Centre Block (historical)

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former building parliamentary building

Centre Block (historical) was the main building of Canada’s federal parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, housing the House of Commons and Senate chambers before its destruction by fire in 1916.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Centre Block	15
Centre Block (historically)	2
Centre Block (historical) canonical	1
original Centre Block	1
original Centre Block (1859–1916)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T789244 — 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: Centre Block (historical)
Context triple: [Parliament of Canada, meetsIn, Centre Block (historical)]

A. Madison Building
The Madison Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections, reading rooms, and administrative offices.
B. Alexander Hall
Alexander Hall is a historic academic building on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary, used for theological instruction and institutional functions.
C. Adams Building
The Adams Building is one of the main Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections and reading rooms.
D. Pan American Union Building
The Pan American Union Building is a historic Beaux-Arts headquarters in Washington, D.C., serving as the main building of the Organization of American States and a symbol of inter-American diplomacy.
E. Liberty Bell Center
The Liberty Bell Center is a museum in Philadelphia that houses and interprets the historic Liberty Bell, a symbol of American independence and freedom.
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: Centre Block (historical)
Target entity description: Centre Block (historical) was the main building of Canada’s federal parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, housing the House of Commons and Senate chambers before its destruction by fire in 1916.

A. Madison Building
The Madison Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections, reading rooms, and administrative offices.
B. Alexander Hall
Alexander Hall is a historic academic building on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary, used for theological instruction and institutional functions.
C. Adams Building
The Adams Building is one of the main Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections and reading rooms.
D. Pan American Union Building
The Pan American Union Building is a historic Beaux-Arts headquarters in Washington, D.C., serving as the main building of the Organization of American States and a symbol of inter-American diplomacy.
E. Liberty Bell Center
The Liberty Bell Center is a museum in Philadelphia that houses and interprets the historic Liberty Bell, a symbol of American independence and freedom.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former building ⓘ parliamentary building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Victorian High Gothic ⓘ linked to: Gothic Revival
cityServed	Ottawa ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
dateOfDestruction	1916 ⓘ February 3, 1916 ⓘ
destroyedBy	fire ⓘ
followedBy	current Centre Block ⓘ
function	seat of the Parliament of Canada ⓘ
governmentBodyServed	Parliament of Canada ⓘ
hasPart	House of Commons chamber ⓘ Senate chamber ⓘ committee rooms ⓘ offices for parliamentarians ⓘ
heritageStatus	no longer extant ⓘ
housed	House of Commons of Canada ⓘ Senate of Canada ⓘ
locatedIn	Canada ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ Parliament Hill ⓘ
locatedOn	bluff above the Ottawa River ⓘ
materialUsed	stone ⓘ
ownedBy	Government of Canada ⓘ linked to: Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
partOf	Parliament Hill complex ⓘ linked to: Parliament Hill
precededBy	original Parliament buildings of the Province of Canada ⓘ
replacedBy	rebuilt Centre Block with Peace Tower ⓘ
significance	symbol of Canadian federal government ⓘ
usedFor	federal legislative functions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited