Selma Mansion
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Selma Mansion is a historic 18th-century house in Norristown, Pennsylvania, known as one of the area’s oldest and most architecturally significant residences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Selma Mansion canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8054245 — 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: Selma Mansion Context triple: [Norristown, Pennsylvania, hasAttraction, Selma Mansion]
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A.
Grace Hall
Grace Hall was an American opera singer, music teacher, and the mother of writer Ernest Hemingway.
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B.
Seelye Mansion
Seelye Mansion is a historic early-20th-century home in Abilene, Kansas, renowned for its grand architecture, original furnishings, and role as a popular museum and tourist destination.
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C.
Walker House
Walker House is a residential block within the Ossulston Estate in the London Borough of Camden, known as part of an interwar social housing development.
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D.
Bragg-Mitchell Mansion
Bragg-Mitchell Mansion is a historic 19th-century antebellum home in Mobile, Alabama, renowned for its grand Greek Revival architecture and role as a prominent Southern landmark.
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E.
Poplar Hall
Poplar Hall is a historic plantation estate in Delaware noted for its colonial-era architecture and significance in the region’s early agricultural history.
- 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: Selma Mansion Target entity description: Selma Mansion is a historic 18th-century house in Norristown, Pennsylvania, known as one of the area’s oldest and most architecturally significant residences.
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A.
Grace Hall
Grace Hall was an American opera singer, music teacher, and the mother of writer Ernest Hemingway.
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B.
Seelye Mansion
Seelye Mansion is a historic early-20th-century home in Abilene, Kansas, renowned for its grand architecture, original furnishings, and role as a popular museum and tourist destination.
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C.
Walker House
Walker House is a residential block within the Ossulston Estate in the London Borough of Camden, known as part of an interwar social housing development.
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D.
Bragg-Mitchell Mansion
Bragg-Mitchell Mansion is a historic 19th-century antebellum home in Mobile, Alabama, renowned for its grand Greek Revival architecture and role as a prominent Southern landmark.
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E.
Poplar Hall
Poplar Hall is a historic plantation estate in Delaware noted for its colonial-era architecture and significance in the region’s early agricultural history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historic house ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Federal architecture
ⓘ
Georgian architecture ⓘ |
| city | Norristown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1794 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse | historic site ⓘ |
| floorCount | 3 above ground ⓘ |
| hasBasement | yes ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
18th-century houses in the United States
ⓘ
Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ⓘ Historic houses in Pennsylvania ⓘ Historic sites in Norristown, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| hasChimney | yes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central hall plan
ⓘ
double-hung sash windows ⓘ fireplaces ⓘ gabled roof ⓘ original interior woodwork (partially preserved) ⓘ paneled doors ⓘ symmetrical façade ⓘ thick masonry walls ⓘ wooden interior trim ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic property ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | local historic landmark ⓘ |
| inception | 18th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOnStreet | West Airy Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Norristown, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| near | Schuylkill River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
age and architectural integrity
ⓘ
association with early Norristown history ⓘ |
| numberOfStoreys | 3 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | Norristown Preservation Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Norristown Preservation Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Southeastern Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | slate ⓘ |
| significance |
architecturally significant 18th-century house in Montgomery County
ⓘ
one of the oldest surviving residences in Norristown ⓘ |
| state | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| use | residence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Selma Mansion Description of subject: Selma Mansion is a historic 18th-century house in Norristown, Pennsylvania, known as one of the area’s oldest and most architecturally significant residences.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Norristown, Pennsylvania