Library of Congress Control Number
E1358
The Library of Congress Control Number is a unique identification system used by the Library of Congress to catalog and organize bibliographic records for books and other materials.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10900 — 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: Library of Congress Control Number Context triple: [Library of Congress, hasIdentifierSystem, Library of Congress Control Number]
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A.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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B.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
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C.
universal digital library
The universal digital library is a conceptual global repository aiming to provide seamless, searchable access to all recorded human knowledge in digital form.
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D.
MIT Libraries
MIT Libraries is the academic library system of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, supporting research, teaching, and learning across science, engineering, and related fields.
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E.
Harvard Library
Harvard Library is the extensive academic library system of Harvard University, recognized as one of the largest and most comprehensive research library networks in the world.
- 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: Library of Congress Control Number Target entity description: The Library of Congress Control Number is a unique identification system used by the Library of Congress to catalog and organize bibliographic records for books and other materials.
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A.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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B.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
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C.
universal digital library
The universal digital library is a conceptual global repository aiming to provide seamless, searchable access to all recorded human knowledge in digital form.
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D.
MIT Libraries
MIT Libraries is the academic library system of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, supporting research, teaching, and learning across science, engineering, and related fields.
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E.
Harvard Library
Harvard Library is the extensive academic library system of Harvard University, recognized as one of the largest and most comprehensive research library networks in the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliographic identifier
ⓘ
identifier system ⓘ library control number ⓘ |
| abbreviation | LCCN ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Library of Congress
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surface form:
Library of Congress Cataloging Directorate
|
| appliesTo |
audio recordings
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books ⓘ maps ⓘ motion pictures ⓘ music scores ⓘ other library materials ⓘ serials ⓘ |
| assignedBy | Library of Congress catalogers ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dataFormat | numeric string ⓘ |
| differentFrom |
ISBN
ⓘ
ISSN ⓘ Library of Congress Classification ⓘ |
| formatAfter | 4-digit year plus serial number ⓘ |
| formatBefore | 2-digit year plus serial number ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
LC control number
ⓘ
Library of Congress card number ⓘ |
| hasCatalogingCode | LCCN ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasOnlineService | LCCN Permalink ⓘ |
| hasPart |
serial number portion
ⓘ
year portion ⓘ |
| hasPolicy | Library of Congress LCCN assignment guidelines ⓘ |
| identifierFor |
Library of Congress authority record
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Library of Congress Control Number self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Library of Congress bibliographic record
|
| introduced | 1898 ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| operator | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
International Organization for Standardization
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surface form:
International Standard Book Number
International Standard Serial Number ⓘ Library of Congress Classification ⓘ MARC standards ⓘ |
| scope |
authority records
ⓘ
bibliographic records ⓘ |
| usedBy | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| usedFor |
authority control
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bibliographic control ⓘ cataloging ⓘ identification of bibliographic records ⓘ |
| usedIn |
authority files
ⓘ
bibliographic databases ⓘ library catalogs ⓘ |
| usedSince | early 20th century ⓘ |
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: Library of Congress Control Number Description of subject: The Library of Congress Control Number is a unique identification system used by the Library of Congress to catalog and organize bibliographic records for books and other materials.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Library of Congress
this entity surface form:
Library of Congress Control Number system
this entity surface form:
Library of Congress Authorities
Library of Congress Control Number
→
identifierFor
→
Library of Congress Control Number
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Library of Congress bibliographic record
this entity surface form:
Library of Congress control number (LCCN)
subject surface form:
Open Library
this entity surface form:
LCCN