Socony–Mobil Building
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The Socony–Mobil Building is a prominent International Style skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, notable for its stainless-steel facade and association with the Mobil oil company.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Socony–Mobil Building canonical | 2 |
| Socony–Vacuum Building | 1 |
| Standard Oil Building | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T606100 — 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.
Target entity: Socony–Mobil Building Context triple: [Wallace Harrison, designed, Socony–Mobil Building]
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A.
RCA Building
The RCA Building, now known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza or 30 Rock, is a landmark Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the centerpiece of New York City's Rockefeller Center complex.
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B.
New York Times Building
The New York Times Building is a prominent high-rise office tower in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the headquarters of The New York Times and is noted for its modern, light-filled design.
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C.
Chrysler Building
The Chrysler Building is an iconic Art Deco skyscraper in New York City that briefly held the title of the world’s tallest building in the early 20th century.
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D.
Tribune Building, New York City
The Tribune Building in New York City was a pioneering 19th-century skyscraper and former headquarters of the New York Tribune, designed in a richly ornamented style by architect Richard Morris Hunt.
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E.
Lever House
Lever House is a pioneering International Style glass-and-steel office skyscraper on New York City’s Park Avenue, celebrated as one of the first curtain-wall towers in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Socony–Mobil Building Target entity description: The Socony–Mobil Building is a prominent International Style skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, notable for its stainless-steel facade and association with the Mobil oil company.
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A.
RCA Building
The RCA Building, now known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza or 30 Rock, is a landmark Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the centerpiece of New York City's Rockefeller Center complex.
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B.
New York Times Building
The New York Times Building is a prominent high-rise office tower in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the headquarters of The New York Times and is noted for its modern, light-filled design.
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C.
Chrysler Building
The Chrysler Building is an iconic Art Deco skyscraper in New York City that briefly held the title of the world’s tallest building in the early 20th century.
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D.
Tribune Building, New York City
The Tribune Building in New York City was a pioneering 19th-century skyscraper and former headquarters of the New York Tribune, designed in a richly ornamented style by architect Richard Morris Hunt.
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E.
Lever House
Lever House is a pioneering International Style glass-and-steel office skyscraper on New York City’s Park Avenue, celebrated as one of the first curtain-wall towers in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
International Style building
ⓘ
New York City Landmark ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| architect |
Gordon Bunshaft
ⓘ
Harrison & Abramovitz ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | International Style ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| category |
International Style architecture in New York City
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New York City Landmark ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan
Skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| designationDate | New York City Landmark designation in 2003 ⓘ |
| developer |
Irving Trust Company
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Vacuum Oil Company ⓘ
surface form:
Socony–Vacuum Oil Company
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| district | Midtown East ⓘ |
| facadeMaterial | stainless steel ⓘ |
| floorCount | 45 ⓘ |
| formerName |
Socony–Mobil Building
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Socony–Vacuum Building
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| function | corporate offices ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
aluminum spandrel panels
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curtain wall facade ⓘ elevated plaza ⓘ setback massing ⓘ |
| height | approximately 572 feet ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
New York City Landmark
ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| location |
Manhattan
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Midtown Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| materialUsed | stainless steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Exxon
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surface form:
Socony–Mobil
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| near |
Chrysler Building
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Grand Central Terminal ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Mobil oil company
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early use of metal curtain wall in New York skyscrapers ⓘ stainless-steel facade ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| owner | Multiple private owners over time ⓘ |
| roofType | flat roof ⓘ |
| startDate | 1953 ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 150 East 42nd Street ⓘ |
| structuralSystem | steel frame ⓘ |
| tenant |
Mobil
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Vacuum Oil Company ⓘ
surface form:
Socony–Vacuum Oil Company
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| use | commercial ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Socony–Mobil Building Description of subject: The Socony–Mobil Building is a prominent International Style skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, notable for its stainless-steel facade and association with the Mobil oil company.
Referenced by (4)
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