Diocese of Lincoln
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The Diocese of Lincoln is a historic Church of England diocese in eastern England, centered on the city of Lincoln and known for its medieval cathedral and extensive rural territory.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diocese of Lincoln canonical | 36 |
| Bishopric of Lincoln | 1 |
| Church of England’s Diocese of Lincoln | 1 |
| Diocese of Lindsey | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T151273 — 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: Diocese of Lincoln Context triple: [Province of Canterbury, hasDiocese, Diocese of Lincoln]
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A.
Diocese of Peterborough
The Diocese of Peterborough is a Church of England diocese in the East Midlands, centered on Peterborough Cathedral and overseeing Anglican parishes in Northamptonshire, Rutland, and parts of Cambridgeshire.
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B.
Diocese of Norwich
The Diocese of Norwich is a Church of England diocese in eastern England, centered on the city of Norwich and covering much of the county of Norfolk and parts of Suffolk.
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C.
Diocese of Ely
The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in eastern England, centered on Ely Cathedral and covering much of Cambridgeshire and parts of neighboring counties.
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D.
Diocese of Leicester
The Diocese of Leicester is a Church of England diocese in the East Midlands, centered on the city of Leicester and its surrounding area.
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E.
Diocese of Oxford
The Diocese of Oxford is a Church of England diocese covering Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire, centered on the city of Oxford and overseen by the Bishop of Oxford.
- 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: Diocese of Lincoln Target entity description: The Diocese of Lincoln is a historic Church of England diocese in eastern England, centered on the city of Lincoln and known for its medieval cathedral and extensive rural territory.
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A.
Diocese of Peterborough
The Diocese of Peterborough is a Church of England diocese in the East Midlands, centered on Peterborough Cathedral and overseeing Anglican parishes in Northamptonshire, Rutland, and parts of Cambridgeshire.
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B.
Diocese of Norwich
The Diocese of Norwich is a Church of England diocese in eastern England, centered on the city of Norwich and covering much of the county of Norfolk and parts of Suffolk.
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C.
Diocese of Ely
The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in eastern England, centered on Ely Cathedral and covering much of Cambridgeshire and parts of neighboring counties.
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D.
Diocese of Leicester
The Diocese of Leicester is a Church of England diocese in the East Midlands, centered on the city of Leicester and its surrounding area.
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E.
Diocese of Oxford
The Diocese of Oxford is a Church of England diocese covering Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire, centered on the city of Oxford and overseen by the Bishop of Oxford.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican diocese
ⓘ
Church of England diocese ⓘ diocese ⓘ |
| cathedral | Lincoln Cathedral ⓘ |
| churchProvince | Province of Canterbury ⓘ |
| clergyType |
bishops
ⓘ
deacons ⓘ priests ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| episcopalSee | Lincoln ⓘ |
| establishedInCentury | medieval period ⓘ |
| governingBody | Diocesan Synod ⓘ |
| hasArchdeaconries | yes ⓘ |
| hasBishopTitle | Bishop of Lincoln ⓘ |
| hasCathedralCity | Lincoln ⓘ |
| hasDeaneries | yes ⓘ |
| hasParishes | yes ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic diocese ⓘ |
| jurisdictionType | diocese ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large geographical area
ⓘ
medieval cathedral ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East of England
ⓘ
surface form:
eastern England
|
| partOf | Church of England ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Lincolnshire
ⓘ
parts of surrounding counties ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| rite | Anglican rite ⓘ |
| seeCity | Lincoln ⓘ |
| territoryCharacteristic | extensive rural territory ⓘ |
| tradition | Anglicanism ⓘ |
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: Diocese of Lincoln Description of subject: The Diocese of Lincoln is a historic Church of England diocese in eastern England, centered on the city of Lincoln and known for its medieval cathedral and extensive rural territory.
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
St Botolph's Church, Boston
this entity surface form:
Bishopric of Lincoln
this entity surface form:
Diocese of Lindsey
this entity surface form:
Church of England’s Diocese of Lincoln