Sé Cathedral (Igreja da Sé)
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Sé Cathedral (Igreja da Sé) is a prominent colonial-era Catholic church in Olinda, Brazil, known for its historical significance and hilltop views over the city and coastline.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basilica of São Bento | 1 |
| Sé Cathedral (Igreja da Sé) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6065510 — 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: Sé Cathedral (Igreja da Sé) Context triple: [Historic Centre of Olinda, hasLandmark, Sé Cathedral (Igreja da Sé)]
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A.
Lisbon Cathedral
Lisbon Cathedral is the oldest and most important church in Lisbon, a Romanesque-Gothic landmark that has served as the city’s main cathedral since the 12th century.
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B.
Sé Nova (New Cathedral of Coimbra)
Sé Nova, or the New Cathedral of Coimbra, is a 16th–18th century Jesuit-built Baroque and Mannerist church that serves as one of the main Roman Catholic cathedrals and architectural landmarks of Coimbra, Portugal.
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C.
Sé Cathedral of Angra do Heroísmo
The Sé Cathedral of Angra do Heroísmo is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral and historical landmark in the Azorean city of Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.
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D.
Braga Cathedral
Braga Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church in Braga, Portugal, renowned as one of the country’s oldest cathedrals and a major center of medieval religious life and liturgy.
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E.
Church of Nossa Senhora da Mercês, Lisbon
The Church of Nossa Senhora da Mercês in Lisbon is a historic Catholic church notable as the burial site of the influential 18th-century Portuguese statesman the Marquis of Pombal.
- 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: Sé Cathedral (Igreja da Sé) Target entity description: Sé Cathedral (Igreja da Sé) is a prominent colonial-era Catholic church in Olinda, Brazil, known for its historical significance and hilltop views over the city and coastline.
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A.
Lisbon Cathedral
Lisbon Cathedral is the oldest and most important church in Lisbon, a Romanesque-Gothic landmark that has served as the city’s main cathedral since the 12th century.
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B.
Sé Nova (New Cathedral of Coimbra)
Sé Nova, or the New Cathedral of Coimbra, is a 16th–18th century Jesuit-built Baroque and Mannerist church that serves as one of the main Roman Catholic cathedrals and architectural landmarks of Coimbra, Portugal.
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C.
Sé Cathedral of Angra do Heroísmo
The Sé Cathedral of Angra do Heroísmo is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral and historical landmark in the Azorean city of Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.
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D.
Braga Cathedral
Braga Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church in Braga, Portugal, renowned as one of the country’s oldest cathedrals and a major center of medieval religious life and liturgy.
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E.
Church of Nossa Senhora da Mercês, Lisbon
The Church of Nossa Senhora da Mercês in Lisbon is a historic Catholic church notable as the burial site of the influential 18th-century Portuguese statesman the Marquis of Pombal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic church
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cathedral ⓘ historic building ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Catedral da Sé de Olinda
NERFINISHED
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Igreja da Sé de Olinda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | colonial ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Olinda’s colonial past ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| hasViewOf |
Atlantic Ocean
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city of Olinda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritage |
Portuguese colonial heritage
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colonial-era architecture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historical significance
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panoramic views over Olinda ⓘ religious importance in Olinda ⓘ views of the Atlantic coastline ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northeast Region of Brazil
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Olinda NERFINISHED ⓘ Pernambuco NERFINISHED ⓘ historic hill area of Olinda ⓘ |
| locatedOn | hilltop ⓘ |
| partOf | historic center of Olinda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| tourism | popular attraction for visitors to Olinda ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Catholic liturgical services
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religious ceremonies ⓘ tourist visitation ⓘ |
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: Sé Cathedral (Igreja da Sé) Description of subject: Sé Cathedral (Igreja da Sé) is a prominent colonial-era Catholic church in Olinda, Brazil, known for its historical significance and hilltop views over the city and coastline.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Basilica of São Bento