McCormick House
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McCormick House is a historic mansion and former residence of Chicago Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick, now serving as a museum and centerpiece of the Cantigny Park estate in Wheaton, Illinois.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McCormick House canonical | 1 |
| McCormick estate | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T745958 — 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: McCormick House Context triple: [Cantigny Park, hasPart, McCormick House]
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A.
McLean House
McLean House is the historic Virginia residence where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending major combat in the American Civil War.
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B.
Mills Mansion
Mills Mansion is a grand Gilded Age Beaux-Arts estate on the Hudson River in Staatsburg, New York, once the country home of financier Ogden Mills and his wife Ruth Livingston Mills.
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C.
Dibble House
Dibble House is a modest 19th-century Carpenter Gothic-style farmhouse in Eldon, Iowa, best known as the real-life backdrop that inspired Grant Wood’s iconic painting "American Gothic."
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D.
Sanborn House
Sanborn House is a historic early 20th-century mansion in Winchester, Massachusetts, noted for its distinctive architecture and role in the town’s cultural and civic history.
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E.
Blake House
Blake House is a historic residence and notable landmark located in the City of Fairfax, Virginia.
- 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: McCormick House Target entity description: McCormick House is a historic mansion and former residence of Chicago Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick, now serving as a museum and centerpiece of the Cantigny Park estate in Wheaton, Illinois.
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A.
McLean House
McLean House is the historic Virginia residence where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending major combat in the American Civil War.
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B.
Mills Mansion
Mills Mansion is a grand Gilded Age Beaux-Arts estate on the Hudson River in Staatsburg, New York, once the country home of financier Ogden Mills and his wife Ruth Livingston Mills.
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C.
Dibble House
Dibble House is a modest 19th-century Carpenter Gothic-style farmhouse in Eldon, Iowa, best known as the real-life backdrop that inspired Grant Wood’s iconic painting "American Gothic."
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D.
Sanborn House
Sanborn House is a historic early 20th-century mansion in Winchester, Massachusetts, noted for its distinctive architecture and role in the town’s cultural and civic history.
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E.
Blake House
Blake House is a historic residence and notable landmark located in the City of Fairfax, Virginia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic house
ⓘ
mansion ⓘ museum ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Chicago Tribune
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago Tribune (through Robert R. McCormick)
|
| architecturalStyle | country house ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chicago Tribune
ⓘ
McCormick family ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Wheaton, Illinois
ⓘ
Historic house museums in Illinois ⓘ Museums in DuPage County, Illinois ⓘ |
| city |
Wheaton, Illinois
ⓘ
surface form:
Wheaton
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county |
DuPage County, Illinois
ⓘ
surface form:
DuPage County
|
| formerResidenceOf | Robert R. McCormick ⓘ |
| function | historic house museum ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
artifacts related to Robert R. McCormick
ⓘ
exhibits on American military history at Cantigny ⓘ exhibits on Chicago Tribune history ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
educational exhibits
ⓘ
guided tours ⓘ historic interpretation of Robert R. McCormick’s life ⓘ |
| hasGarden | formal gardens surrounding the mansion ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://cantigny.org (site including McCormick House information) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic mansion ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cantigny Park
ⓘ
DuPage County, Illinois ⓘ Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Wheaton, Illinois ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Robert R. McCormick ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the former home of Chicago Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick
ⓘ
role as centerpiece of Cantigny Park estate ⓘ |
| occupant | Robert R. McCormick ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operator | Cantigny Park ⓘ |
| owner | Cantigny Park ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cantigny Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Cantigny Park estate
Cantigny Park ⓘ
surface form:
Cantigny Park museums and attractions
|
| significantPerson | Robert R. McCormick ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| surroundedBy |
Cantigny Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Cantigny Park grounds
|
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| use |
historic site
ⓘ
museum ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: McCormick House Description of subject: McCormick House is a historic mansion and former residence of Chicago Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick, now serving as a museum and centerpiece of the Cantigny Park estate in Wheaton, Illinois.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
McCormick estate