St Mary the Virgin Church, Thame
E186217
St Mary the Virgin Church, Thame is a historic Anglican parish church in Oxfordshire, England, noted for its medieval architecture and prominent role in the religious life of the town.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St Mary the Virgin Church, Thame canonical | 2 |
| St Mary’s Church, Thame, Oxfordshire | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1647990 — 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 the Virgin Church, Thame Context triple: [Thame, hasReligiousBuilding, St Mary the Virgin Church, Thame]
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A.
St Mary’s Church, Twickenham
St Mary’s Church, Twickenham is a historic parish church on the River Thames in southwest London, best known as the burial place of the poet Alexander Pope.
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B.
St Michael and All Angels' Church
St Michael and All Angels' Church is a historic Anglican parish church in the village of East Coker, Somerset, England, noted for its traditional architecture and local heritage significance.
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C.
St Edward King and Martyr Church
St Edward King and Martyr Church is a historic Anglican church in central Cambridge, England, noted for its medieval origins and association with the early English Reformation.
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D.
St Lawrence’s Church, Brentford
St Lawrence’s Church, Brentford is a historic Anglican church in Brentford, west London, noted for its longstanding role in the local community and its architectural heritage.
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E.
Church of St Mary Abbots
The Church of St Mary Abbots is a historic Anglican parish church in Kensington, London, noted for its striking spire and Victorian Gothic architecture.
- 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 the Virgin Church, Thame Target entity description: St Mary the Virgin Church, Thame is a historic Anglican parish church in Oxfordshire, England, noted for its medieval architecture and prominent role in the religious life of the town.
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A.
St Mary’s Church, Twickenham
St Mary’s Church, Twickenham is a historic parish church on the River Thames in southwest London, best known as the burial place of the poet Alexander Pope.
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B.
St Michael and All Angels' Church
St Michael and All Angels' Church is a historic Anglican parish church in the village of East Coker, Somerset, England, noted for its traditional architecture and local heritage significance.
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C.
St Edward King and Martyr Church
St Edward King and Martyr Church is a historic Anglican church in central Cambridge, England, noted for its medieval origins and association with the early English Reformation.
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D.
St Lawrence’s Church, Brentford
St Lawrence’s Church, Brentford is a historic Anglican church in Brentford, west London, noted for its longstanding role in the local community and its architectural heritage.
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E.
Church of St Mary Abbots
The Church of St Mary Abbots is a historic Anglican parish church in Kensington, London, noted for its striking spire and Victorian Gothic architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican parish church
ⓘ
church building ⓘ |
| administrativeDiocese | Diocese of Oxford ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic architecture
ⓘ
medieval architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Churches in Oxfordshire
ⓘ
Grade I listed churches in Oxfordshire ⓘ Thame ⓘ |
| churchmanship | Anglican ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
St Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Mary the Virgin
|
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| governingBody | Parochial Church Council of Thame ⓘ |
| hasAltar | high altar ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | churchyard ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
church bells
ⓘ
medieval stonework ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ |
| hasPart |
aisles
ⓘ
chancel ⓘ chapels ⓘ nave ⓘ tower ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I listed building ⓘ |
| heritageRegister |
National Heritage List for England entry
ⓘ
surface form:
National Heritage List for England
|
| liturgicalTradition | Anglican liturgy ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oxfordshire
ⓘ
South East England ⓘ Thame ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
medieval architecture
ⓘ
role in religious life of Thame ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| ownership | Church of England ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | parish church ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOfWorship | English ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| significance | historic parish church of Thame ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Anglican worship
ⓘ
baptisms ⓘ community events ⓘ funerals ⓘ weddings ⓘ |
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 the Virgin Church, Thame Description of subject: St Mary the Virgin Church, Thame is a historic Anglican parish church in Oxfordshire, England, noted for its medieval architecture and prominent role in the religious life of the town.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
St Mary’s Church, Thame, Oxfordshire
subject surface form:
Thame