John Adams Building

E18237

Library of Congress building library building public building

The John Adams Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., known for its Art Deco architecture and extensive research collections.

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Label	Occurrences
John Adams Building canonical	6
Library of Congress Adams Building	1
Library of Congress John Adams Building	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10885 — 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: John Adams Building
Context triple: [Library of Congress, hasBuilding, John Adams Building]

A. Herbert C. Hoover Building
The Herbert C. Hoover Building is a prominent federal office building in Washington, D.C., best known as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
B. National Academy of Sciences Building
The National Academy of Sciences Building is a historic Beaux-Arts landmark in Washington, D.C., serving as the headquarters and principal meeting place of the National Academy of Sciences.
C. Thomas Jefferson Building
The Thomas Jefferson Building is the historic, Beaux-Arts main building of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., renowned for its ornate architecture and iconic reading room.
D. Smithsonian Institution Building
The Smithsonian Institution Building, often called "The Castle," is a distinctive red sandstone landmark on the National Mall that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
E. The Dupont Circle Building
The Dupont Circle Building is a prominent historic office and commercial structure located at the busy Dupont Circle intersection in Washington, D.C.
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: John Adams Building
Target entity description: The John Adams Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., known for its Art Deco architecture and extensive research collections.

A. Herbert C. Hoover Building
The Herbert C. Hoover Building is a prominent federal office building in Washington, D.C., best known as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
B. National Academy of Sciences Building
The National Academy of Sciences Building is a historic Beaux-Arts landmark in Washington, D.C., serving as the headquarters and principal meeting place of the National Academy of Sciences.
C. Thomas Jefferson Building
The Thomas Jefferson Building is the historic, Beaux-Arts main building of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., renowned for its ornate architecture and iconic reading room.
D. Smithsonian Institution Building
The Smithsonian Institution Building, often called "The Castle," is a distinctive red sandstone landmark on the National Mall that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
E. The Dupont Circle Building
The Dupont Circle Building is a prominent historic office and commercial structure located at the busy Dupont Circle intersection in Washington, D.C.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Library of Congress building ⓘ library building ⓘ public building ⓘ
adjacentTo	James Madison Memorial Building ⓘ Thomas Jefferson Building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Art Deco ⓘ
buildingUse	administration ⓘ research ⓘ
category	Art Deco architecture in Washington, D.C. ⓘ Library of Congress ⓘ surface form: Library of Congress buildings
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
constructionStart	1930s ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
function	collections storage ⓘ reading rooms ⓘ research library ⓘ
hasArtStyleElement	Art Deco ornamentation ⓘ geometric decorative motifs ⓘ stylized classical elements ⓘ
hasCollection	government documents ⓘ microform collections ⓘ periodicals ⓘ reference materials ⓘ research collections ⓘ
hasPart	reading rooms ⓘ reference collections ⓘ specialized research facilities ⓘ stacks ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of Capitol Hill historic area ⓘ
inception	1939 ⓘ
locatedIn	Capitol Hill ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	United States Capitol ⓘ
name	John Adams Building self-link ⓘ
namedAfter	John Adams ⓘ
namedForPosition	second President of the United States ⓘ
opened	1939 ⓘ
operator	Library of Congress ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
owner	Library of Congress ⓘ
partOf	Library of Congress ⓘ Library of Congress ⓘ surface form: Library of Congress Capitol Hill campus
publicAccess	yes ⓘ
streetAddress	2nd Street SE ⓘ

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

Library of Congress → hasBuilding → John Adams Building ⓘ

Thomas Jefferson Building → connectedTo → John Adams Building ⓘ

John Adams Building → name → John Adams Building self-link ⓘ

James Madison Memorial Building → adjacentTo → John Adams Building ⓘ

James Madison Memorial Building → connectedByTunnelTo → John Adams Building ⓘ

United States Capitol Complex → hasPart → John Adams Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Library of Congress Adams Building

James Madison Memorial → locatedNear → John Adams Building ⓘ

Lee Lawrie → workedOn → John Adams Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Library of Congress John Adams Building

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