Palace of Westminster
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The Palace of Westminster is the historic riverside complex in London that serves as the meeting place and symbolic heart of the United Kingdom’s Houses of Parliament.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T25927 — 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: Palace of Westminster Context triple: [Parliament of Great Britain, meetsAt, Palace of Westminster]
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A.
Westminster Abbey, London
Westminster Abbey, London is a historic Gothic church and royal peculiar renowned as the traditional site of English and later British coronations, royal weddings, and the burial place of many notable figures.
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B.
Statuary Hall
Statuary Hall is a historic chamber in the United States Capitol that serves as a gallery for statues honoring prominent figures from each U.S. state.
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C.
White Hall
White Hall is a grand ceremonial room within the Livadia Palace, historically used for important receptions and diplomatic events.
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D.
King's College Chapel
King's College Chapel is a renowned late Gothic chapel at the University of Cambridge, celebrated for its magnificent fan vaulting, stained glass windows, and choral tradition.
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E.
Great Court
The Great Court is the grand central courtyard of Blenheim Palace, serving as an impressive formal approach and focal point of the stately home’s architectural layout.
- 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: Palace of Westminster Target entity description: The Palace of Westminster is the historic riverside complex in London that serves as the meeting place and symbolic heart of the United Kingdom’s Houses of Parliament.
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A.
Westminster Abbey, London
Westminster Abbey, London is a historic Gothic church and royal peculiar renowned as the traditional site of English and later British coronations, royal weddings, and the burial place of many notable figures.
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B.
Statuary Hall
Statuary Hall is a historic chamber in the United States Capitol that serves as a gallery for statues honoring prominent figures from each U.S. state.
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C.
White Hall
White Hall is a grand ceremonial room within the Livadia Palace, historically used for important receptions and diplomatic events.
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D.
King's College Chapel
King's College Chapel is a renowned late Gothic chapel at the University of Cambridge, celebrated for its magnificent fan vaulting, stained glass windows, and choral tradition.
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E.
Great Court
The Great Court is the grand central courtyard of Blenheim Palace, serving as an impressive formal approach and focal point of the stately home’s architectural layout.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Grade I listed building
ⓘ
World Heritage Site ⓘ palace ⓘ parliament building ⓘ seat of legislature ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Westminster Bridge ⓘ |
| architect |
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
ⓘ
Charles Barry ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic Revival
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Gothic Revival ⓘ
surface form:
Perpendicular Gothic Revival
|
| associatedWith |
British constitution
ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom government
|
| constructionMaterial | Anston limestone ⓘ |
| contains |
Central Lobby
ⓘ
Committee Rooms ⓘ House of Commons chamber ⓘ House of Lords chamber ⓘ Queen’s Robing Room ⓘ Royal Gallery ⓘ St Stephen’s Hall ⓘ Palace of Westminster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Westminster Hall
|
| coordinates | 51.4995°N 0.1248°W ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | fire of 1834 ⓘ |
| floorArea | approximately 112,000 square metres ⓘ |
| function |
ceremonial
ⓘ
legislative ⓘ |
| governedBy | Parliamentary Estates Directorate ⓘ |
| hasClock | Great Clock of Westminster ⓘ |
| hasTower |
Central Tower
ⓘ
Elizabeth Tower ⓘ Victoria Tower ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Grade I listed
ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| hosts | State Opening of Parliament ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
City of Westminster
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| locatedOn | north bank of the River Thames ⓘ |
| managedBy |
British Parliament
ⓘ
surface form:
UK Parliament
|
| near |
Parliament Square
ⓘ
Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form:
Westminster Abbey
|
| notableFeature |
Great Clock of Westminster
ⓘ
surface form:
Big Ben bell
|
| numberOfCorridors | about 3 miles of corridors ⓘ |
| numberOfRooms | over 1,000 ⓘ |
| numberOfStaircases | about 100 ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.parliament.uk ⓘ |
| originalFunction | royal residence ⓘ |
| owner | Crown Estate ⓘ |
| postalCode | SW1A 0AA ⓘ |
| predecessorBuilding | medieval royal palace of Westminster ⓘ |
| publicAccess | guided tours available ⓘ |
| reconstructionBegan | 1840 ⓘ |
| reconstructionCompleted | 1870 ⓘ |
| restoration | extensive 19th-century reconstruction after 1834 fire ⓘ |
| securityProvidedBy |
Metropolitan Police Service
ⓘ
surface form:
Metropolitan Police Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection
|
| servesAs |
meeting place of the House of Commons
ⓘ
meeting place of the House of Lords ⓘ seat of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
British parliamentary democracy
ⓘ
political heart of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria | cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1987 ⓘ |
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Subject: Palace of Westminster Description of subject: The Palace of Westminster is the historic riverside complex in London that serves as the meeting place and symbolic heart of the United Kingdom’s Houses of Parliament.
Referenced by (448)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Houses of Parliament
this entity surface form:
Westminster Hall
this entity surface form:
Houses of Parliament
this entity surface form:
Houses of Parliament
this entity surface form:
United Kingdom Parliament at Westminster
subject surface form:
Middlesex Guildhall
this entity surface form:
Houses of Parliament
this entity surface form:
Houses of Parliament
this entity surface form:
Houses of Parliament
this entity surface form:
Queen Victoria (as part of the Palace of Westminster rebuilding)
this entity surface form:
Houses of Parliament
this entity surface form:
Houses of Parliament
subject surface form:
Margaret Tudor
this entity surface form:
Westminster Palace
this entity surface form:
Westminster Hall
this entity surface form:
Westminster Hall
subject surface form:
Edward I of England
subject surface form:
Edward I of England
this entity surface form:
Houses of Parliament
this entity surface form:
Houses of Parliament
this entity surface form:
Houses of Parliament
this entity surface form:
Houses of Parliament (across the river)
this entity surface form:
House of Lords, London
subject surface form:
Westminster Abbey Library
this entity surface form:
Houses of Parliament