Séminaire de Québec
E137965
Séminaire de Québec is a historic Roman Catholic seminary in Quebec City that played a foundational role in higher education in New France and eventually gave rise to Université Laval.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Séminaire de Québec canonical | 5 |
| Chapelle du Séminaire de Québec (early sessions) | 1 |
| Petit Séminaire de Québec | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1203822 — 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: Séminaire de Québec Context triple: [Université Laval, hasPredecessor, Séminaire de Québec]
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A.
Festival d’été de Québec
The Festival d’été de Québec is a major annual summer music and arts festival in Quebec City, renowned for its large outdoor concerts and diverse international lineup.
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B.
Festival du Voyageur
Festival du Voyageur is a major winter celebration in Winnipeg that showcases French-Canadian and Métis culture through music, food, historical reenactments, and outdoor activities.
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C.
Conference of Catholic Bishops of Quebec
The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Quebec is the assembly of Roman Catholic bishops in Quebec that coordinates pastoral activities, represents the Church publicly, and provides leadership on religious and social issues in the province.
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D.
Quartier des Spectacles
Quartier des Spectacles is Montreal’s premier cultural and entertainment district, known for hosting major festivals, performances, and public art events.
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E.
Quebec Winter Carnival
The Quebec Winter Carnival is a major annual winter festival in Quebec City featuring snow sculptures, parades, outdoor sports, and cultural celebrations centered around its mascot Bonhomme Carnaval.
- 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: Séminaire de Québec Target entity description: Séminaire de Québec is a historic Roman Catholic seminary in Quebec City that played a foundational role in higher education in New France and eventually gave rise to Université Laval.
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A.
Festival d’été de Québec
The Festival d’été de Québec is a major annual summer music and arts festival in Quebec City, renowned for its large outdoor concerts and diverse international lineup.
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B.
Festival du Voyageur
Festival du Voyageur is a major winter celebration in Winnipeg that showcases French-Canadian and Métis culture through music, food, historical reenactments, and outdoor activities.
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C.
Conference of Catholic Bishops of Quebec
The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Quebec is the assembly of Roman Catholic bishops in Quebec that coordinates pastoral activities, represents the Church publicly, and provides leadership on religious and social issues in the province.
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D.
Quartier des Spectacles
Quartier des Spectacles is Montreal’s premier cultural and entertainment district, known for hosting major festivals, performances, and public art events.
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E.
Quebec Winter Carnival
The Quebec Winter Carnival is a major annual winter festival in Quebec City featuring snow sculptures, parades, outdoor sports, and cultural celebrations centered around its mascot Bonhomme Carnaval.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic seminary
ⓘ
educational institution ⓘ historic building ⓘ religious organization ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | traditional Quebec architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Université Laval ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| foundedBy | François de Laval ⓘ |
| foundedFor |
Roman Catholic priestly formation
ⓘ
training clergy for New France ⓘ |
| founder | François de Laval ⓘ |
| gaveRiseTo | Université Laval ⓘ |
| hasBuildingUse |
educational facilities
ⓘ
residence for clergy ⓘ seminary ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
clerical education
ⓘ
higher education (historically) ⓘ religious formation ⓘ secondary education (historically) ⓘ |
| hasNotableAlumni | Roman Catholic clergy of Canada ⓘ |
| hasRole |
major seminary
ⓘ
minor seminary ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic institution of New France ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | New France ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Catholic Church in Canada ⓘ |
| isPredecessorOf | Université Laval ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North America
ⓘ
Old Quebec ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
Quebec City ⓘ |
| playedRoleIn |
development of higher education in New France
ⓘ
development of higher education in Quebec ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec
ⓘ
surface form:
Archdiocese of Quebec
|
| religiousOrder | secular clergy ⓘ |
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: Séminaire de Québec Description of subject: Séminaire de Québec is a historic Roman Catholic seminary in Quebec City that played a foundational role in higher education in New France and eventually gave rise to Université Laval.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Petit Séminaire de Québec
this entity surface form:
Chapelle du Séminaire de Québec (early sessions)
subject surface form:
Place d’Armes (Quebec City)