Canongate housing, Edinburgh
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Canongate housing in Edinburgh is a modernist residential development in the city’s Old Town, designed in the 1960s by renowned British architect Sir Basil Spence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Canongate housing, Edinburgh canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8538643 — 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: Canongate housing, Edinburgh Context triple: [Basil Spence, notableWork, Canongate housing, Edinburgh]
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A.
Gallowgate, Glasgow
Gallowgate, Glasgow is a historic thoroughfare in the East End of Glasgow known for its traditional pubs, tenements, and proximity to the city centre.
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B.
Bridgegate, Glasgow
Bridgegate, Glasgow is a historic street in Glasgow’s city centre, situated near the River Clyde and associated with the city’s old commercial and market district.
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C.
Canongate Tolbooth
Canongate Tolbooth is a historic 16th-century civic building on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, notable for its distinctive clock tower and former roles as a courthouse and jail.
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D.
Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh
Canongate Kirkyard in Edinburgh is a historic churchyard on the Royal Mile, best known as the burial place of economist and philosopher Adam Smith.
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E.
Canongate Kirk
Canongate Kirk is a historic Church of Scotland parish church on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, known for its 17th-century architecture and close ties to the Scottish monarchy and local community.
- 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: Canongate housing, Edinburgh Target entity description: Canongate housing in Edinburgh is a modernist residential development in the city’s Old Town, designed in the 1960s by renowned British architect Sir Basil Spence.
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A.
Gallowgate, Glasgow
Gallowgate, Glasgow is a historic thoroughfare in the East End of Glasgow known for its traditional pubs, tenements, and proximity to the city centre.
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B.
Bridgegate, Glasgow
Bridgegate, Glasgow is a historic street in Glasgow’s city centre, situated near the River Clyde and associated with the city’s old commercial and market district.
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C.
Canongate Tolbooth
Canongate Tolbooth is a historic 16th-century civic building on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, notable for its distinctive clock tower and former roles as a courthouse and jail.
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D.
Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh
Canongate Kirkyard in Edinburgh is a historic churchyard on the Royal Mile, best known as the burial place of economist and philosopher Adam Smith.
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E.
Canongate Kirk
Canongate Kirk is a historic Church of Scotland parish church on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, known for its 17th-century architecture and close ties to the Scottish monarchy and local community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
housing estate
ⓘ
modernist architecture ⓘ residential development ⓘ |
| architect |
Basil Spence
ⓘ
Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to:
Basil Spence
|
| architecturalStyle | Modernist ⓘ |
| city | Edinburgh ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedIn | 1960s ⓘ |
| designPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
dwellings
ⓘ
flats ⓘ |
| heritageContext | historic urban fabric of Edinburgh Old Town ⓘ |
| isPartOf | urban renewal of Edinburgh Old Town ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Canongate ⓘ |
| location |
Canongate, Edinburgh
ⓘ
Old Town, Edinburgh ⓘ
linked to:
Old Town of Edinburgh
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| notableFor |
design by prominent British architect Sir Basil Spence
ⓘ
integration of modernist housing into historic context ⓘ |
| partOf |
Edinburgh Old Town
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Town of Edinburgh
|
| region | Lothian ⓘ |
| use | residential ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Canongate housing, Edinburgh Description of subject: Canongate housing in Edinburgh is a modernist residential development in the city’s Old Town, designed in the 1960s by renowned British architect Sir Basil Spence.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.