Guardian Building
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The Guardian Building is an iconic Art Deco skyscraper in Detroit renowned for its striking architectural design and vibrant, ornate interior.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guardian Building canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7003656 — 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: Guardian Building Context triple: [Downtown Detroit, hasLandmark, Guardian Building]
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A.
Newton Building
Newton Building is a prominent academic and administrative facility that serves as the central hub of Nottingham Trent University in Nottingham, England.
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B.
Harry Fairhurst Building
The Harry Fairhurst Building is a modern study and learning facility at the University of York, offering flexible workspaces and IT resources for students.
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C.
Richmond Building
Richmond Building is a prominent academic facility on the University of Portsmouth campus, housing teaching spaces and university departments.
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D.
William Stone Building
The William Stone Building is a prominent modernist residential and teaching block at Peterhouse, Cambridge, known for its distinctive architectural style and views over the college gardens.
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E.
Wellington Building
The Wellington Building is a historic federal government office building in Ottawa, Canada, located near Parliament Hill and used primarily for parliamentary and administrative functions.
- 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: Guardian Building Target entity description: The Guardian Building is an iconic Art Deco skyscraper in Detroit renowned for its striking architectural design and vibrant, ornate interior.
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A.
Newton Building
Newton Building is a prominent academic and administrative facility that serves as the central hub of Nottingham Trent University in Nottingham, England.
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B.
Harry Fairhurst Building
The Harry Fairhurst Building is a modern study and learning facility at the University of York, offering flexible workspaces and IT resources for students.
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C.
Richmond Building
Richmond Building is a prominent academic facility on the University of Portsmouth campus, housing teaching spaces and university departments.
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D.
William Stone Building
The William Stone Building is a prominent modernist residential and teaching block at Peterhouse, Cambridge, known for its distinctive architectural style and views over the college gardens.
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E.
Wellington Building
The Wellington Building is a historic federal government office building in Ottawa, Canada, located near Parliament Hill and used primarily for parliamentary and administrative functions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic landmark
ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ |
| architect |
Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wirt C. Rowland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Art Deco
ⓘ
Mayan Revival influences ⓘ |
| city | Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1927 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse |
government offices
ⓘ
office space ⓘ |
| façadeColor | orange brick ⓘ |
| façadeFeature | geometric ornamentation ⓘ |
| floorCount | 40 ⓘ |
| hasPublicAccessArea | main lobby ⓘ |
| height |
approximately 151 meters
ⓘ
approximately 496 feet ⓘ |
| historicDesignation | National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| houses | Wayne County administrative offices ⓘ |
| interiorDesigner | Mary Chase Perry Stratton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interiorMaterial | Pewabic tile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interiorStyle |
Art Deco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Native American-inspired motifs ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricDistrict | Downtown Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Detroit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| material |
brick
ⓘ
terra cotta ⓘ tile ⓘ |
| nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| nickname | Cathedral of Finance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
cathedral-like banking hall
ⓘ
multicolored tile work ⓘ mural by Ezra Winter ⓘ vibrant, ornate lobby ⓘ |
| NRHPListingYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| openedAs | headquarters of Union Trust Company ⓘ |
| originalName | Union Trust Building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Wayne County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Detroit skyline ⓘ |
| renamed | Guardian Building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roofType | setback skyscraper form ⓘ |
| significance | iconic symbol of Detroit ⓘ |
| tourism | popular tourist attraction in Detroit ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1929 ⓘ |
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: Guardian Building Description of subject: The Guardian Building is an iconic Art Deco skyscraper in Detroit renowned for its striking architectural design and vibrant, ornate interior.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.