Home Office (historic main buildings on Marsham Street)
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Home Office (historic main buildings on Marsham Street) refers to the former central government office complex in London that long housed the UK Home Office before its later redevelopment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2 Marsham Street (new Home Office building) | 1 |
| Home Office (historic main buildings on Marsham Street) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T623224 — 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: Home Office (historic main buildings on Marsham Street) Context triple: [City of Westminster, contains, Home Office (historic main buildings on Marsham Street)]
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A.
Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall
The Ministry of Defence Main Building in Whitehall is the central London headquarters of the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence and the primary office of the country’s senior defence leadership.
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B.
Colonial Office building, Whitehall
The Colonial Office building in Whitehall is a grand 19th-century government edifice in central London that historically housed the British Empire’s colonial administration.
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C.
11 Downing Street
11 Downing Street is the official London residence traditionally occupied by the United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, adjacent to the Prime Minister’s home at 10 Downing Street.
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D.
Prime Minister’s Official Residence Annex
The Prime Minister’s Official Residence Annex is an auxiliary government facility in Japan that serves as an additional workspace and venue for official functions connected to the Prime Minister’s main residence and office.
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E.
Declaration House
Declaration House is the historic Philadelphia residence where Thomas Jefferson drafted the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776.
- 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: Home Office (historic main buildings on Marsham Street) Target entity description: Home Office (historic main buildings on Marsham Street) refers to the former central government office complex in London that long housed the UK Home Office before its later redevelopment.
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A.
Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall
The Ministry of Defence Main Building in Whitehall is the central London headquarters of the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence and the primary office of the country’s senior defence leadership.
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B.
Colonial Office building, Whitehall
The Colonial Office building in Whitehall is a grand 19th-century government edifice in central London that historically housed the British Empire’s colonial administration.
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C.
11 Downing Street
11 Downing Street is the official London residence traditionally occupied by the United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, adjacent to the Prime Minister’s home at 10 Downing Street.
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D.
Prime Minister’s Official Residence Annex
The Prime Minister’s Official Residence Annex is an auxiliary government facility in Japan that serves as an additional workspace and venue for official functions connected to the Prime Minister’s main residence and office.
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E.
Declaration House
Declaration House is the historic Philadelphia residence where Thomas Jefferson drafted the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government office complex
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office building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | post‑war modernist ⓘ |
| category |
demolished buildings and structures in London
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former government buildings in London ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| demolitionReason | redevelopment of government estate on Marsham Street ⓘ |
| followedBy | 2 Marsham Street (new Home Office building) ⓘ |
| function | central government administration ⓘ |
| housedOrganization | Home Office ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
City of Westminster
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England ⓘ London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Marsham Street ⓘ Westminster ⓘ
linked to:
City of Westminster
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| locatedNear |
Houses of Parliament
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linked to:
Palace of Westminster
Parliament Street ⓘ Thames River embankment ⓘ
linked to:
Thames riverfront
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| maintainedBy | Property Services Agency ⓘ |
| owner |
UK Government
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linked to:
UK government
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| partOf | UK central government estate ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier Home Office premises in Whitehall area ⓘ |
| primaryOccupant | Home Office headquarters ⓘ |
| redevelopedAs |
2 Marsham Street
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mixed‑use government and commercial complex ⓘ |
| significance | principal site of UK internal affairs administration for much of the 20th century ⓘ |
| status | demolished ⓘ |
| usedBy |
UK civil service
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linked to:
Home Civil Service
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| usedFor |
offices of senior Home Office officials
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offices of the UK Home Secretary ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Home Office (historic main buildings on Marsham Street) Description of subject: Home Office (historic main buildings on Marsham Street) refers to the former central government office complex in London that long housed the UK Home Office before its later redevelopment.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Home Office (historic main buildings on Marsham Street)
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followedBy
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2 Marsham Street (new Home Office building)
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linked to: Home Office (historic main buildings on Marsham Street)