Southwest Federal Center

All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Southwest Federal Center canonical	9
Southwest Federal Center area	2
Federal Center Southwest	1
Federal Office Building 6	1
LBJ Building	1
U.S. Department of Homeland Security headquarters	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1983957 — 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: Southwest Federal Center
Context triple: [Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, locatedIn, Southwest Federal Center]

A. Federal Center Plaza
Federal Center Plaza is a prominent government office complex and public space located in Chicago’s Loop district.
B. Robert C. Weaver Federal Building
The Robert C. Weaver Federal Building is a modernist federal office building in Washington, D.C., that serves as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
C. Dirksen Federal Building
The Dirksen Federal Building is a major federal office skyscraper in Chicago that houses U.S. courts and government agencies as part of the city’s downtown civic center complex.
D. William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building
The William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building is a historic government complex in Washington, D.C., that houses major federal offices and serves as the central workplace for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
E. Federal Trade Commission Building
The Federal Trade Commission Building is a prominent neoclassical government office structure in Washington, D.C., serving as the headquarters of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
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: Southwest Federal Center
Target entity description: Southwest Federal Center is a major federal office district in southwest Washington, D.C., housing numerous U.S. government agency headquarters and office buildings.

A. Federal Center Plaza
Federal Center Plaza is a prominent government office complex and public space located in Chicago’s Loop district.
B. Robert C. Weaver Federal Building
The Robert C. Weaver Federal Building is a modernist federal office building in Washington, D.C., that serves as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
C. Dirksen Federal Building
The Dirksen Federal Building is a major federal office skyscraper in Chicago that houses U.S. courts and government agencies as part of the city’s downtown civic center complex.
D. William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building
The William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building is a historic government complex in Washington, D.C., that houses major federal offices and serves as the central workplace for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
E. Federal Trade Commission Building
The Federal Trade Commission Building is a prominent neoclassical government office structure in Washington, D.C., serving as the headquarters of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal office district ⓘ neighborhood of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
adjacentTo	L’Enfant Plaza ⓘ National Mall ⓘ Southwest Waterfront ⓘ
contains	Environmental Protection Agency offices ⓘ Federal Aviation Administration offices ⓘ Federal Center Plaza ⓘ Federal Emergency Management Agency offices ⓘ linked to: Federal Emergency Management Agency GSA-managed federal buildings ⓘ L’Enfant Plaza complex ⓘ linked to: L’Enfant Plaza Smithsonian Institution offices ⓘ U.S. Department of Education Headquarters ⓘ linked to: U.S. Department of Education headquarters U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offices ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Headquarters ⓘ linked to: Robert C. Weaver Federal Building U.S. Department of Transportation offices ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Transportation federal office buildings ⓘ headquarters of U.S. federal agencies ⓘ various secure federal facilities ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
governedBy	District of Columbia government ⓘ linked to: Government of the District of Columbia
hasCharacteristic	high concentration of federal office buildings ⓘ primarily non-residential land use ⓘ
hasDevelopmentEra	mid-20th century urban renewal period ⓘ
hasFunction	federal government administration ⓘ office district ⓘ
locatedIn	Southwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedNear	Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ⓘ National Air and Space Museum ⓘ linked to: National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. National Museum of the American Indian ⓘ United States Botanic Garden ⓘ United States Capitol ⓘ
partOf	District of Columbia ⓘ National Capital Region ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
planningAuthority	National Capital Planning Commission ⓘ
primaryUse	federal agency headquarters ⓘ federal employee offices ⓘ
roadBoundedBy	3rd Street SW ⓘ D Street SW ⓘ Independence Avenue SW ⓘ Maryland Avenue SW ⓘ South Capitol Street ⓘ linked to: South Capitol Street SE Virginia Avenue SW ⓘ
servedBy	Federal Center SW station ⓘ L’Enfant Plaza station ⓘ linked to: L'Enfant Plaza station
zoningType	federal office use ⓘ

How these facts were elicited