Master Mason
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Master Mason is the highest degree in traditional Freemasonry, signifying a fully initiated member with full rights and responsibilities in the lodge.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Master Mason canonical | 10 |
| Master Mason degree | 6 |
| Mark Master Mason | 1 |
| Master Mason degree (some jurisdictions) | 1 |
| Master Masons | 1 |
| Third Degree of Craft Freemasonry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T114562 — 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: Master Mason Context triple: [Masonic lodge, hasDegree, Master Mason]
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A.
Worshipful Master
The Worshipful Master is the presiding officer and chief authority of a Masonic lodge, responsible for leading its meetings, rituals, and governance.
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B.
Fellowcraft
Fellowcraft is the second degree in Freemasonry, representing a stage of moral and intellectual development between the Entered Apprentice and Master Mason.
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C.
Masonic lodges
Masonic lodges are local organizational units of Freemasonry that serve as fraternal, ritual, and social centers for members, historically influential in intellectual and civic life, especially during the Enlightenment era.
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D.
Junior Warden
The Junior Warden is a principal officer in a Masonic lodge responsible for overseeing the lodge during refreshment and assisting in maintaining order and harmony among the members.
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E.
Legum Magister
Legum Magister is a postgraduate academic degree in law, commonly known in English as the Master of Laws (LL.M.).
- 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: Master Mason Target entity description: Master Mason is the highest degree in traditional Freemasonry, signifying a fully initiated member with full rights and responsibilities in the lodge.
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A.
Worshipful Master
The Worshipful Master is the presiding officer and chief authority of a Masonic lodge, responsible for leading its meetings, rituals, and governance.
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B.
Fellowcraft
Fellowcraft is the second degree in Freemasonry, representing a stage of moral and intellectual development between the Entered Apprentice and Master Mason.
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C.
Masonic lodges
Masonic lodges are local organizational units of Freemasonry that serve as fraternal, ritual, and social centers for members, historically influential in intellectual and civic life, especially during the Enlightenment era.
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D.
Junior Warden
The Junior Warden is a principal officer in a Masonic lodge responsible for overseeing the lodge during refreshment and assisting in maintaining order and harmony among the members.
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E.
Legum Magister
Legum Magister is a postgraduate academic degree in law, commonly known in English as the Master of Laws (LL.M.).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Freemason rank
ⓘ
Masonic degree ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization |
Grand Lodge
ⓘ
Masonic lodges ⓘ
surface form:
Masonic lodge
|
| confersEligibilityFor |
Masonic funeral rites
ⓘ
Royal Arch Masonry (in many systems) ⓘ Scottish Rite degrees ⓘ Worshipful Master ⓘ
surface form:
Worshipful Master (after additional requirements)
Royal Arch Masonry (in many systems) ⓘ
surface form:
York Rite degrees
lodge office (in most jurisdictions) ⓘ membership in appendant Masonic bodies ⓘ |
| confersTitle | Brother ⓘ |
| follows |
Entered Apprentice
ⓘ
surface form:
Entered Apprentice degree
Fellowcraft degree ⓘ |
| grants |
full responsibilities in the lodge
ⓘ
full rights in the lodge ⓘ |
| hasMoralFocusOn |
charity
ⓘ
fraternal bonds ⓘ personal improvement ⓘ |
| hasObligationOf |
obedience to lodge bylaws and Grand Lodge constitution
ⓘ
secrecy regarding signs and words ⓘ support to fellow Masons ⓘ |
| hasPositionInSequence | third degree ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
fully initiated member of a Masonic lodge
ⓘ
highest degree in traditional Craft Freemasonry ⓘ |
| isPrerequisiteFor |
holding most Masonic offices
ⓘ
participation in full lodge business ⓘ |
| languageVariant |
Maître Maçon (French)
ⓘ
Meister vom Stuhl (related German term for lodge master, not the degree itself) ⓘ |
| meetsIn | tiled lodge ⓘ |
| partOf |
Masonic lodges
ⓘ
surface form:
Blue Lodge degrees
|
| practicedIn |
Continental Freemasonry
ⓘ
Regular Freemasonry ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | most regular Grand Lodges worldwide ⓘ |
| requires |
initiation ceremony
ⓘ
obligations taken on the Volume of Sacred Law (in many jurisdictions) ⓘ |
| requiresBallot | unanimous or near-unanimous vote for advancement (in most jurisdictions) ⓘ |
| requiresSupervisionBy |
Worshipful Master
ⓘ
surface form:
Worshipful Master of the lodge
|
| ritualIncludes |
dramatic allegorical ceremony
ⓘ
grips and words specific to the third degree ⓘ |
| ritualLanguageOften | archaic or biblical English (in Anglo-American Masonry) ⓘ |
| symbolismIncludes |
death and resurrection allegory
ⓘ
legend of Hiram Abiff (in most traditions) ⓘ moral and spiritual rebirth ⓘ |
| teaches |
brotherly love
ⓘ
fidelity ⓘ integrity ⓘ perseverance ⓘ relief and truth ⓘ |
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: Master Mason Description of subject: Master Mason is the highest degree in traditional Freemasonry, signifying a fully initiated member with full rights and responsibilities in the lodge.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Masonic lodge
this entity surface form:
Master Mason degree
this entity surface form:
Master Mason degree
subject surface form:
legend of Hiram Abiff
this entity surface form:
Third Degree of Craft Freemasonry
subject surface form:
legend of Hiram Abiff
this entity surface form:
Master Mason degree
subject surface form:
Maître Maçon
subject surface form:
Royal Arch Masonry
this entity surface form:
Master Mason degree
subject surface form:
Royal Arch Masonry
subject surface form:
Letter G (Masonic symbol)
this entity surface form:
Master Mason degree (some jurisdictions)
this entity surface form:
Master Mason degree
this entity surface form:
Master Mason degree
this entity surface form:
Mark Master Mason
this entity surface form:
Master Masons