Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse
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The Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse is a historic federal facility in Duluth, Minnesota, that houses federal courtrooms, government offices, and former customs operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2918848 — 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: Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse Context triple: [United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, hasCourthouse, Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse]
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James A. Byrne United States Courthouse
The James A. Byrne United States Courthouse is a major federal courthouse in Philadelphia that houses the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and other federal judicial offices.
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B.
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse
The John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse is a prominent federal courthouse and judicial complex located on Boston’s waterfront that houses the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
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C.
James R. Browning United States Courthouse
The James R. Browning United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in San Francisco, California, renowned for its Beaux-Arts architecture and role as the headquarters of the Ninth Circuit.
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D.
Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse
The Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse is a major federal courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri, notable for housing the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and being one of the largest U.S. federal court buildings.
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E.
Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse
The Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in Richmond, Virginia, named after Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.
- 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: Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse Target entity description: The Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse is a historic federal facility in Duluth, Minnesota, that houses federal courtrooms, government offices, and former customs operations.
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A.
James A. Byrne United States Courthouse
The James A. Byrne United States Courthouse is a major federal courthouse in Philadelphia that houses the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and other federal judicial offices.
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B.
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse
The John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse is a prominent federal courthouse and judicial complex located on Boston’s waterfront that houses the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
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C.
James R. Browning United States Courthouse
The James R. Browning United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in San Francisco, California, renowned for its Beaux-Arts architecture and role as the headquarters of the Ninth Circuit.
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D.
Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse
The Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse is a major federal courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri, notable for housing the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and being one of the largest U.S. federal court buildings.
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E.
Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse
The Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in Richmond, Virginia, named after Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
courthouse
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custom house ⓘ federal building ⓘ historic building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| function |
federal judiciary facility
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federal office building ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Buildings and structures in Duluth, Minnesota
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Custom houses in the United States ⓘ Government buildings in Minnesota ⓘ United States federal courthouses ⓘ |
| hasUse |
customs operations
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federal courtrooms ⓘ government offices ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Duluth
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surface form:
Duluth, Minnesota
Minnesota ⓘ St. Louis County, Minnesota ⓘ United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal judicial district of Minnesota
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| managedBy | U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gerald W. Heaney ⓘ |
| occupant |
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
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federal government offices ⓘ |
| owner | United States government ⓘ |
| partOf | federal court facilities of the District of Minnesota ⓘ |
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: Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse Description of subject: The Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse is a historic federal facility in Duluth, Minnesota, that houses federal courtrooms, government offices, and former customs operations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
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hasCourthouse
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Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse
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D. Minn.
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hasCourthouse
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Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse
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