Paul-Henri Spaak building

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European Parliament building building

The Paul-Henri Spaak building is a key European Parliament complex in Brussels that houses the main debating chamber and central parliamentary facilities.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Paul-Henri Spaak building canonical	8
European Parliament complex in Brussels	3
Europa building	1
European Parliament complex	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T134640 — 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: Paul-Henri Spaak building
Context triple: [European Parliament (Brussels seat), mainBuilding, Paul-Henri Spaak building]

A. Palais de l’Europe
The Palais de l’Europe is a modernist governmental building in Strasbourg that serves as the main seat of the Council of Europe.
B. Royal Palace of Brussels
The Royal Palace of Brussels is the official administrative palace of the Belgian monarchy in central Brussels, used for state functions and ceremonies.
C. Castle of Laeken
The Castle of Laeken is the official royal palace and primary residence of the Belgian monarch, located in the Laeken district of Brussels.
D. House of Belgium
The House of Belgium is the reigning royal dynasty of the Kingdom of Belgium, from which the country’s monarchs, including King Philippe, are drawn.
E. Palais des Nations
The Palais des Nations is a grand complex in Geneva that serves as the European headquarters of the United Nations and a major center for international diplomacy.
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: Paul-Henri Spaak building
Target entity description: The Paul-Henri Spaak building is a key European Parliament complex in Brussels that houses the main debating chamber and central parliamentary facilities.

A. Palais de l’Europe
The Palais de l’Europe is a modernist governmental building in Strasbourg that serves as the main seat of the Council of Europe.
B. Royal Palace of Brussels
The Royal Palace of Brussels is the official administrative palace of the Belgian monarchy in central Brussels, used for state functions and ceremonies.
C. Castle of Laeken
The Castle of Laeken is the official royal palace and primary residence of the Belgian monarch, located in the Laeken district of Brussels.
D. House of Belgium
The House of Belgium is the reigning royal dynasty of the Kingdom of Belgium, from which the country’s monarchs, including King Philippe, are drawn.
E. Palais des Nations
The Palais des Nations is a grand complex in Geneva that serves as the European headquarters of the United Nations and a major center for international diplomacy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Parliament building ⓘ building ⓘ
adjacentTo	Altiero Spinelli building ⓘ József Antall building ⓘ Willy Brandt building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	postmodern architecture ⓘ
contains	central parliamentary facilities ⓘ conference rooms ⓘ hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels ⓘ main debating chamber of the European Parliament in Brussels ⓘ offices for Members of the European Parliament ⓘ offices for parliamentary staff ⓘ press facilities ⓘ translation booths ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
function	parliamentary building ⓘ
hasAddress	Rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat, Brussels ⓘ
hasFacility	cafeterias and support services ⓘ interpretation facilities for EU official languages ⓘ media and broadcasting infrastructure ⓘ meeting rooms for political groups ⓘ visitor galleries in the hemicycle ⓘ
hasFunction	hosts plenary sittings when Parliament meets in Brussels ⓘ
hasUse	administrative offices ⓘ committee meetings ⓘ legislative activities ⓘ plenary sessions ⓘ
locatedIn	Brussels ⓘ linked to: Brussels, Belgium European Quarter of Brussels ⓘ Leopold complex ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
namedAfter	Paul-Henri Spaak ⓘ
namedForOccupation	Belgian statesman ⓘ
namedForRole	founding father of the European Union ⓘ
operator	European Parliament ⓘ
ownedBy	European Parliament ⓘ
partOf	European Parliament campus in Brussels ⓘ linked to: European Parliament (Brussels seat) European Parliament seat in Brussels ⓘ linked to: European Parliament (Brussels seat)
significance	central site of EU legislative activity ⓘ key complex of the European Parliament in Brussels ⓘ
usedBy	European Parliament administration ⓘ linked to: Directorates-General of the European Parliament European Parliament political groups ⓘ Members of the European Parliament ⓘ

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