New Canaan Library
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New Canaan Library is the public library serving the town of New Canaan, Connecticut, offering community access to books, digital resources, and educational programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New Canaan Library canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2085494 — 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: New Canaan Library Context triple: [New Canaan, Connecticut, hasLibrary, New Canaan Library]
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A.
New Canaan Branch
The New Canaan Branch is a commuter rail line in Connecticut operated by Metro-North Railroad, connecting the town of New Canaan to the New Haven Line and the broader New York metropolitan rail network.
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B.
Norwalk Public Library
Norwalk Public Library is a community library in Norwalk, Ohio, providing local residents with access to books, media, and educational resources.
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C.
Meriden Public Library
Meriden Public Library is the main public library serving the residents of Meriden, Connecticut with lending materials, community programs, and information services.
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D.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield Public Library is the main public library serving the town of Fairfield, Connecticut, providing community access to books, digital resources, and educational programs.
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E.
Commack Public Library
Commack Public Library is a community public library serving the residents of Commack, New York with lending materials, programs, and local services.
- 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: New Canaan Library Target entity description: New Canaan Library is the public library serving the town of New Canaan, Connecticut, offering community access to books, digital resources, and educational programs.
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A.
New Canaan Branch
The New Canaan Branch is a commuter rail line in Connecticut operated by Metro-North Railroad, connecting the town of New Canaan to the New Haven Line and the broader New York metropolitan rail network.
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B.
Norwalk Public Library
Norwalk Public Library is a community library in Norwalk, Ohio, providing local residents with access to books, media, and educational resources.
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C.
Meriden Public Library
Meriden Public Library is the main public library serving the residents of Meriden, Connecticut with lending materials, community programs, and information services.
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D.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield Public Library is the main public library serving the town of Fairfield, Connecticut, providing community access to books, digital resources, and educational programs.
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E.
Commack Public Library
Commack Public Library is a community public library serving the residents of Commack, New York with lending materials, programs, and local services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
library
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nonprofit organization ⓘ public library ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| county |
Fairfield County, Connecticut
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surface form:
Fairfield County
|
| hasCollection |
DVDs
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audiobooks ⓘ books ⓘ digital media ⓘ magazines ⓘ newspapers ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
serving as a community hub
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supporting lifelong learning ⓘ supporting literacy ⓘ |
| hasMission | to provide community access to information and educational resources ⓘ |
| hasService |
Wi‑Fi access
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access to digital resources ⓘ adult programs ⓘ children’s programs ⓘ community programs ⓘ educational programs ⓘ lending of books ⓘ meeting spaces ⓘ public computers ⓘ public events ⓘ study spaces ⓘ teen programs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Connecticut
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Fairfield County, Connecticut ⓘ New Canaan, Connecticut ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| name | New Canaan Library self-link ⓘ |
| offers |
downloadable audiobooks
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e‑books ⓘ library cards to local residents ⓘ online catalog ⓘ online databases ⓘ reference services ⓘ research assistance ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
New Canaan, Connecticut
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surface form:
Town of New Canaan
|
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serves | New Canaan, Connecticut ⓘ |
| servesPopulation | residents of New Canaan, Connecticut ⓘ |
| state | Connecticut ⓘ |
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: New Canaan Library Description of subject: New Canaan Library is the public library serving the town of New Canaan, Connecticut, offering community access to books, digital resources, and educational programs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.