St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk
E100504
St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk is a massive Brick Gothic Roman Catholic basilica, often cited as one of the largest brick churches in the world and a dominant landmark of Gdańsk’s historic skyline.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk canonical | 2 |
| Kościół Mariacki | 1 |
| St Mary’s Church in Gdańsk | 1 |
| St. Mary’s Basilica in Gdańsk | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T842871 — 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: St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk Context triple: [Gdańsk, contains, St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk]
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Poznań Cathedral
Poznań Cathedral is one of Poland’s oldest and most important Roman Catholic cathedrals, renowned as a historic burial site of early Polish rulers and a key monument of Gothic and Romanesque architecture.
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Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a prominent Baroque pilgrimage church in southern Poland, renowned as the spiritual center of the Kalwaria Zebrzydowska sanctuary and a major Marian devotion site.
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St. Lorenz Church
St. Lorenz Church is a major medieval Gothic church in Nuremberg, Germany, renowned for its impressive architecture and significant religious artworks.
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D.
St. Sebaldus Church
St. Sebaldus Church is a prominent medieval Lutheran church in Nuremberg, Germany, renowned for its Gothic architecture and richly decorated interior.
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E.
Basilica of St. Andrew the Apostle in Olkusz
The Basilica of St. Andrew the Apostle in Olkusz is a historic Roman Catholic church in southern Poland, noted for its Gothic architecture and richly decorated interior.
- 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: St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk Target entity description: St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk is a massive Brick Gothic Roman Catholic basilica, often cited as one of the largest brick churches in the world and a dominant landmark of Gdańsk’s historic skyline.
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A.
Poznań Cathedral
Poznań Cathedral is one of Poland’s oldest and most important Roman Catholic cathedrals, renowned as a historic burial site of early Polish rulers and a key monument of Gothic and Romanesque architecture.
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B.
Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a prominent Baroque pilgrimage church in southern Poland, renowned as the spiritual center of the Kalwaria Zebrzydowska sanctuary and a major Marian devotion site.
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C.
St. Lorenz Church
St. Lorenz Church is a major medieval Gothic church in Nuremberg, Germany, renowned for its impressive architecture and significant religious artworks.
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D.
St. Sebaldus Church
St. Sebaldus Church is a prominent medieval Lutheran church in Nuremberg, Germany, renowned for its Gothic architecture and richly decorated interior.
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E.
Basilica of St. Andrew the Apostle in Olkusz
The Basilica of St. Andrew the Apostle in Olkusz is a historic Roman Catholic church in southern Poland, noted for its Gothic architecture and richly decorated interior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brick Gothic church
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Roman Catholic church ⓘ basilica ⓘ church building ⓘ landmark ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Brick Gothic ⓘ |
| category |
Brick Gothic churches in Poland
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Roman Catholic churches in Gdańsk ⓘ basilica churches in Poland ⓘ |
| cityQuarter |
Gdańsk Old Town
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surface form:
Gdańsk Main Town
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| country | Poland ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Gdańsk ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
St Mary
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surface form:
St. Mary
Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| diocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gdańsk ⓘ |
| dominates | Gdańsk skyline ⓘ |
| function | parish church ⓘ |
| hasBellTower | main western tower ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
massive nave
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multiple side chapels ⓘ tower ⓘ |
| hasInterior |
historic artworks
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numerous altars ⓘ vaulted ceilings ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | traditional east–west church orientation ⓘ |
| hasStatus | active church ⓘ |
| hasView | panoramic view over Gdańsk from tower ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | basilica minor ⓘ |
| isOneOf | largest brick churches in the world ⓘ |
| liturgicalStatus | parish and basilica church ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gdańsk
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Pomeranian Voivodeship ⓘ historic centre of Gdańsk ⓘ |
| material | brick ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Brick Gothic architecture
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role in Gdańsk history ⓘ size ⓘ |
| partOf | historic urban fabric of Gdańsk ⓘ |
| region | northern Poland ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| rite | Latin Rite ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | major tourist attraction in Gdańsk ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural events
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religious services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
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: St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk Description of subject: St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk is a massive Brick Gothic Roman Catholic basilica, often cited as one of the largest brick churches in the world and a dominant landmark of Gdańsk’s historic skyline.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
St Mary’s Church in Gdańsk
this entity surface form:
Kościół Mariacki
this entity surface form:
St. Mary’s Basilica in Gdańsk