Sam Rayburn House Office Building

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congressional office building government building office building

The Sam Rayburn House Office Building is one of the U.S. House of Representatives’ office buildings in Washington, D.C., named in honor of longtime Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Rayburn House Office Building	3
Rayburn House Office Building (historically as a representative)	1
Rayburn House Office Building (while in Congress)	1
Sam Rayburn House Office Building canonical	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1559174 — 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.

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Target entity: Sam Rayburn House Office Building
Context triple: [Sam Rayburn, honorificEponym, Sam Rayburn House Office Building]

A. Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building is a federal office building in Washington, D.C., that serves as the main facility for the U.S. Department of Education and is named in honor of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
B. Texas State Capitol
The Texas State Capitol is the historic domed government building in Austin that houses the executive and legislative offices of the U.S. state of Texas.
C. Senate Office Building
The Senate Office Building is a governmental facility within the Florida State Capitol complex that houses offices and workspaces for members and staff of the Florida Senate.
D. Reunion Tower
Reunion Tower is a distinctive, geodesic-domed observation tower and popular tourist attraction that prominently features in the Dallas skyline.
E. The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is a Dallas museum dedicated to documenting the life, death, and legacy of President John F. Kennedy, located in the former Texas School Book Depository overlooking Dealey Plaza.
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: Sam Rayburn House Office Building
Target entity description: The Sam Rayburn House Office Building is one of the U.S. House of Representatives’ office buildings in Washington, D.C., named in honor of longtime Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn.

A. Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building is a federal office building in Washington, D.C., that serves as the main facility for the U.S. Department of Education and is named in honor of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
B. Texas State Capitol
The Texas State Capitol is the historic domed government building in Austin that houses the executive and legislative offices of the U.S. state of Texas.
C. Senate Office Building
The Senate Office Building is a governmental facility within the Florida State Capitol complex that houses offices and workspaces for members and staff of the Florida Senate.
D. Reunion Tower
Reunion Tower is a distinctive, geodesic-domed observation tower and popular tourist attraction that prominently features in the Dallas skyline.
E. The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is a Dallas museum dedicated to documenting the life, death, and legacy of President John F. Kennedy, located in the former Texas School Book Depository overlooking Dealey Plaza.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	congressional office building ⓘ government building ⓘ office building ⓘ
architect	Harley, Ellington & Day ⓘ John B. Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Stripped Classical ⓘ
category	Buildings of the United States government in Washington, D.C. ⓘ Office buildings in Washington, D.C. ⓘ United States Capitol Complex ⓘ
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
connectedBy	underground pedestrian tunnels ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1949 ⓘ
coordinates	38.8875°N 77.0094°W ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
floorCount	5 ⓘ
function	office space for members of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
hasBasement	true ⓘ
hasChamber	committee hearing rooms ⓘ
hasCorridorConnection	to U.S. Capitol via tunnels ⓘ
hasElevators	true ⓘ
hasFacility	cafeteria ⓘ congressional offices ⓘ underground parking garage ⓘ
hasMeetingSpace	committee rooms ⓘ
hasNeighboringBuilding	Cannon House Office Building ⓘ Longworth House Office Building ⓘ linked to: Cannon House Office Building
hasSecurity	United States Capitol Police ⓘ
hasSignificance	largest of the House office buildings at time of completion ⓘ
inaugurationDate	January 1955 ⓘ
legislatureServed	United States Congress ⓘ
locatedIn	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America Washington, D.C. ⓘ
maintainedBy	Architect of the Capitol ⓘ
namedAfter	Sam Rayburn ⓘ
namedAfterOccupation	politician ⓘ
namedAfterRole	longtime Speaker of the House ⓘ
namedForPosition	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
occupant	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
oneOf	House office buildings ⓘ linked to: House of Representatives office buildings
opened	1955 ⓘ
owner	United States government ⓘ
partOf	United States Capitol Complex ⓘ
region	Capitol Hill ⓘ
state	District of Columbia ⓘ
streetAddress	Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street SW ⓘ linked to: Independence Avenue SW
usedFor	congressional staff offices ⓘ legislative activities ⓘ

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