New York Life Insurance Building (Chicago)
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The New York Life Insurance Building in Chicago was a pioneering late-19th-century skyscraper designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney, often cited as an early example of steel-frame high-rise construction.
All labels observed (1)
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| New York Life Insurance Building (Chicago) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11953853 — 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: New York Life Insurance Building (Chicago) Context triple: [William Le Baron Jenney, notableWork, New York Life Insurance Building (Chicago)]
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A.
Santa Fe Building (Chicago)
The Santa Fe Building in Chicago is a historic early 20th-century office skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, notable for its Beaux-Arts design and prominent location along Michigan Avenue.
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B.
Old Colony Building (Chicago)
The Old Colony Building in Chicago is a historic late-19th-century skyscraper designed in the Chicago School style by architect Henry Ives Cobb.
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C.
Republic Building (Chicago)
The Republic Building in Chicago was a historic early skyscraper designed in the Chicago School style, exemplifying the commercial architecture of the late 19th century.
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D.
People’s Gas Building (Chicago)
The People’s Gas Building in Chicago is a historic early 20th-century commercial skyscraper designed by prominent architect Daniel Burnham, exemplifying the city’s classic Beaux-Arts-influenced high-rise architecture.
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E.
Chicago Savings Bank Building
The Chicago Savings Bank Building is a historic Chicago high-rise designed by architect Martin Roche, notable for its early skyscraper architecture and role in the city’s commercial development.
- 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: New York Life Insurance Building (Chicago) Target entity description: The New York Life Insurance Building in Chicago was a pioneering late-19th-century skyscraper designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney, often cited as an early example of steel-frame high-rise construction.
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A.
Santa Fe Building (Chicago)
The Santa Fe Building in Chicago is a historic early 20th-century office skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, notable for its Beaux-Arts design and prominent location along Michigan Avenue.
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B.
Old Colony Building (Chicago)
The Old Colony Building in Chicago is a historic late-19th-century skyscraper designed in the Chicago School style by architect Henry Ives Cobb.
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C.
Republic Building (Chicago)
The Republic Building in Chicago was a historic early skyscraper designed in the Chicago School style, exemplifying the commercial architecture of the late 19th century.
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D.
People’s Gas Building (Chicago)
The People’s Gas Building in Chicago is a historic early 20th-century commercial skyscraper designed by prominent architect Daniel Burnham, exemplifying the city’s classic Beaux-Arts-influenced high-rise architecture.
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E.
Chicago Savings Bank Building
The Chicago Savings Bank Building is a historic Chicago high-rise designed by architect Martin Roche, notable for its early skyscraper architecture and role in the city’s commercial development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.