The Red House

E373889

government building historic building parliament building

The Red House is the historic government building in Port of Spain that serves as the seat of Trinidad and Tobago’s national legislature.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Red House	2
The Red House canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3617581 — 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: The Red House
Context triple: [Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, meetingPlace, The Red House]

A. The Red House
The Red House is a notable Expressionist painting by German artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, characterized by bold colors and simplified, angular forms.
B. House Chimney
House Chimney is a notable rock-climbing section on the Abruzzi Spur route of K2, characterized by its steep, chimney-like formation that presents a key technical challenge for mountaineers.
C. Gray Gables
Gray Gables is a coastal village neighborhood within the town of Bourne, Massachusetts, known for its residential character and proximity to Buzzards Bay and the Cape Cod Canal.
D. The Old House
The Old House is a historic building in the village of Milverton, Somerset, England, noted for its traditional architecture and local heritage significance.
E. The Old House
The Old House is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for his distinctive depictions of urban and industrial scenes in mid-20th-century northern England.
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: The Red House
Target entity description: The Red House is the historic government building in Port of Spain that serves as the seat of Trinidad and Tobago’s national legislature.

A. The Red House
The Red House is a notable Expressionist painting by German artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, characterized by bold colors and simplified, angular forms.
B. House Chimney
House Chimney is a notable rock-climbing section on the Abruzzi Spur route of K2, characterized by its steep, chimney-like formation that presents a key technical challenge for mountaineers.
C. Gray Gables
Gray Gables is a coastal village neighborhood within the town of Bourne, Massachusetts, known for its residential character and proximity to Buzzards Bay and the Cape Cod Canal.
D. The Old House
The Old House is a historic building in the village of Milverton, Somerset, England, noted for its traditional architecture and local heritage significance.
E. The Old House
The Old House is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for his distinctive depictions of urban and industrial scenes in mid-20th-century northern England.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government building ⓘ historic building ⓘ parliament building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	neo-Renaissance ⓘ
associatedWith	Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ Water Riots of 1903 ⓘ
color	red ⓘ
country	Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
destroyedBy	fire in 1903 ⓘ
event	site of the 1903 Water Riots burning ⓘ storming and burning during 1903 protests over water rates ⓘ
function	seat of Trinidad and Tobago’s national legislature ⓘ
governingBody	Government of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
hasChamber	House of Representatives chamber ⓘ Senate chamber ⓘ
hasFeature	arcaded verandas ⓘ central courtyard ⓘ ornamental façade ⓘ
hasSpace	committee rooms ⓘ parliamentary offices ⓘ public gallery for visitors ⓘ
heritageStatus	national heritage site of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
houses	House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ Senate of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
locatedBetween	Hart Street and Sackville Street ⓘ
locatedIn	Downtown Port of Spain ⓘ linked to: Port of Spain
locatedOn	Abercromby Street ⓘ
location	Port of Spain ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ
municipality	City of Port of Spain ⓘ linked to: Port of Spain
near	Hall of Justice, Port of Spain ⓘ Treasury Building, Port of Spain ⓘ
originalConstructionYear	1844 ⓘ
overlooks	Woodford Square ⓘ
owner	Government of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
rebuiltIn	early 20th century ⓘ
reconstructedAfter	Water Riots of 1903 ⓘ
reopenedAfterRestoration	2020 ⓘ
reopeningYear	1907 ⓘ
servesAs	seat of the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
symbolOf	Trinidad and Tobago’s parliamentary democracy ⓘ
underwent	major restoration in the 2010s ⓘ
usedFor	committee meetings of Parliament ⓘ official addresses by the President of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ parliamentary debates ⓘ state ceremonies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago → meetingPlace → The Red House ⓘ

Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago → buildingName → The Red House ⓘ

Senate of Trinidad and Tobago → meetsIn → Red House ⓘ

linked to: The Red House

Red House (Parliament building) → hasNameInEnglish → Red House ⓘ