Basilica of Saint Martin
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The Basilica of Saint Martin is a prominent Roman Catholic church in Tours, France, built to honor Saint Martin of Tours and serving as an important site of Christian pilgrimage and heritage.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basilica of Saint Martin canonical | 2 |
| Basilica of Saint Martin, Tours | 1 |
| Basilica of Saint-Martin, Tours | 1 |
| tomb of Saint Martin of Tours | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1841652 — 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: Basilica of Saint Martin Context triple: [Tours, knownFor, Basilica of Saint Martin]
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A.
Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a historic Roman Catholic church in Wadowice, Poland, best known as the parish church of Pope John Paul II and a major pilgrimage site.
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B.
Basilica Sancti Petri Vetus
Basilica Sancti Petri Vetus is the Latin name for Old St. Peter’s Basilica, the early Christian church in Rome that preceded the current St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
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C.
Basilica of the Holy Trinity
The Basilica of the Holy Trinity is a large modern Catholic church and major pilgrimage site in Fátima, Portugal, built to accommodate the many visitors who come in connection with the Marian apparitions reported there.
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D.
Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate
The Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate is a prominent 19th-century Roman Catholic church in Guelph, Ontario, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and historical significance.
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E.
Basilica of the Annunciation
The Basilica of the Annunciation is a major Catholic church in Nazareth traditionally believed to mark the site where the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would bear Jesus.
- 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: Basilica of Saint Martin Target entity description: The Basilica of Saint Martin is a prominent Roman Catholic church in Tours, France, built to honor Saint Martin of Tours and serving as an important site of Christian pilgrimage and heritage.
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A.
Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a historic Roman Catholic church in Wadowice, Poland, best known as the parish church of Pope John Paul II and a major pilgrimage site.
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B.
Basilica Sancti Petri Vetus
Basilica Sancti Petri Vetus is the Latin name for Old St. Peter’s Basilica, the early Christian church in Rome that preceded the current St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
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C.
Basilica of the Holy Trinity
The Basilica of the Holy Trinity is a large modern Catholic church and major pilgrimage site in Fátima, Portugal, built to accommodate the many visitors who come in connection with the Marian apparitions reported there.
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D.
Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate
The Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate is a prominent 19th-century Roman Catholic church in Guelph, Ontario, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and historical significance.
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E.
Basilica of the Annunciation
The Basilica of the Annunciation is a major Catholic church in Nazareth traditionally believed to mark the site where the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would bear Jesus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic church
ⓘ
basilica ⓘ minor basilica ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Latin Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
|
| archdiocese |
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tours
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours
|
| architecturalStyle | Neo-Byzantine architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cult of Saint Martin
ⓘ
history of Christianity in Gaul ⓘ |
| builtOnSiteOf | earlier medieval basilicas of Saint Martin ⓘ |
| category |
Roman Catholic pilgrimage site in France
ⓘ
basilica in France ⓘ church in Tours ⓘ |
| cityCenterLocation | historic center of Tours ⓘ |
| completionDate | early 20th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | late 19th century ⓘ |
| contains | relics of Saint Martin of Tours ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of veneration of Saint Martin in France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Martin of Tours
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Martin of Tours
|
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Tours ⓘ |
| function |
pilgrimage church
ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ |
| hasBellTower | yes ⓘ |
| hasCrypt |
Cathedral of Saint Martin
ⓘ
surface form:
crypt of Saint Martin
|
| hasDome | yes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Monument historique (France)
ⓘ
surface form:
Monument historique
|
| locatedIn |
Centre-Val de Loire
ⓘ
France ⓘ Indre-et-Loire ⓘ Tours ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Martin of Tours
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Martin of Tours
|
| notableFor | tomb of Saint Martin of Tours ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite ⓘ |
| significance |
important site of Christian heritage
ⓘ
important site of Christian pilgrimage ⓘ |
| tourism | major tourist attraction in Tours ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Mass
ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ prayer ⓘ religious ceremonies ⓘ |
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: Basilica of Saint Martin Description of subject: The Basilica of Saint Martin is a prominent Roman Catholic church in Tours, France, built to honor Saint Martin of Tours and serving as an important site of Christian pilgrimage and heritage.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tours
this entity surface form:
Basilica of Saint-Martin, Tours
this entity surface form:
tomb of Saint Martin of Tours
this entity surface form:
Basilica of Saint Martin, Tours