Shanghai Library (main branch)
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The Shanghai Library (main branch) is one of China's largest public libraries and a major cultural and research institution located in Shanghai.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shanghai Library | 1 |
| Shanghai Library (main branch) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7922697 — 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: Shanghai Library (main branch) Context triple: [Xuhui District, contains, Shanghai Library (main branch)]
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A.
Fudan University Library
Fudan University Library is the main academic library system of Fudan University in Shanghai, China, providing extensive scholarly resources and research support to students and faculty.
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B.
Shenzhen Library
Shenzhen Library is a major public library and cultural institution in Shenzhen, China, known for its extensive collections and modern architectural design.
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C.
Shanghai Municipal History Museum
The Shanghai Municipal History Museum is a museum in Shanghai that showcases the city’s historical development through artifacts, dioramas, and exhibits on its urban and cultural evolution.
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D.
Shanghai Museum
Shanghai Museum is a major art and history museum in Shanghai, renowned for its extensive collection of ancient Chinese art and cultural relics.
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E.
National Library of China
The National Library of China is the country's foremost national library and one of the largest libraries in the world, housing extensive collections of Chinese literature, historical documents, and cultural archives.
- 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: Shanghai Library (main branch) Target entity description: The Shanghai Library (main branch) is one of China's largest public libraries and a major cultural and research institution located in Shanghai.
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A.
Fudan University Library
Fudan University Library is the main academic library system of Fudan University in Shanghai, China, providing extensive scholarly resources and research support to students and faculty.
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B.
Shenzhen Library
Shenzhen Library is a major public library and cultural institution in Shenzhen, China, known for its extensive collections and modern architectural design.
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C.
Shanghai Municipal History Museum
The Shanghai Municipal History Museum is a museum in Shanghai that showcases the city’s historical development through artifacts, dioramas, and exhibits on its urban and cultural evolution.
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D.
Shanghai Museum
Shanghai Museum is a major art and history museum in Shanghai, renowned for its extensive collection of ancient Chinese art and cultural relics.
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E.
National Library of China
The National Library of China is the country's foremost national library and one of the largest libraries in the world, housing extensive collections of Chinese literature, historical documents, and cultural archives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural institution
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public library ⓘ research library ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Shanghai Library
NERFINISHED
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Shanghai Library Main Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buildingHeight | approximately 24 floors ⓘ |
| city | Shanghai ⓘ |
| collectionType |
audio-visual materials
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books ⓘ digital resources ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ maps ⓘ newspapers ⓘ periodicals ⓘ rare books ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
Shanghai municipal documents
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children’s literature ⓘ foreign language books ⓘ genealogical records ⓘ humanities and social sciences materials ⓘ local Shanghai history materials ⓘ newspaper archives ⓘ science and technology materials ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
cafeteria
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conference rooms ⓘ exhibition halls ⓘ lecture halls ⓘ multimedia rooms ⓘ study rooms ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
cultural events
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digital library services ⓘ exhibitions ⓘ public lending ⓘ reading rooms ⓘ reference services ⓘ research services ⓘ |
| inception | 1996 ⓘ |
| isOneOf | largest public libraries in China ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Shanghai ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Xuhui District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 24 ⓘ |
| opened | 1996 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Shanghai Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Shanghai Municipal Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Shanghai Library system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOfCollections | Chinese ⓘ |
| significance |
major cultural institution in Shanghai
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major research institution in Shanghai ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 1555 Huaihai Road Middle ⓘ |
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: Shanghai Library (main branch) Description of subject: The Shanghai Library (main branch) is one of China's largest public libraries and a major cultural and research institution located in Shanghai.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shanghai Library