Thomson House, Glasgow
E741006
Thomson House in Glasgow is a modernist office building designed by renowned British architect Sir Basil Spence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomson House, Glasgow canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8538640 — 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: Thomson House, Glasgow Context triple: [Basil Spence, notableWork, Thomson House, Glasgow]
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A.
Glasgow City Chambers
Glasgow City Chambers is a grand Victorian-era municipal building in Glasgow, Scotland, serving as the headquarters of the city council and a prominent symbol of the city's civic pride.
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B.
Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh Building
The Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh Building is a landmark early 20th-century Art Nouveau structure in Glasgow, Scotland, designed by architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh and celebrated for its innovative architecture and design.
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C.
Glasgow Assembly Rooms
Glasgow Assembly Rooms is a historic 18th-century public assembly building in Glasgow, Scotland, designed by the prominent neoclassical architect John Adam.
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D.
University of Glasgow Main Building
The University of Glasgow Main Building is a landmark Gothic Revival structure designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott that serves as the iconic centerpiece of the University of Glasgow.
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E.
New Register House, Edinburgh
New Register House in Edinburgh is a historic government building that houses Scotland’s national archives and key offices such as the Court of the Lord Lyon.
- 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: Thomson House, Glasgow Target entity description: Thomson House in Glasgow is a modernist office building designed by renowned British architect Sir Basil Spence.
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A.
Glasgow City Chambers
Glasgow City Chambers is a grand Victorian-era municipal building in Glasgow, Scotland, serving as the headquarters of the city council and a prominent symbol of the city's civic pride.
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B.
Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh Building
The Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh Building is a landmark early 20th-century Art Nouveau structure in Glasgow, Scotland, designed by architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh and celebrated for its innovative architecture and design.
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C.
Glasgow Assembly Rooms
Glasgow Assembly Rooms is a historic 18th-century public assembly building in Glasgow, Scotland, designed by the prominent neoclassical architect John Adam.
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D.
University of Glasgow Main Building
The University of Glasgow Main Building is a landmark Gothic Revival structure designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott that serves as the iconic centerpiece of the University of Glasgow.
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E.
New Register House, Edinburgh
New Register House in Edinburgh is a historic government building that houses Scotland’s national archives and key offices such as the Court of the Lord Lyon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architect
ⓘ
office building ⓘ person ⓘ |
| architect |
Sir Basil Spence
ⓘ
linked to:
Basil Spence
|
| architecturalStyle | Modernism ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasArchitect |
Sir Basil Spence
ⓘ
linked to:
Basil Spence
|
| hasLanguageOfSurroundingArea | English ⓘ |
| hasNotableArchitect |
Sir Basil Spence
ⓘ
linked to:
Basil Spence
|
| hasNotableFeature |
curtain wall construction
ⓘ
modernist façade ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Glasgow
ⓘ
Glasgow city centre ⓘ
linked to:
Glasgow City Centre
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Glasgow City Council area
ⓘ
linked to:
Glasgow City council area
|
| locatedInCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thomson ⓘ |
| notableWork | Thomson House, Glasgow ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| use | offices ⓘ |
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: Thomson House, Glasgow Description of subject: Thomson House in Glasgow is a modernist office building designed by renowned British architect Sir Basil Spence.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Thomson House, Glasgow