Seattle Public Library
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The Seattle Public Library is the public library system serving the city of Seattle, Washington, operating a network of neighborhood branches and a landmark central library.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T947529 — 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: Seattle Public Library Context triple: [Seattle Central Library, ownedBy, Seattle Public Library]
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A.
Seattle Central Library
Seattle Central Library is a striking glass-and-steel public library building in downtown Seattle, renowned for its innovative architecture by Rem Koolhaas and its role as the flagship branch of the Seattle Public Library system.
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B.
Multnomah County Library
Multnomah County Library is a large public library system serving residents of Multnomah County, Oregon, including the city of Portland and surrounding communities.
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C.
Mercer Island Library
Mercer Island Library is a public library serving the community of Mercer Island in Washington State as part of the King County Library System.
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D.
San Francisco Public Library
The San Francisco Public Library is the city’s main public library system, providing free access to books, digital resources, and community programs through a central library and neighborhood branches.
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E.
Los Angeles Public Library
The Los Angeles Public Library is the landmark central library of Los Angeles, renowned for its distinctive architecture, extensive collections, and role as a major cultural and educational hub for the city.
- 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: Seattle Public Library Target entity description: The Seattle Public Library is the public library system serving the city of Seattle, Washington, operating a network of neighborhood branches and a landmark central library.
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A.
Seattle Central Library
Seattle Central Library is a striking glass-and-steel public library building in downtown Seattle, renowned for its innovative architecture by Rem Koolhaas and its role as the flagship branch of the Seattle Public Library system.
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B.
Multnomah County Library
Multnomah County Library is a large public library system serving residents of Multnomah County, Oregon, including the city of Portland and surrounding communities.
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C.
Mercer Island Library
Mercer Island Library is a public library serving the community of Mercer Island in Washington State as part of the King County Library System.
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D.
San Francisco Public Library
The San Francisco Public Library is the city’s main public library system, providing free access to books, digital resources, and community programs through a central library and neighborhood branches.
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E.
Los Angeles Public Library
The Los Angeles Public Library is the landmark central library of Los Angeles, renowned for its distinctive architecture, extensive collections, and role as a major cultural and educational hub for the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
library system
ⓘ
public library system ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| foundedBy |
Seattle, Washington, United States
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surface form:
City of Seattle
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| fundedBy |
City of Seattle budget
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Seattle Public Library Foundation ⓘ private donations ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Seattle Public Library
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Seattle Public Library Board of Trustees
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| hasCollection |
CDs
ⓘ
DVDs ⓘ audiobooks ⓘ books ⓘ digital resources ⓘ e-books ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Ballard Branch
ⓘ
Beacon Hill Branch Library ⓘ
surface form:
Beacon Hill Branch
Broadview Branch ⓘ Capitol Hill Branch ⓘ Seattle Central Library ⓘ
surface form:
Central Library (Seattle Public Library)
Columbia Branch ⓘ Douglass-Truth Branch ⓘ Fremont Branch ⓘ Greenwood Branch ⓘ Lake City Branch ⓘ Magnolia Branch ⓘ Northgate Branch ⓘ Queen Anne, Seattle ⓘ
surface form:
Queen Anne Branch
Rainier Beach Branch ⓘ South Park Branch ⓘ University Branch ⓘ West Seattle Branch ⓘ neighborhood branches ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Seattle Central Library
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surface form:
Central Library (Seattle Public Library)
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| inception | 1890 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Seattle, Washington, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Seattle, Washington
Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington (state)
|
| offersService |
Wi-Fi access
ⓘ
adult education programs ⓘ children’s programs ⓘ community meeting spaces ⓘ interlibrary loan ⓘ public computer access ⓘ reference services ⓘ research assistance ⓘ teen programs ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Seattle, Washington, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Seattle
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| publicTransitAccess | Seattle public transit system ⓘ |
| serves |
Seattle, Washington, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Seattle
|
| website | https://www.spl.org ⓘ |
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: Seattle Public Library Description of subject: The Seattle Public Library is the public library system serving the city of Seattle, Washington, operating a network of neighborhood branches and a landmark central library.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Seattle Public Library system
this entity surface form:
Seattle Public Library Board of Trustees
this entity surface form:
Seattle Public Library University Branch
this entity surface form:
Columbia Branch of The Seattle Public Library