Ursulines of Quebec
E112011
The Ursulines of Quebec are a historic Roman Catholic religious order of women devoted to education, particularly of girls, and charitable works in Quebec.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ursuline Sisters | 3 |
| Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union | 1 |
| Ursuline nuns | 1 |
| Ursuline order | 1 |
| Ursuline schools | 1 |
| Ursulines | 1 |
| Ursulines of Quebec canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T929004 — 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: Ursulines of Quebec Context triple: [Roman Catholic Church in Quebec, hasReligiousOrder, Ursulines of Quebec]
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A.
Grey Nuns
The Grey Nuns are a Roman Catholic religious order of women, founded in 18th-century Montreal, known for their charitable work in healthcare, education, and social services.
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B.
Society of the Sacred Heart
The Society of the Sacred Heart is an international Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education, spiritual formation, and social service, especially through schools and academic institutions.
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C.
Congregation of Holy Cross
The Congregation of Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers known for its global work in education, parish ministry, and missionary service.
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D.
Marist Brothers
The Marist Brothers are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, dedicated primarily to the Christian education of youth around the world.
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E.
Sisters of Loreto
The Sisters of Loreto, formally known as the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, are a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education, social justice, and missionary work worldwide.
- 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: Ursulines of Quebec Target entity description: The Ursulines of Quebec are a historic Roman Catholic religious order of women devoted to education, particularly of girls, and charitable works in Quebec.
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A.
Grey Nuns
The Grey Nuns are a Roman Catholic religious order of women, founded in 18th-century Montreal, known for their charitable work in healthcare, education, and social services.
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B.
Society of the Sacred Heart
The Society of the Sacred Heart is an international Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education, spiritual formation, and social service, especially through schools and academic institutions.
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C.
Congregation of Holy Cross
The Congregation of Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers known for its global work in education, parish ministry, and missionary service.
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D.
Marist Brothers
The Marist Brothers are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, dedicated primarily to the Christian education of youth around the world.
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E.
Sisters of Loreto
The Sisters of Loreto, formally known as the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, are a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education, social justice, and missionary work worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic religious institute
ⓘ
religious order of women ⓘ teaching religious order ⓘ |
| activity |
religious formation
ⓘ
running schools ⓘ teaching ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | French colonial architecture ⓘ |
| belongsToOrder | Order of Saint Ursula ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| denomination |
Latin Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
|
| educationLevel |
primary education
ⓘ
secondary education ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Marie Guyart
ⓘ
Marie of the Incarnation ⓘ Ursulines of Quebec self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ursuline Sisters
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChapel |
Ursuline Monastery of Quebec City
ⓘ
surface form:
Ursuline chapel in Quebec City
|
| hasPart |
Ursuline Monastery of Quebec City
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surface form:
Ursuline convent in Quebec City
Ursuline school in Quebec City ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Ursuline Monastery of Quebec City ⓘ |
| heritage | French colonial ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Site of Canada
ⓘ
historic monument of Quebec ⓘ |
| inception | 1639 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec
ⓘ
surface form:
Archdiocese of Quebec
|
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Quebec City ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Quebec, Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
|
| motherHouse | Ursuline Monastery of Quebec City ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saint Ursula ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early missionary work among Indigenous peoples
ⓘ
historic convent complex in Old Quebec ⓘ one of the oldest educational institutions for women in North America ⓘ |
| partOf | Catholic Church in Canada ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
Christian education
ⓘ
charitable works ⓘ education of girls ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Canada
ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
|
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| religiousHabit | Ursuline habit ⓘ |
| religiousOrderType | contemplative order with active ministry ⓘ |
| religiousVocation | consecrated life ⓘ |
| vows |
chastity
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obedience ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
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: Ursulines of Quebec Description of subject: The Ursulines of Quebec are a historic Roman Catholic religious order of women devoted to education, particularly of girls, and charitable works in Quebec.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ursuline Sisters
this entity surface form:
Ursuline order
this entity surface form:
Ursuline Sisters
this entity surface form:
Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union
this entity surface form:
Ursuline nuns
this entity surface form:
Ursulines
this entity surface form:
Ursuline schools
this entity surface form:
Ursuline Sisters