International Fountain
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The International Fountain is a large, iconic water feature and public gathering spot in Seattle’s Seattle Center, known for its choreographed water jets and music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Fountain canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1545145 — 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: International Fountain Context triple: [Seattle Center, hasLandmark, International Fountain]
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A.
Raíces Fountain
Raíces Fountain is a prominent seaside monument in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, featuring bronze sculptures that celebrate the island’s cultural and ethnic heritage.
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B.
Buckingham Fountain
Buckingham Fountain is a monumental, rococo-style fountain in Chicago’s Grant Park, famed for its large water displays and role as an iconic city landmark.
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C.
Neptune Fountain
Neptune Fountain is a historic Renaissance-style fountain in Trento, Italy, featuring a prominent statue of the Roman sea god Neptune and serving as one of the city’s most recognizable symbols.
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D.
Neptune Fountain
Neptune Fountain is a historic bronze statue and fountain in Gdańsk, Poland, symbolizing the city’s maritime heritage and serving as one of its most iconic landmarks.
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E.
Neptune fountain
The Neptune Fountain is an ornate historic water feature and architectural centerpiece located on Cerro Santa Lucía in Santiago, Chile.
- 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: International Fountain Target entity description: The International Fountain is a large, iconic water feature and public gathering spot in Seattle’s Seattle Center, known for its choreographed water jets and music.
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A.
Raíces Fountain
Raíces Fountain is a prominent seaside monument in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, featuring bronze sculptures that celebrate the island’s cultural and ethnic heritage.
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B.
Buckingham Fountain
Buckingham Fountain is a monumental, rococo-style fountain in Chicago’s Grant Park, famed for its large water displays and role as an iconic city landmark.
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C.
Neptune Fountain
Neptune Fountain is a historic Renaissance-style fountain in Trento, Italy, featuring a prominent statue of the Roman sea god Neptune and serving as one of the city’s most recognizable symbols.
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D.
Neptune Fountain
Neptune Fountain is a historic bronze statue and fountain in Gdańsk, Poland, symbolizing the city’s maritime heritage and serving as one of its most iconic landmarks.
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E.
Neptune fountain
The Neptune Fountain is an ornate historic water feature and architectural centerpiece located on Cerro Santa Lucía in Santiago, Chile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fountain
ⓘ
public art installation ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| admissionFee | free ⓘ |
| category |
1962 establishments in Washington (state)
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Fountains in Washington (state) ⓘ Seattle Center ⓘ Tourist attractions in Seattle ⓘ |
| city | Seattle ⓘ |
| constructedFor |
1962 World’s Fair
ⓘ
surface form:
1962 Seattle World’s Fair
Century 21 Exposition ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designer |
Hideki Shimizu
ⓘ
Kazuyuki Matsushita ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
choreographed water jets
ⓘ
large central basin ⓘ lighting effects ⓘ music-synchronized shows ⓘ programmable nozzles ⓘ stainless steel dome ⓘ |
| hasSeatingAround | concrete terraces ⓘ |
| hasShape | crater-like bowl ⓘ |
| isAccessible | true ⓘ |
| isIconicLandmarkOf | Seattle Center ⓘ |
| isPopularFor |
children’s play
ⓘ
public gatherings ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| isPublic | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Seattle
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington ⓘ |
| location | Seattle Center ⓘ |
| material |
concrete basin
ⓘ
stainless steel dome ⓘ |
| musicType | recorded music ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction |
Museum of Pop Culture
ⓘ
Pacific Science Center ⓘ Space Needle ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Lower Queen Anne ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| operator | Seattle Center ⓘ |
| originalTheme | space age ⓘ |
| owner |
Seattle, Washington, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Seattle
|
| renovation |
1995
ⓘ
2011 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
festivals
ⓘ
informal recreation ⓘ public events ⓘ |
| waterDisplayType | synchronized fountain show ⓘ |
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: International Fountain Description of subject: The International Fountain is a large, iconic water feature and public gathering spot in Seattle’s Seattle Center, known for its choreographed water jets and music.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.