Baker Street

E205753

street thoroughfare

Baker Street is a famous street in London best known for its association with Sherlock Holmes and its mix of shops, offices, and tourist attractions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Baker Street canonical	25
221B Baker Street	6
221B Baker Street (Sherlock Holmes address)	1
221B Baker Street, London	1
Baker Street area	1
Baker Street, London	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1818305 — 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: Baker Street
Context triple: [Marylebone, hasShoppingStreet, Baker Street]

A. Edgware Road
Edgware Road is a major thoroughfare in northwest London known for its diverse communities, Middle Eastern restaurants, and role as a key route into central London.
B. Wardour Street
Wardour Street is a well-known street in London’s Soho district, historically associated with the film industry, music venues, and vibrant nightlife.
C. Berkeley Square
Berkeley Square is a historic garden square in London’s affluent Mayfair district, known for its elegant Georgian architecture and plane trees.
D. Marylebone Road
Marylebone Road is a major thoroughfare in central London, known for its heavy traffic and proximity to notable institutions and landmarks.
E. Pall Mall
Pall Mall is a long-established brand of cigarettes known for its filtered and unfiltered varieties and wide distribution in the United States and abroad.
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: Baker Street
Target entity description: Baker Street is a famous street in London best known for its association with Sherlock Holmes and its mix of shops, offices, and tourist attractions.

A. Edgware Road
Edgware Road is a major thoroughfare in northwest London known for its diverse communities, Middle Eastern restaurants, and role as a key route into central London.
B. Wardour Street
Wardour Street is a well-known street in London’s Soho district, historically associated with the film industry, music venues, and vibrant nightlife.
C. Berkeley Square
Berkeley Square is a historic garden square in London’s affluent Mayfair district, known for its elegant Georgian architecture and plane trees.
D. Marylebone Road
Marylebone Road is a major thoroughfare in central London, known for its heavy traffic and proximity to notable institutions and landmarks.
E. Pall Mall
Pall Mall is a long-established brand of cigarettes known for its filtered and unfiltered varieties and wide distribution in the United States and abroad.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	street ⓘ thoroughfare ⓘ
appearsInWork	Sherlock Holmes stories ⓘ surface form: Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
famousFor	Sherlock Holmes Museum ⓘ association with Sherlock Holmes ⓘ offices ⓘ restaurants ⓘ shops ⓘ tourist attractions ⓘ
fictionalAddress	Baker Street self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 221B Baker Street
fictionalResident	Dr. Watson ⓘ surface form: Dr. John Watson Holmes ⓘ surface form: Sherlock Holmes
hasBuildingType	hotels ⓘ office buildings ⓘ restaurants and cafes ⓘ retail units ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	iconic location in detective fiction ⓘ symbol of Sherlock Holmes in popular culture ⓘ
hasJunctionWith	George Street ⓘ Marylebone Road ⓘ Oxford Street ⓘ Porter Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Wigmore Street ⓘ York Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Baker Street self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 221B Baker Street Baker Street station ⓘ surface form: Baker Street tube station London Beatles Store ⓘ London Planetarium building ⓘ Madame Tussauds London ⓘ Sherlock Holmes Museum ⓘ
inaugurated	18th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Central London ⓘ City of Westminster ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
namedAfter	William Baker ⓘ
near	Marylebone Road ⓘ Regent's Park, London ⓘ surface form: Regent's Park
postalArea	NW1 ⓘ W1 ⓘ
touristDestination	yes ⓘ
transportServedBy	Baker Street station ⓘ surface form: Baker Street tube station
tubeLines	Bakerloo line ⓘ Circle line ⓘ Hammersmith & City line ⓘ Jubilee line ⓘ Metropolitan line ⓘ
urbanArea	West End of London ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marylebone → hasShoppingStreet → Baker Street ⓘ

Circle line → majorInterchange → Baker Street ⓘ

Bakerloo line → servesStation → Baker Street ⓘ

Bakerloo line → namedAfter → Baker Street ⓘ

Hammersmith & City line → servesStation → Baker Street ⓘ

Metropolitan line → servesStation → Baker Street ⓘ

Madame Tussauds London → originalLocation → Baker Street ⓘ

The Bank Job → filmingLocation → Baker Street ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baker Street area

Jubilee line → serves → Baker Street ⓘ

Portman Square, London, England → near → Baker Street ⓘ

subject surface form: Portman Square

Marylebone Road → hasJunctionWith → Baker Street ⓘ

Dr. Watson → residence → Baker Street ⓘ