Saint John the Divine
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Saint John the Divine is a title traditionally referring to John the Apostle, believed to be the author of the Book of Revelation in the New Testament.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saint John the Divine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12816545 — 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: Saint John the Divine Context triple: [Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, namedAfter, Saint John the Divine]
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St. Luke
St. Luke is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament and is venerated as a patron saint of physicians and artists in Christian tradition.
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B.
St. Gabriel
St. Gabriel was the exploration vessel commanded by Vitus Bering during his early 18th-century voyages that helped chart the waters between Siberia and North America.
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Saint Mary Major
Saint Mary Major is a title of the Virgin Mary associated with one of Rome’s principal Marian basilicas and venerated as a major patroness in Catholic tradition.
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D.
Holy Savior
Holy Savior is a title for Jesus Christ emphasizing his role as the divine redeemer and central figure of Christian salvation.
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Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic basilica in downtown Montreal, modeled after St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and serving as the seat of the Archdiocese of Montreal.
- 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: Saint John the Divine Target entity description: Saint John the Divine is a title traditionally referring to John the Apostle, believed to be the author of the Book of Revelation in the New Testament.
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A.
St. Luke
St. Luke is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament and is venerated as a patron saint of physicians and artists in Christian tradition.
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B.
St. Gabriel
St. Gabriel was the exploration vessel commanded by Vitus Bering during his early 18th-century voyages that helped chart the waters between Siberia and North America.
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C.
Saint Mary Major
Saint Mary Major is a title of the Virgin Mary associated with one of Rome’s principal Marian basilicas and venerated as a major patroness in Catholic tradition.
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D.
Holy Savior
Holy Savior is a title for Jesus Christ emphasizing his role as the divine redeemer and central figure of Christian salvation.
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E.
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic basilica in downtown Montreal, modeled after St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and serving as the seat of the Archdiocese of Montreal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ apostle ⓘ author of biblical text ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ evangelist ⓘ |
| alsoCalled |
Saint John the Apostle
NERFINISHED
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Saint John the Evangelist NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint John the Theologian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Asia Minor
NERFINISHED
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Ephesus NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ Patmos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
Johannine literature
NERFINISHED
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apocalyptic literature ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | saint ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 1st century ⓘ |
| feastDay | 27 December ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasName |
John the Apostle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John the Evangelist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | the Divine ⓘ |
| languageContextOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Twelve Apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
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Gospel of John NERFINISHED ⓘ New Testament ⓘ Synoptic Gospels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronage |
friendship
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theologians ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| role |
apostle of Jesus
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disciple of Jesus ⓘ evangelist ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| symbol | eagle ⓘ |
| traditionalAuthorOf |
Book of Revelation
NERFINISHED
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First Epistle of John NERFINISHED ⓘ Gospel of John NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Epistle of John NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Epistle of John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionallyBelievedToHaveDiedIn | Ephesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
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Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Church
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
other Protestant traditions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Saint John the Divine Description of subject: Saint John the Divine is a title traditionally referring to John the Apostle, believed to be the author of the Book of Revelation in the New Testament.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cathedral of Saint John the Divine