Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards
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The Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards is a state regulatory body responsible for developing, updating, and overseeing enforcement of building construction and safety codes in Massachusetts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7331664 — 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: Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards Context triple: [Massachusetts State Building Code, administeredBy, Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards]
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A.
Massachusetts State Building Code
The Massachusetts State Building Code is a statewide set of regulations that governs the design, construction, alteration, and maintenance of buildings in Massachusetts to ensure safety, accessibility, and energy efficiency.
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B.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations
The Code of Massachusetts Regulations is the official compilation of administrative rules and regulations issued by Massachusetts state agencies to implement and interpret state law.
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C.
Massachusetts School Building Authority
The Massachusetts School Building Authority is a state agency that finances and supports the construction and renovation of public school facilities across Massachusetts.
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D.
Massachusetts State Publications and Regulations Division
The Massachusetts State Publications and Regulations Division is a state government office responsible for compiling, publishing, and providing public access to Massachusetts’ official regulations and related legal materials.
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E.
Massachusetts Register
The Massachusetts Register is the official biweekly publication that provides updates, notices, and changes to Massachusetts state regulations and administrative rules.
- 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: Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards Target entity description: The Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards is a state regulatory body responsible for developing, updating, and overseeing enforcement of building construction and safety codes in Massachusetts.
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A.
Massachusetts State Building Code
The Massachusetts State Building Code is a statewide set of regulations that governs the design, construction, alteration, and maintenance of buildings in Massachusetts to ensure safety, accessibility, and energy efficiency.
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B.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations
The Code of Massachusetts Regulations is the official compilation of administrative rules and regulations issued by Massachusetts state agencies to implement and interpret state law.
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C.
Massachusetts School Building Authority
The Massachusetts School Building Authority is a state agency that finances and supports the construction and renovation of public school facilities across Massachusetts.
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D.
Massachusetts State Publications and Regulations Division
The Massachusetts State Publications and Regulations Division is a state government office responsible for compiling, publishing, and providing public access to Massachusetts’ official regulations and related legal materials.
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E.
Massachusetts Register
The Massachusetts Register is the official biweekly publication that provides updates, notices, and changes to Massachusetts state regulations and administrative rules.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building code authority
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state regulatory agency ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
commercial buildings in Massachusetts
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industrial buildings in Massachusetts ⓘ public buildings in Massachusetts ⓘ residential buildings in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| governs | Massachusetts State Building Code ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | BBRS ⓘ |
| hasScope | statewide ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.mass.gov/orgs/board-of-building-regulations-and-standards ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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linked to:
Massachusetts
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| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | government board ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| oversees |
building construction codes in Massachusetts
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building safety codes in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| partOf |
Massachusetts state government
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linked to:
Government of Massachusetts
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| regulates |
building construction standards in Massachusetts
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building safety standards in Massachusetts ⓘ energy-related building standards in Massachusetts ⓘ state building code in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
developing building codes in Massachusetts
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overseeing enforcement of building codes in Massachusetts ⓘ updating building codes in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
accessibility standards in buildings
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building code enforcement ⓘ building safety ⓘ construction regulation ⓘ electrical safety standards in buildings ⓘ energy efficiency in buildings ⓘ fire safety in buildings ⓘ plumbing and mechanical systems standards ⓘ structural standards ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Massachusetts Department of Public Safety
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local building officials in Massachusetts ⓘ |
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: Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards Description of subject: The Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards is a state regulatory body responsible for developing, updating, and overseeing enforcement of building construction and safety codes in Massachusetts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Massachusetts State Building Code
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administeredBy
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Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards
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