Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
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The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts is a major opera and ballet house in downtown Toronto, serving as the home of the Canadian Opera Company and the National Ballet of Canada.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T175066 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Context triple: [Ontario, containsLandmark, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts]
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Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts is a multidisciplinary arts venue and cultural hub associated with Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, featuring performance spaces, studios, and facilities for music, theatre, film, and visual arts.
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Roy Thomson Hall
Roy Thomson Hall is a prominent concert hall in downtown Toronto, best known as the home of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and a major venue for the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Harbourfront Centre
Harbourfront Centre is a major arts, culture, and recreational hub located along Toronto’s waterfront, known for its galleries, theatres, festivals, and public events.
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Massey Hall
Massey Hall is a historic concert and event venue in downtown Toronto renowned for its intimate acoustics and role in Canada's cultural and musical heritage.
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Ontario Place
Ontario Place is a waterfront entertainment, cultural, and park complex on the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto, known for its iconic architecture and public recreational spaces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Target entity description: The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts is a major opera and ballet house in downtown Toronto, serving as the home of the Canadian Opera Company and the National Ballet of Canada.
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A.
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts is a multidisciplinary arts venue and cultural hub associated with Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, featuring performance spaces, studios, and facilities for music, theatre, film, and visual arts.
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B.
Roy Thomson Hall
Roy Thomson Hall is a prominent concert hall in downtown Toronto, best known as the home of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and a major venue for the Toronto International Film Festival.
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C.
Harbourfront Centre
Harbourfront Centre is a major arts, culture, and recreational hub located along Toronto’s waterfront, known for its galleries, theatres, festivals, and public events.
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D.
Massey Hall
Massey Hall is a historic concert and event venue in downtown Toronto renowned for its intimate acoustics and role in Canada's cultural and musical heritage.
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E.
Ontario Place
Ontario Place is a waterfront entertainment, cultural, and park complex on the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto, known for its iconic architecture and public recreational spaces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
opera house
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performing arts centre ⓘ theatre building ⓘ |
| address | 145 Queen Street West ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
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surface form:
Four Seasons Centre
|
| architect | Jack Diamond ⓘ |
| architecturalFirm | Diamond and Schmitt Architects ⓘ |
| city | Toronto ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
Toronto
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Toronto
Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Canada
Ontario ⓘ
surface form:
Province of Ontario
private donations ⓘ |
| genre |
ballet
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
main opera house auditorium
ⓘ
public lobby and bar areas ⓘ rehearsal spaces ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
excellent acoustics
ⓘ
glass-enclosed lobby ⓘ modernist architecture ⓘ orchestra pit designed for large opera productions ⓘ shoebox-shaped main auditorium ⓘ |
| homeOf |
Canadian Opera Company
ⓘ
National Ballet of Canada ⓘ |
| inception | 2006 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ontario
ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ downtown Toronto ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Osgoode Hall
ⓘ
Osgoode station ⓘ
surface form:
Osgoode subway station
|
| locatedOn | Queen Street West ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2006-06-14 ⓘ |
| owner |
Canadian Opera Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Opera House Corporation
|
| primaryUse |
ballet performances
ⓘ
opera performances ⓘ |
| provinceOrState | Ontario ⓘ |
| publicTransitAccess | Osgoode station ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | about 2000 ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
first permanent home for the Canadian Opera Company
ⓘ
first purpose-built opera house in Canada for a major company ⓘ |
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Subject: Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Description of subject: The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts is a major opera and ballet house in downtown Toronto, serving as the home of the Canadian Opera Company and the National Ballet of Canada.
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Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
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Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
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this entity surface form:
Four Seasons Centre
this entity surface form:
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto
subject surface form:
Hadrian
this entity surface form:
Four Seasons Centre opera house
subject surface form:
University Avenue (Toronto)
this entity surface form:
Ford Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto