St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore
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St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore is the oldest Roman Catholic seminary in the United States, renowned for training generations of priests and church leaders.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. Mary’s Seminary and University | 3 |
| St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore canonical | 2 |
| St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore | 2 |
| St. Mary’s College, Baltimore | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4739800 — 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: St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore Context triple: [John Murphy Farley, educatedAt, St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore]
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A.
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Mount St. Mary's Seminary is a Roman Catholic seminary associated with Mount St. Mary's University that prepares men for the priesthood through theological and pastoral formation.
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B.
Saint John’s Seminary, Boston
Saint John’s Seminary, Boston is a major Roman Catholic theological seminary in Massachusetts that forms men for the priesthood, primarily serving dioceses in New England.
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C.
Maryknoll College
Maryknoll College is the former name of Miriam College, a private Catholic educational institution in the Philippines known for its strong liberal arts and women-centered programs.
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D.
University of Saint Mary
The University of Saint Mary is a private Catholic liberal arts university known for its small-campus environment and professional programs, located in Leavenworth, Kansas.
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E.
Cardinal Glennon College
Cardinal Glennon College was a Roman Catholic minor seminary and college in St. Louis, Missouri, that trained men for the priesthood.
- 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: St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore Target entity description: St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore is the oldest Roman Catholic seminary in the United States, renowned for training generations of priests and church leaders.
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A.
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Mount St. Mary's Seminary is a Roman Catholic seminary associated with Mount St. Mary's University that prepares men for the priesthood through theological and pastoral formation.
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B.
Saint John’s Seminary, Boston
Saint John’s Seminary, Boston is a major Roman Catholic theological seminary in Massachusetts that forms men for the priesthood, primarily serving dioceses in New England.
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C.
Maryknoll College
Maryknoll College is the former name of Miriam College, a private Catholic educational institution in the Philippines known for its strong liberal arts and women-centered programs.
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D.
University of Saint Mary
The University of Saint Mary is a private Catholic liberal arts university known for its small-campus environment and professional programs, located in Leavenworth, Kansas.
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E.
Cardinal Glennon College
Cardinal Glennon College was a Roman Catholic minor seminary and college in St. Louis, Missouri, that trained men for the priesthood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic seminary
ⓘ
educational institution ⓘ theological seminary ⓘ |
| affiliation | Society of Saint Sulpice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
St. Mary's Seminary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St. Mary's Seminary and University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| foundedBy |
Louis William Dubourg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Society of Saint Sulpice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingPurpose |
formation of clergy for the United States
ⓘ
training Roman Catholic priests ⓘ |
| governedBy | Board of Trustees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAffiliation | Catholic Church in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlumni |
Roman Catholic bishops
ⓘ
Roman Catholic priests ⓘ church leaders in the United States ⓘ |
| hasCampus | urban campus in Baltimore ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
school of philosophy
ⓘ
theology school ⓘ |
| hasLibrary | theological library ⓘ |
| hasMission |
formation of candidates for ordained ministry
ⓘ
service to the Catholic Church through theological education ⓘ |
| isOldest | oldest Roman Catholic seminary in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Archdiocese of Baltimore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baltimore ⓘ Maryland ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Master of Arts in Theology
ⓘ
Master of Divinity ⓘ priestly formation ⓘ theology degrees ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Archdiocese of Baltimore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| religiousOrderInCharge | Sulpicians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
Catholic theology
ⓘ
pastoral ministry ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| trains |
Roman Catholic priests
ⓘ
church leaders ⓘ |
| typeOfSchool | graduate school of theology ⓘ |
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: St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore Description of subject: St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore is the oldest Roman Catholic seminary in the United States, renowned for training generations of priests and church leaders.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Baptist Purcell
this entity surface form:
St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore
this entity surface form:
St. Mary’s Seminary and University
this entity surface form:
St. Mary’s Seminary and University
this entity surface form:
St. Mary’s Seminary and University
this entity surface form:
St. Mary’s College, Baltimore
this entity surface form:
St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore