Stonewall Inn
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The Stonewall Inn is a historic gay bar in New York City widely regarded as the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stonewall Inn canonical | 7 |
| LGBT community in New York City | 1 |
| Stonewall | 1 |
| Stonewall Bar | 1 |
| Stonewall Inn (exterior portions) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2510771 — 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: Stonewall Inn Context triple: [Stonewall riots, hasLocation, Stonewall Inn]
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A.
Stonewall
Stonewall was the famous nickname of Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, renowned for his steadfastness during the American Civil War.
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B.
St. Mark's Place
St. Mark's Place is a famed, historically bohemian stretch of East 8th Street in Manhattan’s East Village known for its vibrant nightlife, countercultural history, and eclectic mix of shops, bars, and restaurants.
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C.
Stonewall riots
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous demonstrations by LGBTQ+ people in June 1969 in New York City that became a catalyst for the modern gay rights movement and the annual Pride celebrations worldwide.
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D.
Cocoanut Grove nightclub
The Cocoanut Grove nightclub was a famous, glamorous entertainment venue in Los Angeles known for hosting Hollywood stars, big band performances, and lavish nightlife during the early to mid-20th century.
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E.
Bowery
Bowery is a historic street and neighborhood in Lower Manhattan known for its evolution from a 19th-century entertainment and skid row district to a gentrified area with galleries, restaurants, and cultural institutions.
- 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: Stonewall Inn Target entity description: The Stonewall Inn is a historic gay bar in New York City widely regarded as the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
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A.
Stonewall
Stonewall was the famous nickname of Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, renowned for his steadfastness during the American Civil War.
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B.
St. Mark's Place
St. Mark's Place is a famed, historically bohemian stretch of East 8th Street in Manhattan’s East Village known for its vibrant nightlife, countercultural history, and eclectic mix of shops, bars, and restaurants.
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C.
Stonewall riots
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous demonstrations by LGBTQ+ people in June 1969 in New York City that became a catalyst for the modern gay rights movement and the annual Pride celebrations worldwide.
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D.
Cocoanut Grove nightclub
The Cocoanut Grove nightclub was a famous, glamorous entertainment venue in Los Angeles known for hosting Hollywood stars, big band performances, and lavish nightlife during the early to mid-20th century.
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E.
Bowery
Bowery is a historic street and neighborhood in Lower Manhattan known for its evolution from a 19th-century entertainment and skid row district to a gentrified area with galleries, restaurants, and cultural institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LGBT landmark
ⓘ
National Historic Landmark ⓘ gay bar ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Stonewall Inn
ⓘ
surface form:
Stonewall
Stonewall Inn ⓘ
surface form:
Stonewall Bar
|
| associatedWithColor | rainbow flag ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | New York City Pride March starting point (various years) ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Stonewall National Monument designation nearby
ⓘ
annual Pride events ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement
ⓘ
symbol of LGBTQ+ resistance to police harassment ⓘ symbol of gay pride ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation |
New York City Landmark
ⓘ
Stonewall National Monument ⓘ
surface form:
Stonewall National Monument (surrounding area)
National Historic Landmark ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Historic Landmark
|
| hasPlaque | commemorative plaque marking Stonewall riots ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greenwich Village
ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| movementAssociatedWith |
LGBTQ+ rights movement
ⓘ
gay liberation movement ⓘ modern LGBTQ+ rights movement ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Greenwich Village ⓘ |
| notableDate | 1969-06-28 ⓘ |
| operatedAs |
gay bar
ⓘ
nightclub ⓘ |
| originalOpeningDate | 1967 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | private owners ⓘ |
| patronGroup |
drag queens
ⓘ
gay men ⓘ homeless LGBTQ+ youth ⓘ lesbians ⓘ transgender people ⓘ |
| policeRaidFrequencyBefore1969 | frequent ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | LGBTQ+ organizations worldwide ⓘ |
| reopenedAsGayBar | 1990s ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Stonewall riots ⓘ |
| significantEventEndDate | 1969-07-03 ⓘ |
| significantEventStartDate | 1969-06-28 ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 53 Christopher Street ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
documentaries about LGBTQ+ rights
ⓘ
films depicting Stonewall riots ⓘ numerous books about Stonewall riots ⓘ |
| touristAttractionStatus | major LGBTQ+ heritage site ⓘ |
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: Stonewall Inn Description of subject: The Stonewall Inn is a historic gay bar in New York City widely regarded as the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
LGBT community in New York City
this entity surface form:
Stonewall
this entity surface form:
Stonewall Bar
this entity surface form:
Stonewall Inn (exterior portions)