Abbaye-aux-Dames, Caen
E466083
Abbaye-aux-Dames, Caen is a former Benedictine nunnery in Caen, France, founded in the 11th century by William the Conqueror’s wife Matilda of Flanders and renowned for its Romanesque architecture.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abbaye-aux-Dames, Caen canonical | 3 |
| Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Caen | 3 |
| Abbaye aux Dames, Caen | 2 |
| Caen Abbey of Sainte-Trinité | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4727258 — 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: Abbaye-aux-Dames, Caen Context triple: [Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, locatedNear, Abbaye-aux-Dames, Caen]
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Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen
Abbaye-aux-Hommes in Caen is a historic Benedictine monastery in Normandy, France, renowned as the Romanesque abbey church associated with William the Conqueror.
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B.
Église Saint-Pierre de Caen
Église Saint-Pierre de Caen is a prominent Gothic-style church in Caen, France, noted for its ornate façade and historic role in the city’s religious and architectural heritage.
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Abbey of Fécamp
The Abbey of Fécamp is a historic Benedictine monastery in Normandy, France, that became an important religious and political center in the medieval Duchy of Normandy.
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D.
Château de Caen
Château de Caen is a large medieval fortress in the city of Caen, Normandy, notable for its historical role as a ducal castle of William the Conqueror and its well-preserved ramparts and museums.
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E.
Basilique Saint-Martin d’Ainay
Basilique Saint-Martin d’Ainay is a Romanesque Catholic basilica in Lyon, France, renowned as one of the city’s oldest churches and a key monument of its medieval religious heritage.
- 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: Abbaye-aux-Dames, Caen Target entity description: Abbaye-aux-Dames, Caen is a former Benedictine nunnery in Caen, France, founded in the 11th century by William the Conqueror’s wife Matilda of Flanders and renowned for its Romanesque architecture.
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A.
Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen
Abbaye-aux-Hommes in Caen is a historic Benedictine monastery in Normandy, France, renowned as the Romanesque abbey church associated with William the Conqueror.
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B.
Église Saint-Pierre de Caen
Église Saint-Pierre de Caen is a prominent Gothic-style church in Caen, France, noted for its ornate façade and historic role in the city’s religious and architectural heritage.
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C.
Abbey of Fécamp
The Abbey of Fécamp is a historic Benedictine monastery in Normandy, France, that became an important religious and political center in the medieval Duchy of Normandy.
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D.
Château de Caen
Château de Caen is a large medieval fortress in the city of Caen, Normandy, notable for its historical role as a ducal castle of William the Conqueror and its well-preserved ramparts and museums.
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E.
Basilique Saint-Martin d’Ainay
Basilique Saint-Martin d’Ainay is a Romanesque Catholic basilica in Lyon, France, renowned as one of the city’s oldest churches and a key monument of its medieval religious heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benedictine nunnery
ⓘ
Romanesque church ⓘ former monastery ⓘ historic monument ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Romanesque architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Matilda of Flanders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William the Conqueror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Benedictine monasteries in France
ⓘ
Monasteries in Calvados ⓘ |
| churchOfAbbey | Église de la Trinité, Caen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| currentUse |
administrative buildings
ⓘ
cultural venue ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Holy Trinity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| foundedAs | Benedictine nunnery ⓘ |
| foundedBefore | Norman Conquest of England ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Matilda of Flanders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queen Matilda of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 11th century ⓘ |
| function | religious community of nuns ⓘ |
| hasChoir | yes ⓘ |
| hasChurch | yes ⓘ |
| hasCloister | yes ⓘ |
| hasConventBuildings | yes ⓘ |
| hasNave | yes ⓘ |
| hasPart | Église de la Trinité, Caen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTowers | yes ⓘ |
| hasTransept | yes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Monument historique of France ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Romanesque architecture
ⓘ
monastic complex ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Caen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caen city center NERFINISHED ⓘ Calvados NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Normandy (historical region) NERFINISHED ⓘ Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Plateau above Caen city center ⓘ |
| originalUse | convent for Benedictine nuns ⓘ |
| patron | Matilda of Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northwestern France ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Benedictines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseOfFounder |
William I of England
NERFINISHED
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William the Conqueror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stylePeriod | Norman Romanesque ⓘ |
| translationOfName | Abbey of the Ladies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Abbaye-aux-Dames, Caen Description of subject: Abbaye-aux-Dames, Caen is a former Benedictine nunnery in Caen, France, founded in the 11th century by William the Conqueror’s wife Matilda of Flanders and renowned for its Romanesque architecture.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Abbaye aux Dames, Caen
this entity surface form:
Abbaye aux Dames, Caen
this entity surface form:
Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Caen
this entity surface form:
Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Caen
this entity surface form:
Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Caen
this entity surface form:
Caen Abbey of Sainte-Trinité