BahnTower
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BahnTower is a prominent high-rise office building in Berlin that serves as the headquarters of Deutsche Bahn and forms part of the modern Potsdamer Platz complex.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BahnTower canonical | 2 |
| Bahn Tower | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1461518 — 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: BahnTower Context triple: [Potsdamer Platz, hasBuilding, BahnTower]
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A.
Berlin Ostbahnhof
Berlin Ostbahnhof is one of Berlin’s main railway hubs, serving long-distance, regional, and S-Bahn trains in the eastern part of the city.
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B.
Südkreuz station
Südkreuz station is a major Berlin transport hub serving regional, long-distance, and S-Bahn trains in the southern part of the city.
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C.
Berlin Hauptbahnhof
Berlin Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in Berlin and one of Europe’s largest and most important rail hubs, serving extensive regional, national, and international connections.
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D.
Frankfurt Hauptwache station
Frankfurt Hauptwache station is a major central transport hub in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, serving numerous S-Bahn and U-Bahn lines as well as regional and local services.
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E.
Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof
Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station and a central public transport hub in Nuremberg, Germany, serving regional, long-distance, and urban transit including the U-Bahn network.
- 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: BahnTower Target entity description: BahnTower is a prominent high-rise office building in Berlin that serves as the headquarters of Deutsche Bahn and forms part of the modern Potsdamer Platz complex.
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A.
Berlin Ostbahnhof
Berlin Ostbahnhof is one of Berlin’s main railway hubs, serving long-distance, regional, and S-Bahn trains in the eastern part of the city.
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B.
Südkreuz station
Südkreuz station is a major Berlin transport hub serving regional, long-distance, and S-Bahn trains in the southern part of the city.
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C.
Berlin Hauptbahnhof
Berlin Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in Berlin and one of Europe’s largest and most important rail hubs, serving extensive regional, national, and international connections.
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D.
Frankfurt Hauptwache station
Frankfurt Hauptwache station is a major central transport hub in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, serving numerous S-Bahn and U-Bahn lines as well as regional and local services.
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E.
Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof
Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station and a central public transport hub in Nuremberg, Germany, serving regional, long-distance, and urban transit including the U-Bahn network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-rise building
ⓘ
office building ⓘ skyscraper in Berlin ⓘ |
| architect | Helmut Jahn ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | postmodern architecture ⓘ |
| buildingType | office ⓘ |
| city | Berlin ⓘ |
| constructionStart | late 1990s ⓘ |
| coordinates | 52.509°N 13.375°E ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| developer |
DaimlerChrysler
ⓘ
surface form:
Daimler-Benz
|
| district | Mitte ⓘ |
| elevationAboveGround | 103 m ⓘ |
| floorCount | 26 ⓘ |
| hasAddress |
Potsdamer Platz
ⓘ
surface form:
Potsdamer Platz, 10785 Berlin
|
| hasAlternativeName |
BahnTower
ⓘ
surface form:
Bahn Tower
|
| hasFacadeType | glass curtain wall ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
curved glass façade
ⓘ
prominent night illumination ⓘ |
| hasFunction | administrative offices ⓘ |
| hasGermanName | BahnTower self-link ⓘ |
| hasStructuralSystem | steel frame ⓘ |
| headquartersOf | Deutsche Bahn ⓘ |
| height | 103 m ⓘ |
| isLandmarkOf | Potsdamer Platz ⓘ |
| isPartOfSkyline | Berlin city skyline ⓘ |
| isTouristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Berlin
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ Potsdamer Platz ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| material |
glass
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| near |
Leipziger Platz
ⓘ
Potsdamer Platz station ⓘ
surface form:
Potsdamer Platz railway station
Sony Center ⓘ |
| notableFor |
its curved glass façade at Potsdamer Platz
ⓘ
serving as Deutsche Bahn headquarters ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2000 ⓘ |
| owner | Deutsche Bahn ⓘ |
| partOf |
Potsdamer Platz
ⓘ
surface form:
Potsdamer Platz building complex
|
| primaryUse | corporate headquarters ⓘ |
| region | Berlin ⓘ |
| roofHeight | 103 m ⓘ |
| tenant | Deutsche Bahn ⓘ |
| usedBy | Deutsche Bahn management ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: BahnTower Description of subject: BahnTower is a prominent high-rise office building in Berlin that serves as the headquarters of Deutsche Bahn and forms part of the modern Potsdamer Platz complex.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bahn Tower