St Andrew's House, Edinburgh

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Art Deco building government building listed building office building

St Andrew's House in Edinburgh is a prominent Art Deco government building that serves as the main administrative base of Scotland's devolved government.

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Label	Occurrences
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh	7
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh canonical	5
St Andrew's House (Scottish Government offices)	1
St Andrew’s House	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T109828 — 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: St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
Context triple: [Scottish Government, headquarters, St Andrew's House, Edinburgh]

A. Palace of Holyroodhouse
The Palace of Holyroodhouse is the British monarch’s official royal residence in Edinburgh, Scotland, historically associated with Scottish royalty and state ceremonies.
B. Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline is a historic performing arts venue and community theatre in Dunfermline, Scotland, known for hosting a wide range of music, drama, and cultural events.
C. Dunfermline Palace
Dunfermline Palace is a historic former royal residence in Dunfermline, Fife, known for its association with Scottish monarchs and its proximity to Dunfermline Abbey.
D. Dunfermline Abbey
Dunfermline Abbey is a historic medieval church and former Benedictine monastery renowned as the burial place of several Scottish kings and queens, including Robert the Bruce.
E. St Andrews
St Andrews is a historic coastal town in eastern Scotland renowned for its ancient university and status as the "home of golf."
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: St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
Target entity description: St Andrew's House in Edinburgh is a prominent Art Deco government building that serves as the main administrative base of Scotland's devolved government.

A. Palace of Holyroodhouse
The Palace of Holyroodhouse is the British monarch’s official royal residence in Edinburgh, Scotland, historically associated with Scottish royalty and state ceremonies.
B. Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline is a historic performing arts venue and community theatre in Dunfermline, Scotland, known for hosting a wide range of music, drama, and cultural events.
C. Dunfermline Palace
Dunfermline Palace is a historic former royal residence in Dunfermline, Fife, known for its association with Scottish monarchs and its proximity to Dunfermline Abbey.
D. Dunfermline Abbey
Dunfermline Abbey is a historic medieval church and former Benedictine monastery renowned as the burial place of several Scottish kings and queens, including Robert the Bruce.
E. St Andrews
St Andrews is a historic coastal town in eastern Scotland renowned for its ancient university and status as the "home of golf."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Art Deco building ⓘ government building ⓘ listed building ⓘ office building ⓘ
address	Regent Road, Edinburgh ⓘ
architect	Thomas S. Tait ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Art Deco ⓘ
category	Headquarters of government ⓘ
client	Scottish Office ⓘ linked to: Scotland Office
constructionStartDate	1935 ⓘ
coordinates	55.953°N 3.184°W ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
function	administrative headquarters of the Scottish Government ⓘ
hasFeature	central courtyard ⓘ ornamental sculptures ⓘ roof terraces ⓘ symmetrical façade ⓘ
hasSculpturalWorkBy	Alexander Carrick ⓘ Hew Lorimer ⓘ John Marshall ⓘ Phyllis Bone ⓘ Thomas Whalen ⓘ Walter Gilbert ⓘ William Wilson ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Category A listed building ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1970 ⓘ
houses	Scottish Government civil service offices ⓘ offices of Scottish Government ministers ⓘ offices of the Deputy First Minister of Scotland ⓘ offices of the First Minister of Scotland ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1939 ⓘ
locatedIn	Old Town, Edinburgh ⓘ linked to: Old Town of Edinburgh
location	Edinburgh ⓘ
material	sandstone ⓘ
near	Holyrood Palace ⓘ linked to: Palace of Holyroodhouse Scottish Parliament Building ⓘ
openedBy	King George VI ⓘ linked to: George VI
operatedBy	Scottish Government ⓘ
overlooks	Calton Hill ⓘ Waverley Station ⓘ
ownedBy	Scottish Government ⓘ
partOf	Scottish Government estate ⓘ
previousSiteUse	Calton Jail ⓘ
region	City of Edinburgh ⓘ linked to: Edinburgh
usedAs	main administrative base of Scotland's devolved government ⓘ
usedBy	Scottish Government directorates ⓘ

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