Central Library
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Central Library was the original name of the iconic, futurist-style main library at the University of California, San Diego, now known as Geisel Library.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Central Library canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5803426 — 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: Central Library Context triple: [Geisel Library, formerName, Central Library]
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Central Library
Central Library is the main academic library of the National University of Colombia’s Bogotá campus, serving as a key hub for research, study, and access to scholarly resources.
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Central Library
Central Library is the landmark main branch and historic flagship building of the Los Angeles Public Library system in downtown Los Angeles.
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C.
Central Library
Central Library is the main academic library of Jadavpur University, serving as a key resource center for its students, faculty, and researchers.
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Central Library
Central Library is the iconic mosaic-covered main library building of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, renowned for its vast collections and its UNESCO-recognized modernist architecture.
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Central Library
Central Library is the main academic library of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, serving as a key resource center for books, journals, and digital materials for students and researchers.
- 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: Central Library Target entity description: Central Library was the original name of the iconic, futurist-style main library at the University of California, San Diego, now known as Geisel Library.
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A.
Central Library
Central Library is the landmark main branch and historic flagship building of the Los Angeles Public Library system in downtown Los Angeles.
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B.
Central Library
Central Library is the iconic mosaic-covered main library building of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, renowned for its vast collections and its UNESCO-recognized modernist architecture.
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C.
Central Library
Central Library is the main academic library of Tel Aviv University, serving as a primary hub for research resources and study facilities for its students and faculty.
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Central Library
Central Library is the main academic library of Jadavpur University, serving as a key resource center for its students, faculty, and researchers.
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Central Library
Central Library is the main academic library of the University of Canterbury, providing core study spaces, collections, and research services for its students and staff.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library
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building ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of California, San Diego ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
brutalist architecture
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futurist ⓘ modernist architecture ⓘ |
| campus |
UC San Diego main campus
ⓘ
linked to:
University of California, San Diego
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| category |
Brutalist architecture in California
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Buildings and structures in San Diego, California ⓘ Libraries in San Diego County, California ⓘ Modernist architecture in California ⓘ University and college academic libraries in the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| designedBy |
William L. Pereira
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linked to:
William Pereira
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| floorCount | 8 ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | Geisel Library ⓘ |
| function | main library of the University of California, San Diego ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
general collections
ⓘ
research collections ⓘ special collections ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cantilevered reading rooms
ⓘ
elevated tower structure ⓘ panoramic views of the UC San Diego campus ⓘ |
| hasFormerName |
Central Library (UC San Diego)
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linked to:
Geisel Library at UC San Diego
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| locatedIn |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
La Jolla, California ⓘ
linked to:
La Jolla, California, United States
San Diego, California ⓘ
linked to:
San Diego, California, United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
University of California, San Diego ⓘ |
| material |
glass
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reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Theodor Seuss Geisel
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linked to:
Dr. Seuss
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| notableFor |
futurist-style architecture
ⓘ
iconic concrete-and-glass tower design ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1970 ⓘ |
| partOf |
UC San Diego Library system
ⓘ
linked to:
Geisel Library at UC San Diego
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| role | flagship library of UC San Diego ⓘ |
| serves |
faculty of the University of California, San Diego
ⓘ
staff of the University of California, San Diego ⓘ students of the University of California, San Diego ⓘ |
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: Central Library Description of subject: Central Library was the original name of the iconic, futurist-style main library at the University of California, San Diego, now known as Geisel Library.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Geisel Library at UC San Diego