Intelsat former headquarters complex
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The Intelsat former headquarters complex is a notable modernist office complex in Washington, D.C., recognized for its distinctive futuristic architecture that once housed the global satellite communications organization Intelsat.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Intelsat former headquarters complex canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10434325 — 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: Intelsat former headquarters complex Context triple: [Forest Hills, Washington, D.C., hasNearbyInstitution, Intelsat former headquarters complex]
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Compaq Center
Compaq Center was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Houston, Texas, best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Houston Rockets before its conversion into a megachurch facility.
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B.
Bush Terminal Company complex
The Bush Terminal Company complex is a historic industrial and shipping hub in Brooklyn, New York, that played a major role in early 20th-century maritime commerce and manufacturing.
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C.
IAC Building
The IAC Building is a distinctive glass-clad office building in Manhattan designed by architect Frank Gehry to serve as the headquarters of InterActiveCorp (IAC).
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D.
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex is a major NASA facility in California that houses large radio antennas used to track and communicate with interplanetary spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Network.
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E.
AT&T Gateway Tower
AT&T Gateway Tower is the former name of the Seattle Municipal Tower, a prominent high-rise office building in downtown Seattle, Washington.
- 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: Intelsat former headquarters complex Target entity description: The Intelsat former headquarters complex is a notable modernist office complex in Washington, D.C., recognized for its distinctive futuristic architecture that once housed the global satellite communications organization Intelsat.
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A.
Compaq Center
Compaq Center was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Houston, Texas, best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Houston Rockets before its conversion into a megachurch facility.
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B.
Bush Terminal Company complex
The Bush Terminal Company complex is a historic industrial and shipping hub in Brooklyn, New York, that played a major role in early 20th-century maritime commerce and manufacturing.
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C.
IAC Building
The IAC Building is a distinctive glass-clad office building in Manhattan designed by architect Frank Gehry to serve as the headquarters of InterActiveCorp (IAC).
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D.
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex is a major NASA facility in California that houses large radio antennas used to track and communicate with interplanetary spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Network.
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E.
AT&T Gateway Tower
AT&T Gateway Tower is the former name of the Seattle Municipal Tower, a prominent high-rise office building in downtown Seattle, Washington.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial building
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modernist architecture ⓘ office building complex ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Brutalist architecture
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High-tech architecture ⓘ Modernism ⓘ |
| city | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1988 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| floorCount | 14 ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersOf | Intelsat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerOccupant | Intelsat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| functionedAs | global satellite communications headquarters ⓘ |
| hasArchitect |
John Andrews
NERFINISHED
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John Andrews International NERFINISHED ⓘ SOM Washington Office NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilkes & Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
exposed structural elements
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extensive glazing ⓘ futuristic facade ⓘ glass atria ⓘ interconnected towers ⓘ landscaped courtyards ⓘ skybridges ⓘ |
| hasGreenSpace |
interior gardens
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plazas ⓘ |
| hasOwner | U.S. General Services Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParking | underground parking ⓘ |
| hasRenovation | conversion for federal government use ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| near |
Connecticut Avenue NW
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of the District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Ness–UDC Metro station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Cathedral Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive interconnected volumes
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futuristic architecture ⓘ innovative use of glass and steel ⓘ |
| numberOfBuildings | 5 ⓘ |
| occupant |
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Department of Homeland Security NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1988 ⓘ |
| region | Northwest Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 4000 Connecticut Avenue NW ⓘ |
| use | office ⓘ |
| zoning | commercial ⓘ |
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: Intelsat former headquarters complex Description of subject: The Intelsat former headquarters complex is a notable modernist office complex in Washington, D.C., recognized for its distinctive futuristic architecture that once housed the global satellite communications organization Intelsat.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.