The Octagon
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The Octagon is a historic octagonal building on Roosevelt Island in New York City, originally part of a 19th-century asylum complex and now repurposed as the centerpiece of a residential development.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Octagon canonical | 1 |
| The Octagon House | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16712688 — 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 Octagon Context triple: [New York City Lunatic Asylum, hasPart, The Octagon]
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A.
The Octagon
The Octagon is a central eight-sided plaza and social hub in Dunedin, New Zealand, known for its restaurants, bars, public events, and surrounding historic buildings.
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B.
The Octagon
The Octagon is a 1980 American martial arts action film starring Chuck Norris as a martial artist drawn into a deadly conflict with a terrorist-trained ninja army.
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C.
The Dupont Circle Building
The Dupont Circle Building is a prominent historic office and commercial structure located at the busy Dupont Circle intersection in Washington, D.C.
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D.
Nebraska Avenue Complex
The Nebraska Avenue Complex is a secure federal campus in Washington, D.C., that serves as a major headquarters site for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and several of its key offices.
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E.
Judiciary Square
Judiciary Square is a historic civic neighborhood in Washington, D.C., known for its concentration of federal and municipal government buildings and courthouses.
- 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 Octagon Target entity description: The Octagon is a historic octagonal building on Roosevelt Island in New York City, originally part of a 19th-century asylum complex and now repurposed as the centerpiece of a residential development.
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A.
The Octagon
The Octagon is a central eight-sided plaza and social hub in Dunedin, New Zealand, known for its restaurants, bars, public events, and surrounding historic buildings.
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B.
The Octagon
The Octagon is a 1980 American martial arts action film starring Chuck Norris as a martial artist drawn into a deadly conflict with a terrorist-trained ninja army.
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C.
The Dupont Circle Building
The Dupont Circle Building is a prominent historic office and commercial structure located at the busy Dupont Circle intersection in Washington, D.C.
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D.
Nebraska Avenue Complex
The Nebraska Avenue Complex is a secure federal campus in Washington, D.C., that serves as a major headquarters site for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and several of its key offices.
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E.
Judiciary Square
Judiciary Square is a historic civic neighborhood in Washington, D.C., known for its concentration of federal and municipal government buildings and courthouses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Octagon