The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre)
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The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre) is a contemporary arts venue in Belfast known for its theatre, visual arts exhibitions, and diverse cultural programming.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan Arts Centre | 2 |
| The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre) canonical | 2 |
| Metropolitan Arts Centre Limited | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T722707 — 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: The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre) Context triple: [Cathedral Quarter, contains, The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre)]
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A.
Festival Hall
Festival Hall is a large indoor exhibition and event venue located on Chicago’s Navy Pier, used for trade shows, conventions, and public events.
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B.
Gallery of Modern Art (Glasgow)
The Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow is the city’s main contemporary art museum, housed in a historic neoclassical building and known for its changing exhibitions of modern and contemporary artworks.
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C.
Shaw Centre
The Shaw Centre is a major convention and event facility in downtown Ottawa, Canada, known for hosting conferences, trade shows, and large public events.
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D.
Donald Gordon Theatre
The Donald Gordon Theatre is the principal large-scale performance venue within Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre, hosting major opera, theatre, and musical productions.
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E.
St David’s Hall
St David’s Hall is a major performing arts and concert venue in Cardiff, Wales, renowned for hosting classical music, opera, and cultural 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: The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre) Target entity description: The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre) is a contemporary arts venue in Belfast known for its theatre, visual arts exhibitions, and diverse cultural programming.
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A.
Festival Hall
Festival Hall is a large indoor exhibition and event venue located on Chicago’s Navy Pier, used for trade shows, conventions, and public events.
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B.
Gallery of Modern Art (Glasgow)
The Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow is the city’s main contemporary art museum, housed in a historic neoclassical building and known for its changing exhibitions of modern and contemporary artworks.
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C.
Shaw Centre
The Shaw Centre is a major convention and event facility in downtown Ottawa, Canada, known for hosting conferences, trade shows, and large public events.
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D.
Donald Gordon Theatre
The Donald Gordon Theatre is the principal large-scale performance venue within Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre, hosting major opera, theatre, and musical productions.
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E.
St David’s Hall
St David’s Hall is a major performing arts and concert venue in Cardiff, Wales, renowned for hosting classical music, opera, and cultural events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arts centre
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contemporary arts centre ⓘ cultural venue ⓘ |
| city | Belfast ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalSector | arts and culture ⓘ |
| focus |
community engagement
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contemporary culture ⓘ performing arts ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| fullName |
The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Metropolitan Arts Centre
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| hasCategory |
Art museums and galleries in Northern Ireland
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Cultural venues in Belfast ⓘ Theatres in Belfast ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
bar
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café ⓘ education spaces ⓘ galleries ⓘ performance spaces ⓘ rehearsal spaces ⓘ theatre spaces ⓘ |
| hasType | non-profit arts organisation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contemporary visual arts exhibitions
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dance performances ⓘ family and community arts programming ⓘ music events ⓘ theatre productions ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Belfast
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Cathedral Quarter, Belfast ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| offers |
dance
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education programmes ⓘ live music ⓘ talks and lectures ⓘ theatre performances ⓘ visual arts exhibitions ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| programmingType |
contemporary arts
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multidisciplinary arts ⓘ |
| region | Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| serves |
local community in Belfast
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regional audiences in Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| shortName | The MAC ⓘ |
| website | https://themaclive.com ⓘ |
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: The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre) Description of subject: The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre) is a contemporary arts venue in Belfast known for its theatre, visual arts exhibitions, and diverse cultural programming.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre)
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fullName
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The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Metropolitan Arts Centre
this entity surface form:
Metropolitan Arts Centre Limited