Iolani Palace

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historic building museum royal palace tourist attraction

Iolani Palace is the historic royal residence of the Hawaiian monarchy and the only official royal palace in the United States, now preserved as a museum.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
ʻIolani Palace	16
Iolani Palace canonical	7
Iolani Palace State Monument	1
royal court of the Kingdom of Hawaii	1
ʻIolani Palace as seat of the Hawaii state government	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T129781 — 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: Iolani Palace
Context triple: [Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, hasLandmark, Iolani Palace]

A. Lavietes Pavilion
Lavietes Pavilion is an indoor basketball arena at Harvard University that serves as the home court for the Harvard Crimson basketball teams.
B. USS Arizona Memorial
The USS Arizona Memorial is a World War II monument in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, honoring the sailors and Marines who died aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack.
C. Palace of Fine Arts
The Palace of Fine Arts is a monumental Beaux-Arts structure in San Francisco originally built for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition and now a popular cultural and scenic landmark.
D. Florida State Capitol
The Florida State Capitol is the government complex in Tallahassee that houses the executive and legislative branches of Florida's state government.
E. Puerto Rico Supreme Court Building
The Puerto Rico Supreme Court Building is the principal judicial edifice in San Juan that houses the island’s highest court and serves as the center of its judicial branch.
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: Iolani Palace
Target entity description: Iolani Palace is the historic royal residence of the Hawaiian monarchy and the only official royal palace in the United States, now preserved as a museum.

A. Lavietes Pavilion
Lavietes Pavilion is an indoor basketball arena at Harvard University that serves as the home court for the Harvard Crimson basketball teams.
B. USS Arizona Memorial
The USS Arizona Memorial is a World War II monument in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, honoring the sailors and Marines who died aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack.
C. Palace of Fine Arts
The Palace of Fine Arts is a monumental Beaux-Arts structure in San Francisco originally built for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition and now a popular cultural and scenic landmark.
D. Florida State Capitol
The Florida State Capitol is the government complex in Tallahassee that houses the executive and legislative branches of Florida's state government.
E. Puerto Rico Supreme Court Building
The Puerto Rico Supreme Court Building is the principal judicial edifice in San Juan that houses the island’s highest court and serves as the center of its judicial branch.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic building ⓘ museum ⓘ royal palace ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
address	364 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Italian Renaissance Revival ⓘ surface form: American Florentine Italianate ⓘ
builtFor	King Kalakaua ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1879 ⓘ
coordinates	21.3069° N, 157.8583° W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalSignificance	center of Hawaiian royal history ⓘ symbol of Hawaiian sovereignty ⓘ
formerUse	capitol building of the Provisional Government of Hawaii ⓘ capitol building of the Republic of Hawaii ⓘ capitol building of the State of Hawaii ⓘ capitol building of the Territory of Hawaii ⓘ
function	museum ⓘ
governingBody	Friends of Iolani Palace ⓘ
hasFeature	coronation pavilion ⓘ decorative koa wood interiors ⓘ electric lighting (historically early adoption) ⓘ grand staircase ⓘ indoor plumbing (historically early adoption) ⓘ porch with colonnades ⓘ royal apartments ⓘ state dining room ⓘ throne room ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1962 ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1882 ⓘ
isOnlyOfficialRoyalPalaceIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedIn	Hawaii ⓘ Honolulu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ surface form: Honolulu Oahu ⓘ
near	Downtown Honolulu ⓘ Hawaii State Capitol ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
ownedBy	Hawaii ⓘ surface form: State of Hawaii
reopenedAsMuseum	1978 ⓘ
restorationPeriod	1969–1978 ⓘ
servedAs	royal residence of the Hawaiian monarchy ⓘ
significantEvent	imprisonment of Queen Liliuokalani in an upstairs room ⓘ overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893 ⓘ
usedBy	King Kalakaua ⓘ Queen Kapiolani ⓘ Queen Liliuokalani ⓘ

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Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States → hasLandmark → Iolani Palace ⓘ

Oahu → hasLandmark → Iolani Palace ⓘ

Chinatown → locatedNear → Iolani Palace ⓘ

subject surface form: Chinatown (Honolulu)

Downtown Honolulu → contains → Iolani Palace ⓘ