Discovery Building (former Discovery Communications headquarters)

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commercial building office building

The Discovery Building is a prominent office complex in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, best known as the longtime former global headquarters of Discovery Communications.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Discovery Building (former Discovery Communications headquarters) canonical	1
Discovery Communications global headquarters	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T959530 — 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: Discovery Building (former Discovery Communications headquarters)
Context triple: [Silver Spring, Maryland, hasLandmark, Discovery Building (former Discovery Communications headquarters)]

A. News Corporation Building
The News Corporation Building is a prominent skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the headquarters for News Corp and houses major media operations including Fox News and related networks.
B. Ford Foundation Building
The Ford Foundation Building is a notable modernist office building in Midtown Manhattan, renowned for its innovative indoor garden atrium and its role as the headquarters of the Ford Foundation.
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).
D. Associated Press Building
The Associated Press Building is a prominent Art Deco skyscraper within New York City's Rockefeller Center complex that historically housed the headquarters of the Associated Press news agency.
E. Capitol Records Building
The Capitol Records Building is an iconic, circular high-rise in Hollywood, Los Angeles, famous for its resemblance to a stack of vinyl records and its role as a historic recording industry landmark.
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: Discovery Building (former Discovery Communications headquarters)
Target entity description: The Discovery Building is a prominent office complex in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, best known as the longtime former global headquarters of Discovery Communications.

A. News Corporation Building
The News Corporation Building is a prominent skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the headquarters for News Corp and houses major media operations including Fox News and related networks.
B. Ford Foundation Building
The Ford Foundation Building is a notable modernist office building in Midtown Manhattan, renowned for its innovative indoor garden atrium and its role as the headquarters of the Ford Foundation.
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).
D. Associated Press Building
The Associated Press Building is a prominent Art Deco skyscraper within New York City's Rockefeller Center complex that historically housed the headquarters of the Associated Press news agency.
E. Capitol Records Building
The Capitol Records Building is an iconic, circular high-rise in Hollywood, Los Angeles, famous for its resemblance to a stack of vinyl records and its role as a historic recording industry landmark.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commercial building ⓘ office building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Discovery Communications global headquarters ⓘ linked to: Discovery Building (former Discovery Communications headquarters) Discovery Communications headquarters ⓘ Discovery global headquarters ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Maryland ⓘ Discovery, Inc. ⓘ Office buildings in Maryland ⓘ
city	Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
county	Montgomery County, Maryland ⓘ linked to: Montgomery County
formerHeadquartersOf	Discovery Communications ⓘ linked to: Discovery, Inc. Discovery, Inc. ⓘ
formerTenant	Discovery Communications ⓘ linked to: Discovery, Inc.
hasFunction	corporate headquarters (former) ⓘ
locatedIn	Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America downtown Silver Spring ⓘ
notableFor	being longtime global headquarters of Discovery Communications ⓘ
occupant	Discovery Communications ⓘ linked to: Discovery Communications (former headquarters)
region	Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
significance	prominent office complex in downtown Silver Spring ⓘ
state	Maryland ⓘ
use	commercial offices ⓘ office ⓘ