Walkie-Talkie
E462727
Walkie-Talkie is a distinctive, top-heavy skyscraper in London known for its curved glass design and prominent presence in the city’s skyline.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walkie-Talkie canonical | 4 |
| Talkie Walkie | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4697917 — 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: Walkie-Talkie Context triple: [20 Fenchurch Street, nickname, Walkie-Talkie]
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A.
Citizens Band
Citizens Band is a 1977 American comedy film, also known as "Handle with Care," that satirically explores small-town life and relationships through the emerging CB radio craze.
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B.
Pyle
Pyle is a surname most notably associated with American illustrator and author Howard Pyle, a key figure in the development of illustrated literature and children's books in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Flashlight
"Flashlight" is a pop ballad by Jessie J, best known as an inspirational anthem featured in the film Pitch Perfect 2.
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D.
Scrambler
Scrambler is a classic spinning amusement ride located at the Worlds of Fun theme park in Kansas City, Missouri.
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E.
Boomerang
Boomerang is a television network known for airing classic and contemporary animated programming, particularly cartoons from the Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera libraries.
- 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: Walkie-Talkie Target entity description: Walkie-Talkie is a distinctive, top-heavy skyscraper in London known for its curved glass design and prominent presence in the city’s skyline.
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A.
Citizens Band
Citizens Band is a 1977 American comedy film, also known as "Handle with Care," that satirically explores small-town life and relationships through the emerging CB radio craze.
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B.
Pyle
Pyle is a surname most notably associated with American illustrator and author Howard Pyle, a key figure in the development of illustrated literature and children's books in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Flashlight
"Flashlight" is a pop ballad by Jessie J, best known as an inspirational anthem featured in the film Pitch Perfect 2.
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D.
Scrambler
Scrambler is a classic spinning amusement ride located at the Worlds of Fun theme park in Kansas City, Missouri.
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E.
Boomerang
Boomerang is a television network known for airing classic and contemporary animated programming, particularly cartoons from the Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera libraries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial building
ⓘ
high-rise building ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Walkie-Talkie ⓘ |
| architect | Rafael Viñoly ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | postmodern architecture ⓘ |
| cityQuarter | insurance district of the City of London ⓘ |
| citySkylineRole | landmark building in London skyline ⓘ |
| completionDate | 2014 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| developer |
Canary Wharf Group
ⓘ
Land Securities ⓘ
linked to:
Landsec
|
| elevatorCount | 12+ ⓘ |
| floorArea | approximately 62,000 square metres ⓘ |
| floorCount | 38 ⓘ |
| hasControversy |
solar glare causing damage to parked cars
ⓘ
wind tunnel effects at street level ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
curved glass façade
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distinctive silhouette on London skyline ⓘ public viewing platforms ⓘ restaurants in sky garden ⓘ three-storey sky garden ⓘ top-heavy design ⓘ |
| hasNickNameReason | resembles a walkie-talkie ⓘ |
| hasUse |
office space
ⓘ
public observation area ⓘ retail space ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
River Thames
ⓘ
linked to:
Thames
St Paul’s Cathedral ⓘ
linked to:
St Paul's Cathedral
The Shard ⓘ Tower Bridge ⓘ |
| height |
160 metres
ⓘ
525 feet ⓘ |
| location |
City of London
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| mainContractor | Canary Wharf Contractors ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2014 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Lee Kum Kee Group ⓘ |
| planningAuthority |
City of London Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Corporation of London
|
| roofFeature | enclosed sky garden under glass dome ⓘ |
| saleDate | 2017 ⓘ |
| salePrice | £1.3 billion ⓘ |
| solarGlareMitigation | external shading installed ⓘ |
| startDateOfConstruction | 2009 ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 20 Fenchurch Street ⓘ |
| structuralEngineer | CH2M Hill ⓘ |
| topFloor | 155 metres ⓘ |
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: Walkie-Talkie Description of subject: Walkie-Talkie is a distinctive, top-heavy skyscraper in London known for its curved glass design and prominent presence in the city’s skyline.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.