Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
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Elmer Holmes Bobst Library is New York University’s main research library, a large academic facility on its Washington Square campus that houses extensive humanities and social science collections.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elmer Holmes Bobst Library canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10336166 — 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: Elmer Holmes Bobst Library Context triple: [Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, locatedIn, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library]
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A.
Bryant Library
Bryant Library is a historic public library in Roslyn, New York, known for its longstanding role as a cultural and educational center for the community.
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B.
Albert R. Mann Library
Albert R. Mann Library is Cornell University's primary library for the life sciences, agriculture, and human ecology, offering extensive research collections and study spaces.
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C.
Rush Rhees Library
Rush Rhees Library is the iconic main library of the University of Rochester, known for its landmark tower and central role in the university’s academic life.
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D.
Robbins Library
Robbins Library is a historic public library and cultural landmark serving the community of Arlington, Massachusetts.
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E.
Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library is Harvard University's principal library and an iconic neoclassical building renowned for its vast research collections and role as a central hub of academic life on campus.
- 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: Elmer Holmes Bobst Library Target entity description: Elmer Holmes Bobst Library is New York University’s main research library, a large academic facility on its Washington Square campus that houses extensive humanities and social science collections.
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A.
Bryant Library
Bryant Library is a historic public library in Roslyn, New York, known for its longstanding role as a cultural and educational center for the community.
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B.
Albert R. Mann Library
Albert R. Mann Library is Cornell University's primary library for the life sciences, agriculture, and human ecology, offering extensive research collections and study spaces.
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C.
Rush Rhees Library
Rush Rhees Library is the iconic main library of the University of Rochester, known for its landmark tower and central role in the university’s academic life.
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D.
Robbins Library
Robbins Library is a historic public library and cultural landmark serving the community of Arlington, Massachusetts.
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E.
Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library is Harvard University's principal library and an iconic neoclassical building renowned for its vast research collections and role as a central hub of academic life on campus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | academic library ⓘ |
| architect |
Philip Johnson
ⓘ
Richard Foster ⓘ |
| buildingType | library building ⓘ |
| campusOf | New York University ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| floorCount | 12 ⓘ |
| hasAccessPolicy | primarily for NYU students, faculty, and staff ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
archives
ⓘ
area studies ⓘ government documents ⓘ humanities ⓘ social sciences ⓘ special collections ⓘ |
| hasDigitalCollections | yes ⓘ |
| hasElectronicResources |
databases
ⓘ
e-books ⓘ e-journals ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
support learning
ⓘ
support research ⓘ support teaching ⓘ |
| hasOnlineCatalog | yes ⓘ |
| hasReadingRooms | yes ⓘ |
| hasService |
archives and special collections access
ⓘ
circulation ⓘ digital scholarship support ⓘ instruction and workshops ⓘ interlibrary loan ⓘ reference services ⓘ |
| hasStudySpaces | yes ⓘ |
| hasSubjectStrength |
economics
ⓘ
history ⓘ literature ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political science ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| inception | 1973 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ Washington Square campus ⓘ |
| mainLibraryOf | New York University ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Elmer Holmes Bobst ⓘ |
| opened | 1973 ⓘ |
| operator |
New York University Libraries
ⓘ
linked to:
New York University Libraries system
|
| ownedBy | New York University ⓘ |
| partOf |
New York University Libraries
ⓘ
linked to:
New York University Libraries system
|
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: Elmer Holmes Bobst Library Description of subject: Elmer Holmes Bobst Library is New York University’s main research library, a large academic facility on its Washington Square campus that houses extensive humanities and social science collections.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.