Pudding Lane
E102513
Pudding Lane is a historic street in the City of London best known as the site where the Great Fire of London began in 1666.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pudding Lane canonical | 7 |
| Pudding Lane, London | 2 |
| Pudding Lane, City of London | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T849941 — 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: Pudding Lane Context triple: [Great Fire of London, startPlace, Pudding Lane]
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A.
Seething Lane, London
Seething Lane, London is a historic street in the City of London best known for its association with the 17th-century diarist and naval administrator Samuel Pepys.
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B.
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Lincoln's Inn Fields is a large public square in central London, historically associated with the legal profession and notable surrounding buildings, including Sir John Soane's Museum.
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C.
St Stephen Walbrook
St Stephen Walbrook is a historic Christopher Wren–designed Anglican church in the City of London, renowned for its elegant dome and classical interior.
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D.
South Street, London
South Street, London is an affluent residential street in the Mayfair district historically associated with prominent figures of British high society and politics.
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E.
King's Bench Walk
King's Bench Walk is a historic row of barristers’ chambers and legal buildings within London’s Inns of Court, closely associated with the English legal profession.
- 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: Pudding Lane Target entity description: Pudding Lane is a historic street in the City of London best known as the site where the Great Fire of London began in 1666.
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A.
Seething Lane, London
Seething Lane, London is a historic street in the City of London best known for its association with the 17th-century diarist and naval administrator Samuel Pepys.
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B.
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Lincoln's Inn Fields is a large public square in central London, historically associated with the legal profession and notable surrounding buildings, including Sir John Soane's Museum.
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C.
St Stephen Walbrook
St Stephen Walbrook is a historic Christopher Wren–designed Anglican church in the City of London, renowned for its elegant dome and classical interior.
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D.
South Street, London
South Street, London is an affluent residential street in the Mayfair district historically associated with prominent figures of British high society and politics.
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E.
King's Bench Walk
King's Bench Walk is a historic row of barristers’ chambers and legal buildings within London’s Inns of Court, closely associated with the English legal profession.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic street
ⓘ
street ⓘ |
| appearsIn | London historical walking tours ⓘ |
| category |
Great Fire of London
ⓘ
History of the City of London ⓘ Streets in the City of London ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 51.5106°N 0.0840°W ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| eventLocation | Great Fire of London ⓘ |
| fireAftermath | area rebuilt after the Great Fire of London ⓘ |
| fireOriginBuilding | Thomas Farriner’s bakery ⓘ |
| fireOutbreakDate | 2 September 1666 ⓘ |
| fireOutbreakTime | early morning ⓘ |
| fireOutbreakYear | 1666 ⓘ |
| governedBy |
City of London Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Corporation of London
|
| hasBuildingUse |
offices
ⓘ
retail units ⓘ |
| hasCommemorativePlaque | plaque marking the site of the bakery where the Great Fire started ⓘ |
| hasConnectingStreet |
Eastcheap
ⓘ
Fish Street Hill ⓘ Lower Thames Street ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEvent | outbreak of the Great Fire of London in 1666 ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | origin point of a major 17th-century urban fire ⓘ |
| hasMapRepresentation | Ordnance Survey maps of London ⓘ |
| hasMonumentNearby | The Monument ⓘ |
| hasNameEtymology | derived from the medieval trade in meat puddings and offal ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Fishmongers’ Hall
ⓘ
linked to:
Guildhall
River Thames ⓘ
linked to:
Thames
|
| hasPostalCode | EC3 ⓘ |
| hasStreetType | lane ⓘ |
| heritage | important site in London’s fire history ⓘ |
| historicalUse | route used by carts carrying offal and puddings from the markets ⓘ |
| inMedievalPeriod | associated with butchers and food trade ⓘ |
| knownFor | being the site where the Great Fire of London began ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
City of London
ⓘ
England ⓘ London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | historical accounts of the Great Fire of London ⓘ |
| near |
London Bridge
ⓘ
Monument to the Great Fire of London ⓘ |
| partOf | Ward of Bridge ⓘ |
| planningAuthority |
City of London planning authority
ⓘ
linked to:
City of London Corporation area
|
| region | Greater London ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| transportNearby | Monument tube station ⓘ |
| urbanArea | Central London ⓘ |
| zoning | commercial area ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Pudding Lane Description of subject: Pudding Lane is a historic street in the City of London best known as the site where the Great Fire of London began in 1666.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Monument to the Great Fire of London (with Robert Hooke)
linked to: Pudding Lane
linked to: Pudding Lane
linked to: Pudding Lane