Old State House, Boston
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The Old State House in Boston is a historic 18th-century building that served as the seat of colonial and early state government and is now a key museum and landmark on the Freedom Trail.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old State House, Boston canonical | 4 |
| Boston Old State House | 2 |
| Old State House (Boston) | 2 |
| Old State House Museum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2698420 — 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: Old State House, Boston Context triple: [Bostonian Society, headquartersLocation, Old State House, Boston]
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A.
Paul Revere House
The Paul Revere House is a historic colonial-era home in Boston that served as the residence of American patriot Paul Revere and is now a museum open to the public.
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B.
Faneuil Hall
Faneuil Hall is a historic marketplace and meeting hall in downtown Boston that played a key role as a gathering place for American colonists during the Revolutionary era.
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C.
Province House, Boston
Province House in Boston was the official residence and administrative center for the royal governors of colonial Massachusetts.
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D.
Boston City Hall
Boston City Hall is a prominent example of Brutalist civic architecture in downtown Boston that houses the city’s municipal government offices and council chambers.
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E.
Old State House Museum
The Old State House Museum is a historic building in downtown Little Rock that once served as Arkansas’s state capitol and now operates as a museum of the state’s political and cultural history.
- 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: Old State House, Boston Target entity description: The Old State House in Boston is a historic 18th-century building that served as the seat of colonial and early state government and is now a key museum and landmark on the Freedom Trail.
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A.
Paul Revere House
The Paul Revere House is a historic colonial-era home in Boston that served as the residence of American patriot Paul Revere and is now a museum open to the public.
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B.
Faneuil Hall
Faneuil Hall is a historic marketplace and meeting hall in downtown Boston that played a key role as a gathering place for American colonists during the Revolutionary era.
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C.
Province House, Boston
Province House in Boston was the official residence and administrative center for the royal governors of colonial Massachusetts.
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D.
Boston City Hall
Boston City Hall is a prominent example of Brutalist civic architecture in downtown Boston that houses the city’s municipal government offices and council chambers.
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E.
Old State House Museum
The Old State House Museum is a historic building in downtown Little Rock that once served as Arkansas’s state capitol and now operates as a museum of the state’s political and cultural history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former state house
ⓘ
historic building ⓘ landmark ⓘ museum ⓘ |
| address | 206 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Georgian architecture ⓘ |
| constructionStartYear | 1712 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| formerOperator | Bostonian Society ⓘ |
| function |
museum
ⓘ
seat of colonial government ⓘ seat of early state government ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Old State House, Boston
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston Old State House
Old State House ⓘ |
| hasCollection | Revolutionary-era artifacts ⓘ |
| hasExhibit | American Revolution history ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
balcony
ⓘ
cupola ⓘ royal coat of arms replicas ⓘ |
| hasSiteRole | overlooks Boston Massacre site ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Boston Landmark
ⓘ
National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston
Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedNear |
State Street
ⓘ
surface form:
State Street (Boston)
|
| locatedOn | Washington Street ⓘ |
| material | brick ⓘ |
| nearPublicTransit |
MBTA Orange Line stations
ⓘ
surface form:
State station (MBTA)
|
| onFreedomTrailStopNumber | approximate midpoint ⓘ |
| openedAsMuseum | 19th century ⓘ |
| operator | Revolutionary Spaces ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Boston
|
| partOf | Freedom Trail ⓘ |
| precededBy | First Town House, Boston ⓘ |
| replaced | First Town House, Boston ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Boston Massacre
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston Massacre (1770)
|
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| underwentRestoration |
1880s
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
colonial assembly meetings
ⓘ
court sessions ⓘ mercantile offices ⓘ |
| wasSeatOf |
Massachusetts Governor's Council
ⓘ
surface form:
Governor’s Council of Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts General Court ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1713 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old State House, Boston Description of subject: The Old State House in Boston is a historic 18th-century building that served as the seat of colonial and early state government and is now a key museum and landmark on the Freedom Trail.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Old State House Museum
subject surface form:
King Street (Boston)
this entity surface form:
Old State House (Boston)
this entity surface form:
Boston Old State House
subject surface form:
Financial District (Boston)
this entity surface form:
Old State House (Boston)
this entity surface form:
Boston Old State House
subject surface form:
State Street (Boston)