Tulip Stairs
E251881
Tulip Stairs is an elegant, self-supporting spiral staircase in the Queen’s House at Greenwich, celebrated as one of the first geometric cantilevered staircases in Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tulip Stairs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2264436 — 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: Tulip Stairs Context triple: [Queen’s House, notableFeature, Tulip Stairs]
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A.
Filbert Steps
Filbert Steps is a famous steep stairway in San Francisco that climbs the eastern slope of Telegraph Hill, known for its gardens, views, and access to Coit Tower.
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B.
Chkalov Staircase
Chkalov Staircase is a monumental riverside staircase in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, known for its sweeping views over the Volga River and its distinctive multi-tiered, fan-shaped design.
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C.
Cordonata staircase
The Cordonata staircase is a gently sloping monumental ramp in Rome designed by Michelangelo to provide a grand processional approach to the Capitoline Hill.
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D.
Queen's Staircase
Queen's Staircase is a historic limestone staircase in Nassau, Bahamas, carved by enslaved people in the late 18th century and now a major cultural and tourist landmark.
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E.
Potemkin Stairs
Potemkin Stairs is a monumental 19th-century seaside staircase in Odesa, Ukraine, famed as a symbol of the city and for its iconic appearance in Sergei Eisenstein’s film "Battleship Potemkin."
- 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: Tulip Stairs Target entity description: Tulip Stairs is an elegant, self-supporting spiral staircase in the Queen’s House at Greenwich, celebrated as one of the first geometric cantilevered staircases in Britain.
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A.
Filbert Steps
Filbert Steps is a famous steep stairway in San Francisco that climbs the eastern slope of Telegraph Hill, known for its gardens, views, and access to Coit Tower.
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B.
Chkalov Staircase
Chkalov Staircase is a monumental riverside staircase in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, known for its sweeping views over the Volga River and its distinctive multi-tiered, fan-shaped design.
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C.
Torres Maldonado Staircase
The Torres Maldonado Staircase is a sculptural, geometrically complex architectural staircase designed by contemporary architect Preston Scott Cohen.
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D.
Cordonata staircase
The Cordonata staircase is a gently sloping monumental ramp in Rome designed by Michelangelo to provide a grand processional approach to the Capitoline Hill.
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E.
Queen's Staircase
Queen's Staircase is a historic limestone staircase in Nassau, Bahamas, carved by enslaved people in the late 18th century and now a major cultural and tourist landmark.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cantilevered staircase
ⓘ
spiral staircase ⓘ staircase ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | geometric ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Inigo Jones ⓘ |
| constructionType | cantilevered ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | early 17th century ⓘ |
| hasBorough | Royal Borough of Greenwich ⓘ |
| hasCity |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| hasCulturalSignificance | iconic interior feature of Queen’s House ⓘ |
| hasDesignMotif | tulip motif ⓘ |
| hasEngineeringSignificance | early example of self-supporting staircase in Britain ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central open well
ⓘ
ornamental balustrade ⓘ self-supporting treads ⓘ |
| hasFunction | vertical circulation within Queen’s House ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicSignificance | popular subject for photography ⓘ |
| hasShape | spiral ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of a Grade I listed building ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
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Greenwich ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Queen’s House ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| material |
stone
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wrought iron ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first geometric cantilevered staircases in Britain
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elegant spiral design ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Queen’s House
ⓘ
surface form:
Queen’s House, Greenwich
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| supportType | self-supporting ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Tulip Stairs Description of subject: Tulip Stairs is an elegant, self-supporting spiral staircase in the Queen’s House at Greenwich, celebrated as one of the first geometric cantilevered staircases in Britain.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.