First Town House, Boston
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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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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12197899 — 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: First Town House, Boston Context triple: [Old State House, Boston, precededBy, First Town House, Boston]
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Old State House, Boston
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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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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William Brattle House
The William Brattle House is a historic 18th-century mansion in Cambridge, Massachusetts, notable as one of the city’s finest surviving examples of Georgian architecture and for its associations with prominent colonial and Revolutionary-era figures.
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Winthrop House
Winthrop House is one of Harvard College’s historic undergraduate residential houses, known for its distinctive architecture and strong house community.
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Harrison Gray Otis House (First Otis House), Boston
The Harrison Gray Otis House (First Otis House) in Boston is a landmark Federal-style townhouse built in the 1790s for politician Harrison Gray Otis and now preserved as a historic house museum.
- 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: First Town House, Boston Target entity description: 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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Old State House, Boston
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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B.
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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C.
William Brattle House
The William Brattle House is a historic 18th-century mansion in Cambridge, Massachusetts, notable as one of the city’s finest surviving examples of Georgian architecture and for its associations with prominent colonial and Revolutionary-era figures.
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D.
Winthrop House
Winthrop House is one of Harvard College’s historic undergraduate residential houses, known for its distinctive architecture and strong house community.
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Harrison Gray Otis House (First Otis House), Boston
The Harrison Gray Otis House (First Otis House) in Boston is a landmark Federal-style townhouse built in the 1790s for politician Harrison Gray Otis and now preserved as a historic house museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.