Custom House District, Boston
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The Custom House District in Boston is a historic waterfront commercial area known for its 19th- and early 20th-century mercantile buildings and its association with the city’s maritime trade.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Custom House District (Boston) | 1 |
| Custom House District, Boston canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21689523 — 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: Custom House District, Boston Context triple: [Boston Custom House (original 1840s building), locatedInHistoricDistrict, Custom House District, Boston]
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Custom House (Salem, Massachusetts)
The Custom House in Salem, Massachusetts is a historic 19th-century federal building best known for its association with author Nathaniel Hawthorne and the city’s maritime trade era.
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First Town House, Boston
The First Town House in Boston was the city’s original colonial-era public building that served as an early center of government and civic life before being replaced by the Old State House.
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C.
Roxbury Town Hall
Roxbury Town Hall is the central municipal building and administrative hub for the town of Roxbury, Connecticut.
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Massachusetts State House
The Massachusetts State House is the historic gold-domed capitol building in Boston that serves as the seat of the state’s government and legislature.
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South Boston Historic District
South Boston Historic District is a nationally recognized historic area in South Boston, Virginia, noted for its well-preserved late-19th- and early-20th-century commercial and residential architecture reflecting the town’s tobacco-driven prosperity.
- 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: Custom House District, Boston Target entity description: The Custom House District in Boston is a historic waterfront commercial area known for its 19th- and early 20th-century mercantile buildings and its association with the city’s maritime trade.
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A.
Custom House (Salem, Massachusetts)
The Custom House in Salem, Massachusetts is a historic 19th-century federal building best known for its association with author Nathaniel Hawthorne and the city’s maritime trade era.
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B.
First Town House, Boston
The First Town House in Boston was the city’s original colonial-era public building that served as an early center of government and civic life before being replaced by the Old State House.
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C.
Roxbury Town Hall
Roxbury Town Hall is the central municipal building and administrative hub for the town of Roxbury, Connecticut.
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D.
Massachusetts State House
The Massachusetts State House is the historic gold-domed capitol building in Boston that serves as the seat of the state’s government and legislature.
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E.
South Boston Historic District
South Boston Historic District is a nationally recognized historic area in South Boston, Virginia, noted for its well-preserved late-19th- and early-20th-century commercial and residential architecture reflecting the town’s tobacco-driven prosperity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Boston Custom House (original 1840s building)
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locatedInHistoricDistrict
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Custom House District, Boston
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linked to: Custom House District, Boston