Harry Cobb
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Harry Cobb was a prominent American architect known for his modernist designs and influential role as a partner at I.M. Pei & Partners (later Pei Cobb Freed & Partners).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harry Cobb canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1546858 — 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: Harry Cobb Context triple: [Fountain Place, architect, Harry Cobb]
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A.
Belmont DeForest Bogart
Belmont DeForest Bogart was the father of legendary American film actor Humphrey Bogart and a prominent New York City surgeon.
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B.
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas was an acclaimed American actor known for his sophisticated screen presence and award-winning performances in both classic Hollywood films and later character roles.
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C.
Eddie Bracken
Eddie Bracken was an American comedic actor known for his roles in 1940s and 1950s film comedies and Broadway productions.
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D.
Warren William
Warren William was an American stage and film actor of the 1930s, best known for his suave, often morally ambiguous leading and supporting roles in Hollywood pre-Code dramas and mysteries.
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E.
Leslie Bogart
Leslie Bogart is the daughter of legendary Hollywood actor Humphrey Bogart and actress Lauren Bacall, known primarily for her connection to her famous parents.
- 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: Harry Cobb Target entity description: Harry Cobb was a prominent American architect known for his modernist designs and influential role as a partner at I.M. Pei & Partners (later Pei Cobb Freed & Partners).
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A.
Belmont DeForest Bogart
Belmont DeForest Bogart was the father of legendary American film actor Humphrey Bogart and a prominent New York City surgeon.
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B.
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas was an acclaimed American actor known for his sophisticated screen presence and award-winning performances in both classic Hollywood films and later character roles.
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C.
Eddie Bracken
Eddie Bracken was an American comedic actor known for his roles in 1940s and 1950s film comedies and Broadway productions.
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D.
Warren William
Warren William was an American stage and film actor of the 1930s, best known for his suave, often morally ambiguous leading and supporting roles in Hollywood pre-Code dramas and mysteries.
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E.
Leslie Bogart
Leslie Bogart is the daughter of legendary Hollywood actor Humphrey Bogart and actress Lauren Bacall, known primarily for her connection to her famous parents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American architect
ⓘ
architect ⓘ human ⓘ |
| almaMater | Harvard University ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
AIA Gold Medal
ⓘ
surface form:
American Institute of Architects Gold Medal
Pritzker Architecture Prize jury membership (service) ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| coFounded | Pei Cobb Freed & Partners ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard Graduate School of Design ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard Graduate School of Design
ⓘ
I. M. Pei & Associates ⓘ
surface form:
I. M. Pei & Partners
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | architecture ⓘ |
| genre | modernist architecture ⓘ |
| hasRole |
design partner at I. M. Pei & Partners
ⓘ
design partner at Pei Cobb Freed & Partners ⓘ |
| influenced | late-20th-century American corporate architecture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
I. M. Pei & Associates
ⓘ
surface form:
I. M. Pei & Partners
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners ⓘ |
| movement | Modernism ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | modernist architectural designs ⓘ |
| notableProjectType |
civic buildings
ⓘ
corporate headquarters ⓘ courthouses ⓘ skyscrapers ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Allianz Building, Berlin
ⓘ
Fannie Mae Headquarters, Washington, D.C. ⓘ John Hancock Tower, Boston ⓘ
surface form:
John Hancock Tower
John Hancock Tower, Boston ⓘ John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse ⓘ John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse ⓘ
surface form:
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse, Boston
U.S. Bank Tower, Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form:
Library Tower (U.S. Bank Tower), Los Angeles
National Constitution Center ⓘ
surface form:
National Constitution Center, Philadelphia
Place Ville Marie complex ⓘ
surface form:
Place Ville Marie, Montreal
Portland Public Service Building renovation concepts ⓘ U.S. Bank Tower, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ |
| partnerIn |
I. M. Pei & Associates
ⓘ
surface form:
I. M. Pei & Partners
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chair of the Department of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design ⓘ |
| style | glass-and-steel high-rise design ⓘ |
| workedWith | I. M. Pei ⓘ |
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: Harry Cobb Description of subject: Harry Cobb was a prominent American architect known for his modernist designs and influential role as a partner at I.M. Pei & Partners (later Pei Cobb Freed & Partners).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.