William Lescaze
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William Lescaze was a pioneering Swiss-born American architect known as one of the early leaders of modernist architecture in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Lescaze canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18666054 — 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: William Lescaze Context triple: [PSFS Building, architect, William Lescaze]
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A.
Ernest Flagg
Ernest Flagg was an American architect known for his Beaux-Arts–influenced designs and advocacy of urban planning and zoning reforms in the early 20th century.
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B.
John Russell Pope
John Russell Pope was a prominent American architect best known for his grand neoclassical designs in Washington, D.C., including the Jefferson Memorial and the National Archives Building.
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C.
John Nolen
John Nolen was an influential early 20th-century American landscape architect and city planner known for designing numerous planned communities and urban parks across the United States.
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D.
John Nau
John Nau is a film and television composer known for scoring movies such as the comedy sequel "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues."
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E.
Paul Philippe Cret
Paul Philippe Cret was a French-born American architect and influential educator known for his Beaux-Arts–inspired civic and institutional buildings across the United States.
- 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: William Lescaze Target entity description: William Lescaze was a pioneering Swiss-born American architect known as one of the early leaders of modernist architecture in the United States.
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A.
Ernest Flagg
Ernest Flagg was an American architect known for his Beaux-Arts–influenced designs and advocacy of urban planning and zoning reforms in the early 20th century.
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B.
John Russell Pope
John Russell Pope was a prominent American architect best known for his grand neoclassical designs in Washington, D.C., including the Jefferson Memorial and the National Archives Building.
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C.
John Nolen
John Nolen was an influential early 20th-century American landscape architect and city planner known for designing numerous planned communities and urban parks across the United States.
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D.
John Nau
John Nau is a film and television composer known for scoring movies such as the comedy sequel "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues."
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E.
Paul Philippe Cret
Paul Philippe Cret was a French-born American architect and influential educator known for his Beaux-Arts–inspired civic and institutional buildings across the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
PSFS Building, one of the first International Style skyscrapers in the U.S.