St Mary le Strand
E484439
St Mary le Strand is an early 18th-century Baroque Anglican church in central London, known for standing prominently on a traffic island in the Strand.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| St Mary le Strand canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4930913 — 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 le Strand Context triple: [Strand, London, hasNearbyLandmark, St Mary le Strand]
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A.
St Mary’s
St Mary’s is the largest and most populous island of the Isles of Scilly, serving as the archipelago’s main administrative and transport hub.
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B.
St Bride's Church
St Bride's Church is a historic Christopher Wren–designed church in the City of London, famed for its tiered spire and long association with the British newspaper industry.
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C.
St Mary Woolnoth
St Mary Woolnoth is a prominent early 18th-century Anglican church in the City of London, renowned for its striking Baroque architecture by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
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D.
St Mary
St Mary, also known as the Virgin Mary, is a central figure in Christianity revered as the mother of Jesus Christ and honored in numerous churches and cathedrals worldwide.
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E.
St Mary’s on the Harbour
St Mary’s on the Harbour is a historic waterfront church in Castletown on the Isle of Man, known for its picturesque setting overlooking the harbour.
- 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 le Strand Target entity description: St Mary le Strand is an early 18th-century Baroque Anglican church in central London, known for standing prominently on a traffic island in the Strand.
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A.
St Mary’s
St Mary’s is the largest and most populous island of the Isles of Scilly, serving as the archipelago’s main administrative and transport hub.
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B.
St Bride's Church
St Bride's Church is a historic Christopher Wren–designed church in the City of London, famed for its tiered spire and long association with the British newspaper industry.
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C.
St Mary Woolnoth
St Mary Woolnoth is a prominent early 18th-century Anglican church in the City of London, renowned for its striking Baroque architecture by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
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D.
St Mary
St Mary, also known as the Virgin Mary, is a central figure in Christianity revered as the mother of Jesus Christ and honored in numerous churches and cathedrals worldwide.
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E.
St Mary’s on the Harbour
St Mary’s on the Harbour is a historic waterfront church in Castletown on the Isle of Man, known for its picturesque setting overlooking the harbour.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican church
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Baroque church ⓘ Church of England parish church ⓘ |
| administrativeArea | City of Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architect | James Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | English Baroque NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | Commission for Building Fifty New Churches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Baroque architecture in London
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Churches in the City of Westminster ⓘ Grade I listed churches in London ⓘ |
| churchmanship | High Church ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1723 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1714 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Mary ⓘ |
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Commission for Building Fifty New Churches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
parish church for local community
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place of Anglican worship ⓘ |
| hasSpire | yes ⓘ |
| hasTower | yes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I listed building ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition | Anglican ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
City of Westminster
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London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Aldwych
NERFINISHED
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King's College London Strand Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ Somerset House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Strand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | Portland stone ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
central tower with spire
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richly decorated Baroque interior ⓘ stands on a traffic island in the Strand ⓘ |
| parish | St Mary le Strand with St Clement Danes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| province | Province of Canterbury ⓘ |
| region | Greater London ⓘ |
| replaced | earlier medieval church of St Mary le Strand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| streetAddress | Strand, London WC2 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
concerts and cultural events
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religious services ⓘ |
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 le Strand Description of subject: St Mary le Strand is an early 18th-century Baroque Anglican church in central London, known for standing prominently on a traffic island in the Strand.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.