BCE Place
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BCE Place was the former name of Brookfield Place, a prominent office and retail complex in downtown Toronto known for its distinctive architecture and financial district location.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| BCE Place canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T662019 — 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: BCE Place Context triple: [Brookfield Place, Toronto, formerName, BCE Place]
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A.
SkyDome
SkyDome, now known as the Rogers Centre, is a multi-purpose stadium in Toronto famous for its retractable roof and as the longtime home of Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays.
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B.
Exhibition Stadium
Exhibition Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor sports venue in Toronto, Canada, best known as the original home of the Toronto Blue Jays before the opening of the SkyDome (now Rogers Centre).
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C.
AAMI Park
AAMI Park is a purpose-built rectangular stadium in Melbourne, Australia, best known for hosting rugby and soccer matches and featuring a distinctive geodesic dome roof.
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D.
Sahlen's Stadium
Sahlen's Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Rochester, New York, best known as the longtime home of the Rochester Rhinos and host of major soccer events including the 2013 NWSL Championship.
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E.
Toyota Stadium
Toyota Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Frisco, Texas, that serves as the home of Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas and hosts various sporting and entertainment events.
- 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: BCE Place Target entity description: BCE Place was the former name of Brookfield Place, a prominent office and retail complex in downtown Toronto known for its distinctive architecture and financial district location.
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A.
SkyDome
SkyDome, now known as the Rogers Centre, is a multi-purpose stadium in Toronto famous for its retractable roof and as the longtime home of Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays.
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B.
Exhibition Stadium
Exhibition Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor sports venue in Toronto, Canada, best known as the original home of the Toronto Blue Jays before the opening of the SkyDome (now Rogers Centre).
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C.
AAMI Park
AAMI Park is a purpose-built rectangular stadium in Melbourne, Australia, best known for hosting rugby and soccer matches and featuring a distinctive geodesic dome roof.
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D.
Sahlen's Stadium
Sahlen's Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Rochester, New York, best known as the longtime home of the Rochester Rhinos and host of major soccer events including the 2013 NWSL Championship.
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E.
Toyota Stadium
Toyota Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Frisco, Texas, that serves as the home of Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas and hosts various sporting and entertainment events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial real estate development
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office complex ⓘ retail complex ⓘ |
| architect | Santiago Calatrava ⓘ |
| category |
Shopping malls in Toronto
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Skyscraper office buildings in Toronto ⓘ |
| contains |
heritage façades on Yonge Street
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office towers ⓘ retail concourse ⓘ |
| floorArea | over 200,000 square metres (approximate) ⓘ |
| formerlyCalled | BCE Place self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| formerNameOf |
Brookfield Place, Toronto
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surface form:
Brookfield Place (Toronto)
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| hasAddress |
161 Bay Street, Toronto
ⓘ
181 Bay Street, Toronto ⓘ |
| hasAtrium | Allen Lambert Galleria ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Allen Lambert Galleria
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Bay Wellington Tower ⓘ TD Canada Trust Tower ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
glass and steel vaulted atrium
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indoor pedestrian connections to nearby towers ⓘ |
| hasFormerName | BCE Place self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
office space
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retail space ⓘ |
| hasPublicArt | Cloud Gate-like sculptural elements in galleria ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Allen Lambert Galleria
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distinctive architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canada
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Ontario ⓘ Toronto ⓘ Downtown Toronto ⓘ
surface form:
Toronto Financial District
|
| namedAfter | BCE Inc. ⓘ |
| near |
Hockey Hall of Fame
ⓘ
Union Station, Toronto ⓘ
surface form:
Union Station (Toronto)
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| openingDate | 1992 ⓘ |
| owner | Brookfield Properties ⓘ |
| partOf |
Toronto PATH system
ⓘ
surface form:
Toronto PATH network
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| renamedAs |
Brookfield Place, Toronto
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surface form:
Brookfield Place (Toronto)
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| style | postmodern architecture ⓘ |
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: BCE Place Description of subject: BCE Place was the former name of Brookfield Place, a prominent office and retail complex in downtown Toronto known for its distinctive architecture and financial district location.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Brookfield Place (Toronto)
subject surface form:
Brookfield Place (Toronto)