St. Paul’s Well
E263243
St. Paul’s Well is a historic well in Tarsus, Turkey, traditionally associated with the birthplace and early life of the Apostle Paul and now a notable Christian pilgrimage and archaeological site.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Paul’s Well | 1 |
| St Paul’s Well | 1 |
| St. Paul’s Well canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2397594 — 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. Paul’s Well Context triple: [Tarsus, hasArchaeologicalSite, St. Paul’s Well]
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A.
St Ann’s Well
St Ann’s Well is a historic thermal spring in Buxton, England, long associated with spa culture and reputed healing waters.
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B.
Mary’s Well
Mary’s Well is a historic spring and pilgrimage site in Nazareth traditionally associated with the Virgin Mary and the Annunciation.
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C.
Old Well
Old Well is an iconic neoclassical rotunda and campus symbol of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, traditionally associated with good luck for students who drink from it.
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D.
The Virgin’s Fountain
The Virgin’s Fountain is a traditional water source in Nazareth venerated in Christian tradition as the place where the Virgin Mary drew water.
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E.
Ward's Stone
Ward's Stone is a prominent gritstone fell in Lancashire, England, known for its expansive moorland plateau and extensive views over the surrounding countryside.
- 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. Paul’s Well Target entity description: St. Paul’s Well is a historic well in Tarsus, Turkey, traditionally associated with the birthplace and early life of the Apostle Paul and now a notable Christian pilgrimage and archaeological site.
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A.
St Ann’s Well
St Ann’s Well is a historic thermal spring in Buxton, England, long associated with spa culture and reputed healing waters.
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B.
Mary’s Well
Mary’s Well is a historic spring and pilgrimage site in Nazareth traditionally associated with the Virgin Mary and the Annunciation.
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C.
Old Well
Old Well is an iconic neoclassical rotunda and campus symbol of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, traditionally associated with good luck for students who drink from it.
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D.
The Virgin’s Fountain
The Virgin’s Fountain is a traditional water source in Nazareth venerated in Christian tradition as the place where the Virgin Mary drew water.
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E.
Ward's Stone
Ward's Stone is a prominent gritstone fell in Lancashire, England, known for its expansive moorland plateau and extensive views over the surrounding countryside.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian pilgrimage site
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ historic well ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
|
| city | Tarsus ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| currentFunction |
cultural tourism site
ⓘ
religious tourism site ⓘ |
| era | Roman period ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedReligionFigure | Saint Paul ⓘ |
| hasConservationActivity |
archaeological investigation
ⓘ
site preservation ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritageStatus | protected site ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
circular stone shaft
ⓘ
protective railing ⓘ surrounding courtyard ⓘ |
| hasFunction | source of water in antiquity ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
St. Paul’s Well
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Paul’s Well
St. Paul’s Well self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
St Paul’s Well
|
| hasSignificance |
Christian religious significance
ⓘ
archaeological significance ⓘ historical significance ⓘ |
| hasType | water well ⓘ |
| hasWellType | draw well ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | archaeological site of Turkey ⓘ |
| linkedTradition | home of Paul the Apostle in Tarsus ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mersin Province
ⓘ
Tarsus ⓘ Turkey ⓘ |
| managedBy | local authorities of Tarsus ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| near | traditional house of St. Paul in Tarsus ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | historic center of Tarsus ⓘ |
| region |
Adana Vilayet
ⓘ
surface form:
Çukurova
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| traditionallyAssociatedWith |
birthplace of Paul the Apostle
ⓘ
early life of Paul the Apostle ⓘ |
| usedAs | pilgrimage destination ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Christian pilgrims
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
| waterSource | groundwater ⓘ |
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. Paul’s Well Description of subject: St. Paul’s Well is a historic well in Tarsus, Turkey, traditionally associated with the birthplace and early life of the Apostle Paul and now a notable Christian pilgrimage and archaeological site.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Saint Paul’s Well
this entity surface form:
St Paul’s Well