SIS Building
E430097
The SIS Building is the distinctive riverside headquarters of the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) located at Vauxhall Cross in London.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SIS Building canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4319762 — 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: SIS Building Context triple: [SIS Building, Vauxhall Cross, alsoKnownAs, SIS Building]
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A.
The Rice Building
The Rice Building is a historic, architecturally distinctive commercial structure in downtown Troy, New York, noted for its narrow, triangular “flatiron” form.
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B.
Solow Building
The Solow Building is a distinctive modernist skyscraper on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, known for its sloping façade and sleek glass-and-marble design.
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C.
Bloch Building
The Bloch Building is a striking contemporary glass-and-concrete expansion of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, renowned for its luminous “lenses” emerging from the landscape.
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D.
Martin Building
The Martin Building is a key architectural wing of the Denver Art Museum, known for housing a significant portion of the museum’s art collections and exhibitions.
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E.
Spirella Building
The Spirella Building is a historic former corset factory in Letchworth Garden City, England, noted for its distinctive early 20th-century architecture and role in the town’s industrial heritage.
- 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: SIS Building Target entity description: The SIS Building is the distinctive riverside headquarters of the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) located at Vauxhall Cross in London.
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A.
The Rice Building
The Rice Building is a historic, architecturally distinctive commercial structure in downtown Troy, New York, noted for its narrow, triangular “flatiron” form.
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B.
Solow Building
The Solow Building is a distinctive modernist skyscraper on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, known for its sloping façade and sleek glass-and-marble design.
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C.
Bloch Building
The Bloch Building is a striking contemporary glass-and-concrete expansion of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, renowned for its luminous “lenses” emerging from the landscape.
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D.
Martin Building
The Martin Building is a key architectural wing of the Denver Art Museum, known for housing a significant portion of the museum’s art collections and exhibitions.
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E.
Spirella Building
The Spirella Building is a historic former corset factory in Letchworth Garden City, England, noted for its distinctive early 20th-century architecture and role in the town’s industrial heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government building
ⓘ
intelligence agency headquarters ⓘ office building ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
MI6 Building
ⓘ
Vauxhall Cross ⓘ
linked to:
Vauxhall Cross, London
Vauxhall Cross SIS Building ⓘ
linked to:
SIS Building, Vauxhall Cross
|
| architect | Terry Farrell ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Postmodern architecture ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1994 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1989 ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem |
World Geodetic System 1984
ⓘ
linked to:
WGS84
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| developer | Regalian Properties ⓘ |
| featuredIn | various British television programmes ⓘ |
| floorsAboveGround | approximately 13 ⓘ |
| function | headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
fortified construction
ⓘ
security enhancements ⓘ setbacks ⓘ stepped terraces ⓘ |
| height | approximately 65 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Vauxhall ⓘ Vauxhall Cross ⓘ
linked to:
Vauxhall Cross, London
|
| locatedOn |
River Thames
ⓘ
linked to:
Thames
|
| maintainedBy |
UK Government
ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
|
| materialUsed |
concrete
ⓘ
glass ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| near |
Vauxhall Bridge
ⓘ
Vauxhall Underground station ⓘ Vauxhall railway station ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with MI6
ⓘ
distinctive riverside design ⓘ |
| occupant |
MI6
ⓘ
Secret Intelligence Service ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1994 ⓘ |
| originalClient | Regalian Properties ⓘ |
| purchasedBy |
UK Government
ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
|
| region | Greater London ⓘ |
| securityLevel | high-security facility ⓘ |
| usedIn |
James Bond film Die Another Day
ⓘ
linked to:
James Bond: Die Another Day
James Bond film GoldenEye ⓘ
linked to:
film GoldenEye
James Bond film Skyfall ⓘ
linked to:
Skyfall
James Bond film Spectre ⓘ
linked to:
Spectre
James Bond film The World Is Not Enough ⓘ
linked to:
James Bond: The World Is Not Enough
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: SIS Building Description of subject: The SIS Building is the distinctive riverside headquarters of the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) located at Vauxhall Cross in London.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.