Santa Maria della Scala
E339354
Santa Maria della Scala is a historic church in Rome, Italy, known for its Baroque architecture and rich artistic heritage.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Santa Maria della Scala canonical | 3 |
| Chiesa di Santa Maria della Scala | 1 |
| Santa Maria della Scala (works in Rome) | 1 |
| Santa Maria della Scala in Trastevere | 1 |
| Santa Maria della Scala, Rome | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3218671 — 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: Santa Maria della Scala Context triple: [Death of the Virgin, originallyCommissionedFor, Santa Maria della Scala]
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A.
Santa Maria alla Scala
Santa Maria alla Scala was a church in Milan whose name and location gave rise to the title of the world-famous opera house La Scala.
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B.
Cloister of San Francesco
The Cloister of San Francesco is a tranquil 14th-century monastic courtyard in Sorrento, Italy, renowned for its elegant arches, lush garden, and use as a venue for weddings and cultural events.
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C.
Contarelli Chapel
The Contarelli Chapel is a renowned side chapel in Rome’s Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, famous for housing Caravaggio’s influential cycle of paintings on the life of Saint Matthew.
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D.
Cattedrale di San Lorenzo
Cattedrale di San Lorenzo is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Genoa, Italy, renowned for its striking striped Gothic-Romanesque façade and richly decorated interior.
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E.
Pazzi Chapel
The Pazzi Chapel is a renowned early Renaissance chapel in Florence, Italy, celebrated for its harmonious proportions and pioneering use of classical architectural elements.
- 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: Santa Maria della Scala Target entity description: Santa Maria della Scala is a historic church in Rome, Italy, known for its Baroque architecture and rich artistic heritage.
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A.
Santa Maria alla Scala
Santa Maria alla Scala was a church in Milan whose name and location gave rise to the title of the world-famous opera house La Scala.
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B.
Cloister of San Francesco
The Cloister of San Francesco is a tranquil 14th-century monastic courtyard in Sorrento, Italy, renowned for its elegant arches, lush garden, and use as a venue for weddings and cultural events.
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C.
Contarelli Chapel
The Contarelli Chapel is a renowned side chapel in Rome’s Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, famous for housing Caravaggio’s influential cycle of paintings on the life of Saint Matthew.
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D.
Cattedrale di San Lorenzo
Cattedrale di San Lorenzo is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Genoa, Italy, renowned for its striking striped Gothic-Romanesque façade and richly decorated interior.
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E.
Pazzi Chapel
The Pazzi Chapel is a renowned early Renaissance chapel in Florence, Italy, celebrated for its harmonious proportions and pioneering use of classical architectural elements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque church
ⓘ
Roman Catholic church ⓘ church ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Baroque
ⓘ
surface form:
Baroque architecture
|
| architecturalType | church building ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Blessed Virgin Mary
Our Lady of the Staircase ⓘ |
| denomination | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| foundedAs | Carmelite church ⓘ |
| hasAltName |
Santa Maria della Scala
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Maria della Scala in Trastevere
|
| hasArt |
Baroque paintings
ⓘ
altarpieces ⓘ sculptures ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle | Baroque interior decoration ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Baroque architecture in Rome
ⓘ
Historic churches in Rome ⓘ Roman Catholic churches in Lazio ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | historic church of Rome ⓘ |
| hasDiocese | Diocese of Rome ⓘ |
| hasFacade | Baroque facade ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary
ⓘ
main altar ⓘ nave ⓘ side chapels ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
parish church
ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | rich artistic heritage ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfLiturgy |
Italian
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| hasNameInItalian |
Santa Maria della Scala
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Scala
|
| hasStatus | active church ⓘ |
| hasTradition |
Latin Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
|
| heritageDesignation | historic church of artistic interest ⓘ |
| isTouristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Baroque architecture
ⓘ
artworks by prominent Baroque artists ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lazio
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ Trastevere ⓘ historic center of Rome ⓘ |
| partOf | Catholic churches in Rome ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| religiousOrder |
Order of the Discalced Carmelites
ⓘ
surface form:
Discalced Carmelites
|
| usedFor |
pilgrimage and devotion to the Virgin Mary
ⓘ
religious services ⓘ |
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: Santa Maria della Scala Description of subject: Santa Maria della Scala is a historic church in Rome, Italy, known for its Baroque architecture and rich artistic heritage.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Santa Maria della Scala, Rome
this entity surface form:
Santa Maria della Scala (works in Rome)
this entity surface form:
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Scala
this entity surface form:
Santa Maria della Scala in Trastevere