12 Downing Street
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12 Downing Street is a building on London's Downing Street historically used for government offices, including housing parts of the Prime Minister’s and Chief Whip’s operations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 12 Downing Street canonical | 4 |
| Number 12 Downing Street | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1265520 — 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: 12 Downing Street Context triple: [11 Downing Street, adjacentTo, 12 Downing Street]
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A.
10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street is the official residence and executive office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, located in central London.
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B.
Downing Street
Downing Street is a famous street in central London best known for housing the official residences and offices of the British Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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C.
Downing Street
Downing Street is a central street in the market town of Farnham in Surrey, England, known for its shops, historic buildings, and role as a key thoroughfare in the town centre.
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D.
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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E.
24 Sussex Drive
24 Sussex Drive is the traditional official residence of the Prime Minister of Canada, located in Ottawa, Ontario.
- 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: 12 Downing Street Target entity description: 12 Downing Street is a building on London's Downing Street historically used for government offices, including housing parts of the Prime Minister’s and Chief Whip’s operations.
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A.
10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street is the official residence and executive office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, located in central London.
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B.
Downing Street
Downing Street is a famous street in central London best known for housing the official residences and offices of the British Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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C.
Downing Street
Downing Street is a central street in the market town of Farnham in Surrey, England, known for its shops, historic buildings, and role as a key thoroughfare in the town centre.
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D.
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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E.
24 Sussex Drive
24 Sussex Drive is the traditional official residence of the Prime Minister of Canada, located in Ottawa, Ontario.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
ⓘ
government office building ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
10 Downing Street
ⓘ
11 Downing Street ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Georgian ⓘ |
| coordinates | 51.5033°N 0.1276°W ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| governedBy | Westminster City Council ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
meeting rooms
ⓘ
office space ⓘ |
| hasSecurity | protected by UK government security services ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedFor |
government administration
ⓘ
parliamentary party management ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
City of Westminster
ⓘ
Downing Street ⓘ England ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| near |
Palace of Westminster
ⓘ
surface form:
Houses of Parliament
Whitehall ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
His Majesty’s Government
ⓘ
surface form:
His Majesty's Government
UK government ⓘ
surface form:
UK Government
|
| partOf |
Downing Street
ⓘ
surface form:
Downing Street complex
Whitehall ⓘ
surface form:
Whitehall government estate
|
| postalCode | SW1A 2AA ⓘ |
| streetNumber | 12 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chief Whip of the House of Commons
ⓘ
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
|
| usedFor |
Chief Whip's Office functions
ⓘ
Prime Minister's Office functions ⓘ government offices ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 12 Downing Street Description of subject: 12 Downing Street is a building on London's Downing Street historically used for government offices, including housing parts of the Prime Minister’s and Chief Whip’s operations.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Number 12 Downing Street
this entity surface form:
Number 12 Downing Street