Brown Building at New York University
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The Brown Building at New York University is a historic Greenwich Village structure best known as the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a pivotal event in U.S. labor and fire safety reform.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brown Building at New York University canonical | 2 |
| NYU campus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6423156 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Brown Building at New York University Context triple: [Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, memorialLocation, Brown Building at New York University]
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New York University Main Building (now Silver Center)
New York University Main Building (now the Silver Center) is a historic academic structure in Manhattan’s Washington Square area, designed in the Beaux-Arts style by the prominent architectural firm McKim, Mead & White.
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Rutgers Business School building
The Rutgers Business School building is a modern academic facility that houses Rutgers University's business programs, featuring classrooms, offices, and resources for business education and research.
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Columbia University School of Law building
The Columbia University School of Law building is a modern academic facility in New York City designed by architect Romaldo Giurgola to house Columbia Law School’s classrooms, offices, and legal research spaces.
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D.
Columbia University Low Memorial Library
Columbia University Low Memorial Library is a monumental Beaux-Arts building on Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus that serves as an iconic architectural centerpiece and former main library of the university.
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E.
Erastus Corning Tower
Erastus Corning Tower is a prominent modernist skyscraper in Albany, New York, serving as the tallest building in the city and a key component of the state government complex.
- 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: Brown Building at New York University Target entity description: The Brown Building at New York University is a historic Greenwich Village structure best known as the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a pivotal event in U.S. labor and fire safety reform.
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A.
New York University Main Building (now Silver Center)
New York University Main Building (now the Silver Center) is a historic academic structure in Manhattan’s Washington Square area, designed in the Beaux-Arts style by the prominent architectural firm McKim, Mead & White.
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B.
Rutgers Business School building
The Rutgers Business School building is a modern academic facility that houses Rutgers University's business programs, featuring classrooms, offices, and resources for business education and research.
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C.
Columbia University School of Law building
The Columbia University School of Law building is a modern academic facility in New York City designed by architect Romaldo Giurgola to house Columbia Law School’s classrooms, offices, and legal research spaces.
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D.
Columbia University Low Memorial Library
Columbia University Low Memorial Library is a monumental Beaux-Arts building on Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus that serves as an iconic architectural centerpiece and former main library of the university.
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E.
Erastus Corning Tower
Erastus Corning Tower is a prominent modernist skyscraper in Albany, New York, serving as the tallest building in the city and a key component of the state government complex.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City Landmark
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academic building ⓘ building ⓘ factory fire ⓘ historic site ⓘ industrial disaster ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | early 20th-century commercial style ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| date | 1911-03-25 ⓘ |
| formerlyKnownAs | Asch Building ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | geographic coordinates ⓘ |
| hasFloorCount | 10 ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire memorial plaques ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named after philanthropist Frederick Brown ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
symbol of labor rights movement in the United States
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symbol of workplace safety reform ⓘ |
| hasUse |
classrooms
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educational purposes ⓘ laboratories ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| impact |
U.S. labor reform
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fire safety reform in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greenwich Village
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Manhattan ⓘ New York ⓘ New York City ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| locatedNear | Washington Square Park ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Washington Place ⓘ |
| location |
Asch Building
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Brown Building at New York University ⓘ Greenwich Village ⓘ |
| ownedBy | New York University ⓘ |
| partOf |
New York University campus
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linked to:
New York University core campus area
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| significantEvent | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical tours of Greenwich Village
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studies on fire safety regulation ⓘ studies on labor history ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Brown Building at New York University Description of subject: The Brown Building at New York University is a historic Greenwich Village structure best known as the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a pivotal event in U.S. labor and fire safety reform.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brown Building at New York University
subject linked to:
Brown Building at New York University