Tomb of the Virgin Mary (nearby complex, often associated)
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The Tomb of the Virgin Mary is a revered Christian shrine in Jerusalem traditionally venerated as the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and a major site of pilgrimage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tomb of the Virgin Mary (nearby complex, often associated) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4405731 — 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: Tomb of the Virgin Mary (nearby complex, often associated) Context triple: [Garden of Gethsemane, contains, Tomb of the Virgin Mary (nearby complex, often associated)]
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A.
Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs) nearby
Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs) is a revered set of marble steps in Rome that, according to tradition, Jesus ascended during his Passion and which pilgrims climb on their knees as an act of devotion.
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B.
Holy Sepulchre complex
The Holy Sepulchre complex in Görlitz is a notable religious site modeled after Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, serving as a significant pilgrimage and architectural landmark in the city.
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C.
Basilica of the Annunciation
The Basilica of the Annunciation is a major Catholic church in Nazareth traditionally believed to mark the site where the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would bear Jesus.
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D.
Martyrs’ Shrine
Martyrs’ Shrine is a Roman Catholic church and national shrine in Midland, Ontario, dedicated to the Canadian Martyrs (Jesuit missionaries) and serving as a major pilgrimage and historical site.
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E.
Basilica of the Agony
The Basilica of the Agony is a Roman Catholic church on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, built over the rock traditionally associated with Jesus’ agony in the Garden of Gethsemane.
- 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: Tomb of the Virgin Mary (nearby complex, often associated) Target entity description: The Tomb of the Virgin Mary is a revered Christian shrine in Jerusalem traditionally venerated as the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and a major site of pilgrimage.
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A.
Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs) nearby
Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs) is a revered set of marble steps in Rome that, according to tradition, Jesus ascended during his Passion and which pilgrims climb on their knees as an act of devotion.
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B.
Holy Sepulchre complex
The Holy Sepulchre complex in Görlitz is a notable religious site modeled after Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, serving as a significant pilgrimage and architectural landmark in the city.
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C.
Basilica of the Annunciation
The Basilica of the Annunciation is a major Catholic church in Nazareth traditionally believed to mark the site where the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would bear Jesus.
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D.
Martyrs’ Shrine
Martyrs’ Shrine is a Roman Catholic church and national shrine in Midland, Ontario, dedicated to the Canadian Martyrs (Jesuit missionaries) and serving as a major pilgrimage and historical site.
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E.
Basilica of the Agony
The Basilica of the Agony is a Roman Catholic church on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, built over the rock traditionally associated with Jesus’ agony in the Garden of Gethsemane.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian shrine
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pilgrimage site ⓘ tomb ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Assumption of Mary tradition
NERFINISHED
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Dormition of Mary tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ New Testament figures ⓘ early Christian veneration of Mary ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Mary, mother of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
altars of different Christian denominations
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icons and hanging lamps ⓘ numerous side chapels ⓘ rock-cut burial chamber ⓘ steep stairway descending underground ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jerusalem
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Kidron Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Armenian monastery of the Ascension (Mount of Olives area)
NERFINISHED
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Bethany road (traditional pilgrim route) NERFINISHED ⓘ Chapel of the Ascension (Mount of Olives area) NERFINISHED ⓘ Church of All Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Church of Saint Mary Magdalene NERFINISHED ⓘ Church of Saint Stephen (Greek Orthodox, Gethsemane area) NERFINISHED ⓘ Dominus Flevit Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Franciscan Gethsemane complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Garden of Gethsemane NERFINISHED ⓘ Gethsemane grotto NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Orthodox Gethsemane complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Kidron Valley Jewish cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Lions’ Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ Old City of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Pater Noster Church (Mount of Olives area) NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Orthodox convent of Saint Mary Magdalene NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Mount NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomb of the Prophets NERFINISHED ⓘ Valley of Jehoshaphat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mount of Olives slope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Christian pilgrimage routes in the Holy Land ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| significance |
important site in Christian Holy Week pilgrimages
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major Marian pilgrimage destination ⓘ |
| traditionalBelief | burial place of the Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Marian devotions
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liturgical celebrations ⓘ prayer ⓘ |
| veneratedBy |
Eastern Catholics
NERFINISHED
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Eastern Orthodox Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ Oriental Orthodox Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Catholics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Tomb of the Virgin Mary (nearby complex, often associated) Description of subject: The Tomb of the Virgin Mary is a revered Christian shrine in Jerusalem traditionally venerated as the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and a major site of pilgrimage.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.