Diocese of York
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The Diocese of York is a major Church of England diocese in northern England, centered on the historic city of York and under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diocese of York canonical | 11 |
| Diocese of York (historic) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4048598 — 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: Diocese of York Context triple: [See of York, hasSuffraganDioceses, Diocese of York]
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Diocese of Durham
The Diocese of Durham is a historic Church of England diocese in the north of England, centered on Durham Cathedral and long associated with powerful “Prince-Bishops” who held both spiritual and temporal authority.
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Diocese of Carlisle
The Diocese of Carlisle is a Church of England diocese in north-west England, covering most of Cumbria and centered on Carlisle Cathedral.
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Diocese of Ripon
The Diocese of Ripon was a Church of England diocese in northern England, centered on the city of Ripon and historically part of the ecclesiastical Province of York.
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Diocese of Whitby
The Diocese of Whitby is an Anglican ecclesiastical jurisdiction in northern England, centered on the coastal town of Whitby and operating under the metropolitan authority of the Province of York.
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See of York
The See of York is one of the two historic archiepiscopal sees of the Church of England, centered on York Minster and traditionally ranking second in ecclesiastical precedence after Canterbury.
- 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: Diocese of York Target entity description: The Diocese of York is a major Church of England diocese in northern England, centered on the historic city of York and under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York.
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A.
Diocese of Durham
The Diocese of Durham is a historic Church of England diocese in the north of England, centered on Durham Cathedral and long associated with powerful “Prince-Bishops” who held both spiritual and temporal authority.
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B.
Diocese of Carlisle
The Diocese of Carlisle is a Church of England diocese in north-west England, covering most of Cumbria and centered on Carlisle Cathedral.
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C.
Diocese of Ripon
The Diocese of Ripon was a Church of England diocese in northern England, centered on the city of Ripon and historically part of the ecclesiastical Province of York.
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Diocese of Whitby
The Diocese of Whitby is an Anglican ecclesiastical jurisdiction in northern England, centered on the coastal town of Whitby and operating under the metropolitan authority of the Province of York.
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See of York
The See of York is one of the two historic archiepiscopal sees of the Church of England, centered on York Minster and traditionally ranking second in ecclesiastical precedence after Canterbury.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Church of England diocese
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diocese ⓘ |
| archbishop | Archbishop of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cathedral | York Minster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| churchProvince | Province of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Arms of the Diocese of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalJurisdiction | Archbishop of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| episcopalSee | York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Canons of the Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | General Synod of the Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchdeaconry |
Archdeaconry of Cleveland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Archdeaconry of Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ Archdeaconry of Selby NERFINISHED ⓘ Archdeaconry of York NERFINISHED ⓘ Archdeaconry of the East Riding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBishop |
Bishop of Hull
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bishop of Selby NERFINISHED ⓘ Bishop of Whitby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCathedralCity | York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDean | Dean of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDeanery |
Beverley Deanery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cleveland Deanery NERFINISHED ⓘ Hull Deanery NERFINISHED ⓘ Scarborough Deanery NERFINISHED ⓘ York Deanery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParishesIn |
City of York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Riding of Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ North Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of North East Lincolnshire ⓘ parts of South Yorkshire ⓘ |
| isMetropolitanSeeOf | Province of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liturgicalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metropolitanBishop | Archbishop of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Anglican Communion ⓘ |
| region | Northern England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| rite | Anglican ⓘ |
| seat | York Minster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suffraganSee |
See of Hull
NERFINISHED
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See of Selby NERFINISHED ⓘ See of Whitby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfJurisdiction | episcopal ⓘ |
| website | https://dioceseofyork.org.uk/ ⓘ |
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: Diocese of York Description of subject: The Diocese of York is a major Church of England diocese in northern England, centered on the historic city of York and under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Diocese of York (historic)