Basilica of Saint Lawrence
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The Basilica of Saint Lawrence is a historic Roman Catholic church in Asheville, North Carolina, renowned for its distinctive Spanish Renaissance architecture and one of the largest freestanding elliptical domes in North America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Basilica of Saint Lawrence canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3505805 — 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 Lawrence Context triple: [Buncombe County, North Carolina, hasHistoricSite, Basilica of Saint Lawrence]
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A.
Basilica of Saint Mary Major
The Basilica of Saint Mary Major is one of Rome’s four major papal basilicas, renowned for its early Christian origins, rich Marian devotion, and remarkable collection of mosaics and relics.
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B.
Basilica of Santa Maria in Via Lata
The Basilica of Santa Maria in Via Lata is a historic Roman church on Via del Corso, traditionally associated with early Christian worship and notable burials.
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C.
Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs
The Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs, better known as the Pantheon in Rome, is an ancient Roman temple converted into a Catholic church and renowned for its vast domed rotunda and central oculus.
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D.
Basílica Menor de San Lorenzo
Basílica Menor de San Lorenzo is the principal Roman Catholic cathedral and a prominent historical and architectural landmark in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
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E.
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
The Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls is one of Rome’s four major papal basilicas, built over the traditional burial place of the Apostle Paul and renowned for its vast neoclassical interior and historic monastic complex.
- 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 Lawrence Target entity description: The Basilica of Saint Lawrence is a historic Roman Catholic church in Asheville, North Carolina, renowned for its distinctive Spanish Renaissance architecture and one of the largest freestanding elliptical domes in North America.
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A.
Basilica of Saint Mary Major
The Basilica of Saint Mary Major is one of Rome’s four major papal basilicas, renowned for its early Christian origins, rich Marian devotion, and remarkable collection of mosaics and relics.
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B.
Basilica of Santa Maria in Via Lata
The Basilica of Santa Maria in Via Lata is a historic Roman church on Via del Corso, traditionally associated with early Christian worship and notable burials.
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C.
Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs
The Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs, better known as the Pantheon in Rome, is an ancient Roman temple converted into a Catholic church and renowned for its vast domed rotunda and central oculus.
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D.
Basílica Menor de San Lorenzo
Basílica Menor de San Lorenzo is the principal Roman Catholic cathedral and a prominent historical and architectural landmark in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
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E.
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
The Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls is one of Rome’s four major papal basilicas, built over the traditional burial place of the Apostle Paul and renowned for its vast neoclassical interior and historic monastic complex.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic basilica
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church building ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Spanish Renaissance Revival architecture ⓘ |
| architecturalType | basilica ⓘ |
| category |
Basilicas in the United States
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Buildings and structures in Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ Roman Catholic churches in North Carolina ⓘ Tourist attractions in Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| denomination | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalSignificance | noted example of Spanish Renaissance architecture in the United States ⓘ |
| hasDenominationType | Roman Catholic parish ⓘ |
| hasDomeShape | elliptical ⓘ |
| hasReligiousDedication | Saint Lawrence ⓘ |
| hasStructuralSystem | masonry ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
historic landmark in Asheville
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listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ minor basilica ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Buncombe County, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
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North Carolina ⓘ
surface form:
State of North Carolina
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| material | brick ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saint Lawrence of Rome ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
large freestanding elliptical dome
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one of the largest freestanding elliptical domes in North America ⓘ |
| region |
western North Carolina
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surface form:
Western North Carolina
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| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| religiousFunction | place of worship ⓘ |
| rite | Latin Rite ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction | popular tourist destination in Asheville ⓘ |
| use | parish church ⓘ |
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 Lawrence Description of subject: The Basilica of Saint Lawrence is a historic Roman Catholic church in Asheville, North Carolina, renowned for its distinctive Spanish Renaissance architecture and one of the largest freestanding elliptical domes in North America.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.