering panoramic views of the city’s skyline and landmarks.
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B.
Transamerica Pyramid
The Transamerica Pyramid is an iconic, pyramid-shaped skyscraper in San Francisco and one of the city's most recognizable architectural landmarks.
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C.
Seattle Great Wheel
The Seattle Great Wheel is a large Ferris wheel on Pier 57 along Seattle’s waterfront, offering panoramic views of the city skyline and Elliott Bay.
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D.
Willis Tower
Willis Tower is a 110-story skyscraper in downtown Chicago that was once the tallest building in the world and remains an iconic feature of the city's skyline.
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E.
A’DAM Tower
A’DAM Tower is a prominent high-rise in Amsterdam known for its observation deck with a rooftop swing, creative offices, nightlife venues, and panoramic views over the city and IJ river.
- 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: The Shard Target entity description: The Shard is a landmark glass skyscraper in London known for its sharp, shard-like design and status as one of the tallest buildings in the United Kingdom.
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A.
London Eye
The London Eye is a giant riverside observation wheel in central London offering panoramic views of the city’s skyline and landmarks.
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B.
Transamerica Pyramid
The Transamerica Pyramid is an iconic, pyramid-shaped skyscraper in San Francisco and one of the city's most recognizable architectural landmarks.
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C.
Seattle Great Wheel
The Seattle Great Wheel is a large Ferris wheel on Pier 57 along Seattle’s waterfront, offering panoramic views of the city skyline and Elliott Bay.
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D.
Willis Tower
Willis Tower is a 110-story skyscraper in downtown Chicago that was once the tallest building in the world and remains an iconic feature of the city's skyline.
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E.
A’DAM Tower
A’DAM Tower is a prominent high-rise in Amsterdam known for its observation deck with a rooftop swing, creative offices, nightlife venues, and panoramic views over the city and IJ river.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landmark
ⓘ
mixed-use building ⓘ observation tower ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
London Bridge Tower
ⓘ
Shard London Bridge ⓘ |
| architect | Renzo Piano ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
high-tech architecture
ⓘ
neo-futurism ⓘ |
| city |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| completionDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2009 ⓘ |
| coOwner | Sellar Property Group ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designFeature | shard-like glass facets tapering to a point ⓘ |
| developer | Sellar Property Group ⓘ |
| floorCount |
72 habitable floors
ⓘ
95 total storeys ⓘ |
| hasElevatorCount | 44 ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
hotel
ⓘ
observation deck ⓘ offices ⓘ residential apartments ⓘ restaurants ⓘ |
| hasObservationDeckLevel | levels 68–72 ⓘ |
| heightToArchitecturalTop |
1,016 feet
ⓘ
309.6 metres ⓘ |
| hotelBrand | Shangri-La Hotel ⓘ |
| lightingDesigner | Speirs + Major ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
London Bridge railway station
ⓘ
surface form:
London Bridge station
|
| locatedOn | London Bridge Street ⓘ |
| location |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| mainContractor | Mace ⓘ |
| material |
concrete
ⓘ
glass ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| neighbourhood | Southwark ⓘ |
| observationDeckName |
The Shard
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The View from The Shard
|
| openingDate | 2012-07-05 ⓘ |
| owner |
Qatar
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Qatar
|
| partOf | Shard Quarter ⓘ |
| postalCode | SE1 ⓘ |
| rank |
one of the tallest buildings in Europe
ⓘ
one of the tallest buildings in the United Kingdom ⓘ tallest building in the United Kingdom at time of completion ⓘ |
| structuralEngineer | WSP Global ⓘ |
| toppedOutDate | 2012 ⓘ |
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: The Shard Description of subject: The Shard is a landmark glass skyscraper in London known for its sharp, shard-like design and status as one of the tallest buildings in the United Kingdom.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
London
this entity surface form:
The View from The Shard
subject surface form:
Renzo Piano
subject surface form:
Shangri-La Hotel at The Shard, London
this entity surface form:
The View from The Shard
this entity surface form:
The Shard skyscraper
this entity surface form:
Shard London Bridge Tower
this entity surface form:
The View from The Shard
this entity surface form:
The View from The Shard
this entity surface form:
The Shard (construction involvement)
this entity surface form:
The Shard, London