Cathedral of Saint Joseph (Buffalo)
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The Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Buffalo is the principal Roman Catholic church and episcopal seat of the Diocese of Buffalo, known for its Gothic Revival architecture and role as a central place of worship in the region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cathedral of Saint Joseph (Buffalo) canonical | 1 |
| St. Joseph Cathedral, Buffalo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3749401 — 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: Cathedral of Saint Joseph (Buffalo) Context triple: [Diocese of Buffalo, cathedral, Cathedral of Saint Joseph (Buffalo)]
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A.
Buffalo City Hall
Buffalo City Hall is a prominent Art Deco skyscraper and government building that serves as the seat of municipal government in Buffalo, New York.
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B.
Cathedral of St. Joseph
The Cathedral of St. Joseph is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut, known for serving as the mother church of the Archdiocese of Hartford and for its striking modernist architecture.
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C.
Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist
The Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist is a prominent historic Roman Catholic church in Savannah, Georgia, renowned for its striking French Gothic architecture and elaborate stained-glass windows.
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D.
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is the principal Roman Catholic church and a major historical landmark located in the heart of Bogotá, Colombia.
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E.
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is the principal Roman Catholic church and one of the most prominent historic landmarks in Castries, Saint Lucia.
- 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: Cathedral of Saint Joseph (Buffalo) Target entity description: The Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Buffalo is the principal Roman Catholic church and episcopal seat of the Diocese of Buffalo, known for its Gothic Revival architecture and role as a central place of worship in the region.
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A.
Buffalo City Hall
Buffalo City Hall is a prominent Art Deco skyscraper and government building that serves as the seat of municipal government in Buffalo, New York.
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B.
Cathedral of St. Joseph
The Cathedral of St. Joseph is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut, known for serving as the mother church of the Archdiocese of Hartford and for its striking modernist architecture.
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C.
Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist
The Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist is a prominent historic Roman Catholic church in Savannah, Georgia, renowned for its striking French Gothic architecture and elaborate stained-glass windows.
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D.
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is the principal Roman Catholic church and a major historical landmark located in the heart of Bogotá, Colombia.
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E.
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is the principal Roman Catholic church and one of the most prominent historic landmarks in Castries, Saint Lucia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic church building
ⓘ
cathedral ⓘ episcopal see ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Gothic Revival architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo ⓘ |
| buildingType | church ⓘ |
| category |
Churches in Buffalo, New York
ⓘ
Gothic Revival church buildings in New York (state) ⓘ Roman Catholic cathedrals in New York (state) ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dedication | Saint Joseph ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| diocese | Diocese of Buffalo ⓘ |
| episcopalSeatOf | Bishop of Buffalo ⓘ |
| function |
cathedral church
ⓘ
central place of worship in the region ⓘ |
| hasClericalStatus | cathedral ⓘ |
| hasEcclesiasticalProvince | Ecclesiastical Province of New York ⓘ |
| hasMainAltarFor | diocesan liturgical celebrations ⓘ |
| hasRole | mother church of the Diocese of Buffalo ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | principal church of the Diocese of Buffalo ⓘ |
| isCathedralOf | Diocese of Buffalo ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
English
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Buffalo
ⓘ
surface form:
Buffalo, New York
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Buffalo
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Buffalo
Erie County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York State ⓘ
surface form:
New York (state)
|
| namedAfter | Saint Joseph ⓘ |
| regionServed | Western New York ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| rite | Latin Rite ⓘ |
| significance |
central place of worship for Catholics in the Diocese of Buffalo
ⓘ
principal Roman Catholic church in Buffalo ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Mass
ⓘ
diocesan liturgies ⓘ episcopal ceremonies ⓘ sacraments ⓘ |
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: Cathedral of Saint Joseph (Buffalo) Description of subject: The Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Buffalo is the principal Roman Catholic church and episcopal seat of the Diocese of Buffalo, known for its Gothic Revival architecture and role as a central place of worship in the region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
St. Joseph Cathedral, Buffalo