Boulevard de Maisonneuve

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boulevard urban thoroughfare

Boulevard de Maisonneuve is a major east–west thoroughfare in Montreal, Canada, known for running through the downtown core and cultural areas such as the Quartier des Spectacles.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
De Maisonneuve Boulevard	4
Boulevard De Maisonneuve Ouest	2
Boulevard de Maisonneuve canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4105720 — 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: Boulevard de Maisonneuve
Context triple: [Quartier des Spectacles, streetAxis, Boulevard de Maisonneuve]

A. Honoré-Mercier Avenue
Honoré-Mercier Avenue is a major street in Quebec City that fronts the Parliament Building and serves as a key thoroughfare in the provincial capital.
B. Sainte-Catherine Street
Sainte-Catherine Street is one of Montreal’s main commercial and cultural arteries, known for its dense concentration of shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues.
C. Avenue du Docteur Ménard
Avenue du Docteur Ménard is a street in Nice, France, notably known for hosting the Musée Marc Chagall.
D. Boulevard Saint-Jacques
Boulevard Saint-Jacques is a major Parisian boulevard on the Left Bank, forming part of the city’s historic southern thoroughfares and connecting key junctions such as Denfert-Rochereau.
E. Atwater Avenue and Sainte-Catherine Street West
Atwater Avenue and Sainte-Catherine Street West is a prominent downtown Montreal intersection best known as the historic location of the Montreal Forum, former home of the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens.
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: Boulevard de Maisonneuve
Target entity description: Boulevard de Maisonneuve is a major east–west thoroughfare in Montreal, Canada, known for running through the downtown core and cultural areas such as the Quartier des Spectacles.

A. Honoré-Mercier Avenue
Honoré-Mercier Avenue is a major street in Quebec City that fronts the Parliament Building and serves as a key thoroughfare in the provincial capital.
B. Sainte-Catherine Street
Sainte-Catherine Street is one of Montreal’s main commercial and cultural arteries, known for its dense concentration of shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues.
C. Avenue du Docteur Ménard
Avenue du Docteur Ménard is a street in Nice, France, notably known for hosting the Musée Marc Chagall.
D. Boulevard Saint-Jacques
Boulevard Saint-Jacques is a major Parisian boulevard on the Left Bank, forming part of the city’s historic southern thoroughfares and connecting key junctions such as Denfert-Rochereau.
E. Atwater Avenue and Sainte-Catherine Street West
Atwater Avenue and Sainte-Catherine Street West is a prominent downtown Montreal intersection best known as the historic location of the Montreal Forum, former home of the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	boulevard ⓘ urban thoroughfare ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
direction	east–west ⓘ
hasBuildingTypeAlong	cultural venues ⓘ high-rise buildings ⓘ institutional buildings ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	axis of Quartier des Spectacles ⓘ
hasLanes	motor vehicle traffic lanes ⓘ
hasNearbyMetroStation	Berri–UQAM station ⓘ linked to: Berri-UQAM station Guy–Concordia station ⓘ linked to: Guy–Concordia metro station McGill station ⓘ Peel station ⓘ Place-des-Arts station ⓘ
hasPart	Maisonneuve bike path ⓘ
hasPublicTransit	Montreal Metro stations nearby ⓘ
hasStreetType	boulevard ⓘ
hasTransportInfrastructure	bicycle path ⓘ
hasUrbanFunction	connects cultural district and business district ⓘ
hasZoningAlong	mixed commercial and residential ⓘ
isMajorArteryOf	downtown Montreal ⓘ linked to: downtown core of Montreal
knownFor	cultural institutions along its route ⓘ high-density urban environment ⓘ major downtown artery ⓘ
languageOfToponym	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Montreal ⓘ Quebec ⓘ linked to: Quebec, Canada downtown Montreal ⓘ linked to: downtown core of Montreal
namedAfter	Jean-Baptiste de Maisonneuve ⓘ founder of Montreal ⓘ
partOf	Montreal street network ⓘ linked to: Montreal road network
passesNear	Concordia University Sir George Williams Campus ⓘ linked to: Sir George Williams Campus McGill University vicinity ⓘ Place des Arts ⓘ Place des Festivals ⓘ Université du Québec à Montréal ⓘ
runsThrough	Latin Quarter ⓘ Quartier des Spectacles ⓘ Shaughnessy Village ⓘ Ville-Marie borough ⓘ linked to: Ville-Marie
urbanAreaType	central business district corridor ⓘ
usedFor	commuter traffic ⓘ cycling ⓘ public transit access ⓘ

How these facts were elicited