Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
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The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is a major glass-and-steel convention and exhibition complex on Manhattan’s West Side that serves as New York City’s primary venue for large trade shows and events.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jacob K. Javits Convention Center canonical | 8 |
| Javits Center | 3 |
| Javits Center expansion project | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2374935 — 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: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Context triple: [Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, notableWork, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center]
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A.
Comcast Center
Comcast Center is a prominent postmodern skyscraper in Philadelphia that serves as the headquarters of Comcast and a landmark of the city’s skyline.
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B.
Kips Bay Plaza
Kips Bay Plaza is a notable residential and commercial complex in Manhattan’s Kips Bay neighborhood, recognized for its modernist architecture and role in the area’s urban renewal.
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C.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center is a major cultural venue and arts complex in Newark that hosts concerts, theater, dance, and community events.
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D.
New York City Center
New York City Center is a historic performing arts venue in Midtown Manhattan known for its dance, theater, and music programming, including the renowned Encores! series.
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E.
Queens Borough Hall
Queens Borough Hall is the main government building and administrative center for the Borough of Queens in New York City.
- 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: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Target entity description: The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is a major glass-and-steel convention and exhibition complex on Manhattan’s West Side that serves as New York City’s primary venue for large trade shows and events.
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A.
Comcast Center
Comcast Center is a prominent postmodern skyscraper in Philadelphia that serves as the headquarters of Comcast and a landmark of the city’s skyline.
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B.
Kips Bay Plaza
Kips Bay Plaza is a notable residential and commercial complex in Manhattan’s Kips Bay neighborhood, recognized for its modernist architecture and role in the area’s urban renewal.
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C.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center is a major cultural venue and arts complex in Newark that hosts concerts, theater, dance, and community events.
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D.
New York City Center
New York City Center is a historic performing arts venue in Midtown Manhattan known for its dance, theater, and music programming, including the renowned Encores! series.
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E.
Queens Borough Hall
Queens Borough Hall is the main government building and administrative center for the Borough of Queens in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
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convention center ⓘ exhibition center ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architect | James Ingo Freed ⓘ |
| architecturalFirm | Pei Cobb Freed & Partners ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Modern ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
34th Street
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38th Street ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1980 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| environmentalFeature |
bird-friendly glass replacement
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stormwater management via green roof ⓘ |
| exhibitSpace | approximately 840,000 square feet ⓘ |
| expansionCompletion | 2021 ⓘ |
| floorArea | approximately 1,800,000 square feet ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Empire State Development
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surface form:
New York State Urban Development Corporation
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| hasExpansion |
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Javits Center expansion project
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| hasFeature |
ballroom
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expansive exhibition halls ⓘ glass curtain wall ⓘ green roof ⓘ loading docks ⓘ meeting rooms ⓘ rooftop event space ⓘ |
| hostsEventType |
auto shows
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comic conventions ⓘ consumer shows ⓘ industry trade fairs ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Eleventh Avenue ⓘ |
| location | West Side of Manhattan ⓘ |
| material |
glass
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steel ⓘ |
| name | Jacob K. Javits Convention Center self-link ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Jacob Javits
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surface form:
Jacob K. Javits
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| near |
Hudson River
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Hudson Yards ⓘ |
| neighborhood |
Hell's Kitchen
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surface form:
Hell’s Kitchen
|
| notableFor |
glass-and-steel structure
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large contiguous exhibition space ⓘ role in New York City convention industry ⓘ |
| opened | 1986 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1986-04-03 ⓘ |
| operator |
New York City Economic Development Corporation
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surface form:
New York Convention Center Operating Corporation
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| owner |
New York City Economic Development Corporation
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surface form:
New York Convention Center Operating Corporation
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| primaryUse |
conventions
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exhibitions ⓘ large public events ⓘ trade shows ⓘ |
| publicTransitAccess |
34th Street–Hudson Yards
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surface form:
34th Street–Hudson Yards subway station
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| publicTransitLine | New York City Subway 7 train ⓘ |
| regionServed | New York metropolitan area ⓘ |
| roofType | green roof ⓘ |
| servesAs | primary large-scale convention venue for New York City ⓘ |
| shortName |
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Javits Center
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| state | New York ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 429 11th Avenue ⓘ |
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: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Description of subject: The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is a major glass-and-steel convention and exhibition complex on Manhattan’s West Side that serves as New York City’s primary venue for large trade shows and events.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Javits Center
this entity surface form:
Javits Center
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
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shortName
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Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
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this entity surface form:
Javits Center
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
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hasExpansion
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Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Javits Center expansion project
2009 New York International Auto Show (first generation)
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venue
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Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
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