South of Houston Street
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South of Houston Street is the phrase from which the New York City neighborhood SoHo takes its name, referring to its location just below Houston Street in Lower Manhattan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South of Houston Street canonical | 3 |
| Houston Street vicinity | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2804642 — 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: South of Houston Street Context triple: [SoHo, nameDerivedFrom, South of Houston Street]
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A.
South Division
South Division is a collegiate athletic subdivision within the Pac-12 Conference, grouping together member universities primarily based on geographic location for conference competition.
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B.
Lower West Side
Lower West Side is a Chicago community area known for its historic Pilsen neighborhood, vibrant Mexican-American culture, and thriving arts scene.
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C.
Five Points, Manhattan
Five Points, Manhattan was a notorious 19th-century New York City neighborhood known for its extreme poverty, crime, and dense immigrant population.
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D.
Lower East Side
The Lower East Side is a historic Manhattan neighborhood known for its immigrant roots, tenement-lined streets, vibrant nightlife, and evolving mix of old-world eateries and trendy bars and galleries.
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E.
Lower East Side route
The Lower East Side route is an NYC Ferry service line that connects Manhattan’s Lower East Side waterfront with other key neighborhoods along New York City’s East River.
- 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: South of Houston Street Target entity description: South of Houston Street is the phrase from which the New York City neighborhood SoHo takes its name, referring to its location just below Houston Street in Lower Manhattan.
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A.
South Division
South Division is a collegiate athletic subdivision within the Pac-12 Conference, grouping together member universities primarily based on geographic location for conference competition.
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B.
Lower West Side
Lower West Side is a Chicago community area known for its historic Pilsen neighborhood, vibrant Mexican-American culture, and thriving arts scene.
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C.
Five Points, Manhattan
Five Points, Manhattan was a notorious 19th-century New York City neighborhood known for its extreme poverty, crime, and dense immigrant population.
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D.
Lower East Side
The Lower East Side is a historic Manhattan neighborhood known for its immigrant roots, tenement-lined streets, vibrant nightlife, and evolving mix of old-world eateries and trendy bars and galleries.
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E.
Lower East Side route
The Lower East Side route is an NYC Ferry service line that connects Manhattan’s Lower East Side waterfront with other key neighborhoods along New York City’s East River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical phrase
ⓘ
toponymic phrase ⓘ |
| abbreviationForms | SoHo ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lower Manhattan neighborhoods
ⓘ
SoHo neighborhood ⓘ
linked to:
SoHo
|
| componentOfName | SoHo ⓘ |
| describesRelativeLocationTo | Houston Street ⓘ |
| directionRelativeTo | south of Houston Street ⓘ |
| etymologicallyRelatedTo | SoHo ⓘ |
| hasCapitalizationPattern | South of Houston Street ⓘ |
| hasPreposition | of ⓘ |
| hasWord |
Houston
ⓘ
South ⓘ Street ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lower Manhattan
ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| nameSourceFor | SoHo ⓘ |
| refersTo | area south of Houston Street in Manhattan ⓘ |
| refersToUrbanAreaType | neighborhood ⓘ |
| semanticType | locative expression ⓘ |
| usedAs | backronym for SoHo ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
New York City geography
ⓘ
urban toponymy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: South of Houston Street Description of subject: South of Houston Street is the phrase from which the New York City neighborhood SoHo takes its name, referring to its location just below Houston Street in Lower Manhattan.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: South of Houston Street