John M. Johansen House
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The John M. Johansen House is a modernist residence in New Canaan, Connecticut, designed by architect John M. Johansen as part of the influential mid-20th-century experimental homes by the Harvard Five.
All labels observed (1)
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| John M. Johansen House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9607702 — 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: John M. Johansen House Context triple: [Harvard Five houses, hasPart, John M. Johansen House]
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A.
James S. Wright House
The James S. Wright House is a historic residence in Rensselaer, Indiana, recognized for its architectural and local heritage significance.
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B.
Joseph Rothrock House
The Joseph Rothrock House is a historic residence in West Chester, Pennsylvania, associated with noted conservationist and forester Dr. Joseph T. Rothrock.
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C.
Jonathan Corwin House
The Jonathan Corwin House, also known as the Witch House, is a historic 17th-century home in Salem, Massachusetts, famous as the only remaining structure with direct ties to the Salem witch trials.
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D.
Willard D. Straight House
The Willard D. Straight House is a grand early 20th-century mansion on New York’s Upper East Side, known for its refined neoclassical design and association with prominent financier and diplomat Willard Dickerman Straight.
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E.
Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House is one of the oldest surviving residences in Cambridge, Massachusetts, notable for its early 18th-century architecture and long association with prominent local families.
- 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: John M. Johansen House Target entity description: The John M. Johansen House is a modernist residence in New Canaan, Connecticut, designed by architect John M. Johansen as part of the influential mid-20th-century experimental homes by the Harvard Five.
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A.
James S. Wright House
The James S. Wright House is a historic residence in Rensselaer, Indiana, recognized for its architectural and local heritage significance.
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B.
Joseph Rothrock House
The Joseph Rothrock House is a historic residence in West Chester, Pennsylvania, associated with noted conservationist and forester Dr. Joseph T. Rothrock.
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C.
Jonathan Corwin House
The Jonathan Corwin House, also known as the Witch House, is a historic 17th-century home in Salem, Massachusetts, famous as the only remaining structure with direct ties to the Salem witch trials.
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D.
Willard D. Straight House
The Willard D. Straight House is a grand early 20th-century mansion on New York’s Upper East Side, known for its refined neoclassical design and association with prominent financier and diplomat Willard Dickerman Straight.
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E.
Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House is one of the oldest surviving residences in Cambridge, Massachusetts, notable for its early 18th-century architecture and long association with prominent local families.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
house
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modernist residence ⓘ single-family home ⓘ |
| architect | John M. Johansen ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Modernism ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Harvard Five
ⓘ
linked to:
Harvard Five houses
|
| category |
Houses in Fairfield County, Connecticut
ⓘ
Modernist houses in Connecticut ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| hasArchitect | John M. Johansen ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalType | experimental house ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
association with Harvard Five architects
ⓘ
experimental residential form ⓘ modernist design ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Connecticut
ⓘ
New Canaan, Connecticut ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| locatedInMunicipality |
New Canaan
ⓘ
linked to:
New Canaan, Connecticut
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| locatedInRegion | New England ⓘ |
| locatedInState | Connecticut ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John M. Johansen ⓘ |
| partOf |
Harvard Five houses in New Canaan
ⓘ
linked to:
Harvard Five houses
experimental homes in New Canaan ⓘ |
| significance | example of mid-20th-century modernist residential architecture ⓘ |
| use | residential building ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: John M. Johansen House Description of subject: The John M. Johansen House is a modernist residence in New Canaan, Connecticut, designed by architect John M. Johansen as part of the influential mid-20th-century experimental homes by the Harvard Five.
Referenced by (1)
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