Molson Centre
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Molson Centre was the original name of Montreal’s major indoor arena that serves as the home venue for the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Molson Centre canonical | 2 |
| The Molson Centre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4006249 — 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: Molson Centre Context triple: [Bell Centre, formerName, Molson Centre]
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A.
Manulife Centre
Manulife Centre is a mixed-use commercial and residential complex in Toronto’s Yorkville area, known for its shops, services, and high-rise apartments.
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B.
FirstOntario Centre
FirstOntario Centre is a large multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, primarily used for sports events and concerts.
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C.
Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre
The Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre is a major multi-sport aquatic and athletic complex in Toronto, originally built for the 2015 Pan American Games and now serving as a leading high-performance and community sports facility.
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D.
Max Bell Arena
Max Bell Arena is an indoor ice hockey and skating facility in Calgary, Alberta, best known for hosting ice hockey events during the 1988 Winter Olympics.
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E.
SaskTel Centre
SaskTel Centre is a major indoor arena and entertainment venue in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, hosting concerts, sports events, and large-scale cultural gatherings.
- 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: Molson Centre Target entity description: Molson Centre was the original name of Montreal’s major indoor arena that serves as the home venue for the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens.
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A.
Manulife Centre
Manulife Centre is a mixed-use commercial and residential complex in Toronto’s Yorkville area, known for its shops, services, and high-rise apartments.
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B.
FirstOntario Centre
FirstOntario Centre is a large multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, primarily used for sports events and concerts.
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C.
Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre
The Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre is a major multi-sport aquatic and athletic complex in Toronto, originally built for the 2015 Pan American Games and now serving as a leading high-performance and community sports facility.
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D.
Max Bell Arena
Max Bell Arena is an indoor ice hockey and skating facility in Calgary, Alberta, best known for hosting ice hockey events during the 1988 Winter Olympics.
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E.
SaskTel Centre
SaskTel Centre is a major indoor arena and entertainment venue in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, hosting concerts, sports events, and large-scale cultural gatherings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ice hockey venue
ⓘ
indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| alsoUsedFor |
concerts
ⓘ
other indoor sports ⓘ |
| category |
Indoor arenas in Canada
ⓘ
Indoor ice hockey venues in Canada ⓘ Sports venues in Montreal ⓘ |
| cityServed | Montreal ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| countryServed | Canada ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | Bell Centre ⓘ |
| formerNamePeriodEnd | 2002 ⓘ |
| formerNamePeriodStart | 1996 ⓘ |
| hasSurface | ice rink ⓘ |
| homeTeamLeague |
NHL
ⓘ
linked to:
National Hockey League
|
| homeTeamName | Montreal Canadiens ⓘ |
| homeTeamSport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| homeVenueOf | Montreal Canadiens ⓘ |
| leagueOfTenant | National Hockey League ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Montreal ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
|
| locatedOnContinent | North America ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Molson brewery
ⓘ
linked to:
Molson
|
| openingDate | 1996-03-16 ⓘ |
| primaryUse | ice hockey ⓘ |
| provinceServed |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
|
| replaced | Montreal Forum ⓘ |
| shortName |
The Molson Centre
ⓘ
linked to:
Molson Centre
|
| sponsor | Molson ⓘ |
| tenant | Montreal Canadiens ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Molson Centre Description of subject: Molson Centre was the original name of Montreal’s major indoor arena that serves as the home venue for the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Molson Centre