West 40th Street
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West 40th Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, running near landmarks such as the Port Authority Bus Terminal and Bryant Park.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| West 40th Street canonical | 5 |
| West 40th Street is one-way westbound | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2856926 — 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: West 40th Street Context triple: [Port Authority Bus Terminal, locatedBetweenStreets, West 40th Street]
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A.
West 48th Street
West 48th Street is an east–west thoroughfare in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, known for its mix of theaters, restaurants, and commercial buildings.
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B.
East 40th Street
East 40th Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, running through commercial and residential areas near landmarks such as Tudor City and the New York Public Library.
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C.
West 45th Street
West 45th Street is a notable Midtown Manhattan thoroughfare in New York City known for its concentration of Broadway theaters and cultural landmarks.
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D.
West 35th Street
West 35th Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, known for running through the busy Herald Square shopping and commercial district.
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E.
West 44th Street
West 44th Street is a notable Midtown Manhattan thoroughfare in New York City, known for its concentration of Broadway theaters, historic buildings, and cultural landmarks.
- 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: West 40th Street Target entity description: West 40th Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, running near landmarks such as the Port Authority Bus Terminal and Bryant Park.
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A.
West 48th Street
West 48th Street is an east–west thoroughfare in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, known for its mix of theaters, restaurants, and commercial buildings.
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B.
East 40th Street
East 40th Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, running through commercial and residential areas near landmarks such as Tudor City and the New York Public Library.
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C.
West 45th Street
West 45th Street is a notable Midtown Manhattan thoroughfare in New York City known for its concentration of Broadway theaters and cultural landmarks.
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D.
West 35th Street
West 35th Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, known for running through the busy Herald Square shopping and commercial district.
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E.
West 44th Street
West 44th Street is a notable Midtown Manhattan thoroughfare in New York City, known for its concentration of Broadway theaters, historic buildings, and cultural landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
east–west thoroughfare
ⓘ
street ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Bryant Park
ⓘ
Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasBorough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| hasDirection | east–west ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
local access street
ⓘ
urban traffic artery ⓘ |
| hasNotableNearbyPlace |
Bryant Park
ⓘ
New York Public Library Main Branch ⓘ
linked to:
New York Public Library
Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ Times Square ⓘ |
| hasParallelStreet |
West 39th Street
ⓘ
West 41st Street ⓘ |
| hasStreetType | crosstown street ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
ⓘ
Midtown Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| partOf | Manhattan street grid ⓘ |
| runsNear |
Bryant Park
ⓘ
Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ |
| transportationHubNearby | Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ |
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: West 40th Street Description of subject: West 40th Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, running near landmarks such as the Port Authority Bus Terminal and Bryant Park.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.