Gloucester Cathedral
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Gloucester Cathedral is a historic English Gothic cathedral in Gloucester, England, renowned for its medieval architecture and as a prominent site of religious and cultural heritage.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gloucester Cathedral canonical | 38 |
| Gloucester Abbey (former Benedictine abbey) | 1 |
| Gloucester Cathedral choir and cloisters | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34143 — 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: Gloucester Cathedral Context triple: [John Stafford Smith, burialPlace, Gloucester Cathedral]
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A.
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral is a renowned early English Gothic cathedral in Wiltshire, England, best known for its soaring spire and housing one of the best-preserved original copies of the Magna Carta.
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B.
King's College Chapel
King's College Chapel is a renowned late Gothic chapel at the University of Cambridge, celebrated for its magnificent fan vaulting, stained glass windows, and choral tradition.
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C.
Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln Cathedral is a historic Gothic cathedral in Lincoln, England, renowned as one of medieval Europe's grandest churches and a former holder of the title of the world's tallest building.
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D.
St Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury
St Mary’s Church in Shrewsbury is a historic medieval parish church renowned for its impressive spire and notable stained glass, reflecting the town’s rich ecclesiastical heritage.
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E.
Shrewsbury Abbey
Shrewsbury Abbey is a historic former Benedictine monastery in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, renowned for its medieval architecture and literary association with the Brother Cadfael novels.
- 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: Gloucester Cathedral Target entity description: Gloucester Cathedral is a historic English Gothic cathedral in Gloucester, England, renowned for its medieval architecture and as a prominent site of religious and cultural heritage.
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A.
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral is a renowned early English Gothic cathedral in Wiltshire, England, best known for its soaring spire and housing one of the best-preserved original copies of the Magna Carta.
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B.
King's College Chapel
King's College Chapel is a renowned late Gothic chapel at the University of Cambridge, celebrated for its magnificent fan vaulting, stained glass windows, and choral tradition.
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C.
Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln Cathedral is a historic Gothic cathedral in Lincoln, England, renowned as one of medieval Europe's grandest churches and a former holder of the title of the world's tallest building.
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D.
St Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury
St Mary’s Church in Shrewsbury is a historic medieval parish church renowned for its impressive spire and notable stained glass, reflecting the town’s rich ecclesiastical heritage.
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E.
Shrewsbury Abbey
Shrewsbury Abbey is a historic former Benedictine monastery in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, renowned for its medieval architecture and literary association with the Brother Cadfael novels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Anglican church
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Cathedral ⓘ Church building ⓘ Historic building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
English Gothic
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Romanesque ⓘ |
| burialPlaceOf | Edward II of England ⓘ |
| consecrationYear | 1100s ⓘ |
| constructionStart |
11th century
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c. 1089 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
Important site of English architectural heritage
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Important site of English religious heritage ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Apostle Peter
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surface form:
Saint Peter
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| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of Gloucester ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalProvince | Province of Canterbury ⓘ |
| formerName | St Peter’s Abbey ⓘ |
| function |
Place of Christian worship
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Seat of the Bishop of Gloucester ⓘ Tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Bell tower
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Central tower ⓘ Chapter house ⓘ Choir ⓘ Cloister fan vaulting ⓘ Cloisters ⓘ Crypt ⓘ Lady chapel ⓘ Nave ⓘ Organ ⓘ |
| hasRelicOrTomb | Tomb of Edward II ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I listed building ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | England ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Fan vaulting
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Historic stained glass ⓘ Medieval cloisters ⓘ Perpendicular Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
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Gloucester ⓘ Gloucestershire ⓘ |
| majorRebuildingPeriod |
14th century
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15th century ⓘ |
| originalFunction | Benedictine abbey church ⓘ |
| towerHeight |
approximately 225 feet
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approximately 69 metres ⓘ |
| usedAsFilmLocationFor |
Doctor Who
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Harry Potter film series ⓘ The Hollow Crown ⓘ |
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: Gloucester Cathedral Description of subject: Gloucester Cathedral is a historic English Gothic cathedral in Gloucester, England, renowned for its medieval architecture and as a prominent site of religious and cultural heritage.
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gloucester Cathedral choir and cloisters
subject surface form:
Edward of Caernarfon
this entity surface form:
Gloucester Abbey (former Benedictine abbey)
Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity
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commonName
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Gloucester Cathedral
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