Broken Obelisk (Washington, D.C.)
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Broken Obelisk (Washington, D.C.) is a monumental abstract steel sculpture by Barnett Newman, installed in the nation’s capital as one of several versions of his iconic inverted obelisk works.
All labels observed (1)
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| Broken Obelisk (Washington, D.C.) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21025809 — 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: Broken Obelisk (Washington, D.C.) Context triple: [Broken Obelisk (Museum of Modern Art, New York, former), relatedWork, Broken Obelisk (Washington, D.C.)]
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A.
Stoodley Pike monument
Stoodley Pike monument is a prominent 19th-century hilltop obelisk in West Yorkshire, England, built to commemorate peace after the Napoleonic Wars and visible for miles around the Calder Valley.
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B.
Pioneer Memorial Obelisk
Pioneer Memorial Obelisk is a historic monument in Houston’s Hermann Park commemorating early Texas pioneers and their contributions to the state’s development.
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C.
Herndon Monument
Herndon Monument is a U.S. Naval Academy memorial honoring Commander William Lewis Herndon, celebrated for his heroism during the sinking of the SS Central America in 1857.
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D.
Liberty Square Arch
Liberty Square Arch is a prominent architectural monument that serves as a symbolic gateway and focal point within Liberty Square.
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E.
Wickersham Wall
Wickersham Wall is a massive, steep north face of Denali in Alaska, renowned as one of the largest continuous mountain walls 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: Broken Obelisk (Washington, D.C.) Target entity description: Broken Obelisk (Washington, D.C.) is a monumental abstract steel sculpture by Barnett Newman, installed in the nation’s capital as one of several versions of his iconic inverted obelisk works.
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A.
Stoodley Pike monument
Stoodley Pike monument is a prominent 19th-century hilltop obelisk in West Yorkshire, England, built to commemorate peace after the Napoleonic Wars and visible for miles around the Calder Valley.
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B.
Pioneer Memorial Obelisk
Pioneer Memorial Obelisk is a historic monument in Houston’s Hermann Park commemorating early Texas pioneers and their contributions to the state’s development.
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C.
Herndon Monument
Herndon Monument is a U.S. Naval Academy memorial honoring Commander William Lewis Herndon, celebrated for his heroism during the sinking of the SS Central America in 1857.
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D.
Liberty Square Arch
Liberty Square Arch is a prominent architectural monument that serves as a symbolic gateway and focal point within Liberty Square.
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E.
Wickersham Wall
Wickersham Wall is a massive, steep north face of Denali in Alaska, renowned as one of the largest continuous mountain walls in the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Broken Obelisk (Museum of Modern Art, New York, former)
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Broken Obelisk (Washington, D.C.)
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