Holy Stairs
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Holy Stairs is a revered Christian pilgrimage site in Rome consisting of a set of marble steps that tradition holds were climbed by Jesus during his Passion and later brought from Jerusalem.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holy Stairs canonical | 1 |
| Scala Santa (Holy Stairs) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6442503 — 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: Holy Stairs Context triple: [Scala Sancta, EnglishName, Holy Stairs]
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A.
Via Dolorosa
Via Dolorosa is a historic processional route in Jerusalem believed to trace the path Jesus walked on the way to his crucifixion, marked by the traditional Stations of the Cross.
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B.
Depaldo Stairs
Depaldo Stairs is a historic stone staircase in Taganrog, Russia, known as one of the city’s notable architectural and waterfront landmarks.
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C.
Basilica of the Agony
The Basilica of the Agony is a Roman Catholic church on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, built over the rock traditionally associated with Jesus’ agony in the Garden of Gethsemane.
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D.
Giant Stairway
The Giant Stairway is a steep walking track in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, that descends from the Three Sisters near Echo Point into the Jamison Valley via hundreds of steps and ladders.
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E.
Gate of Salutation
The Gate of Salutation is the monumental second courtyard entrance of Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, historically marking the threshold from the outer public areas to the more restricted inner precincts of the Ottoman imperial residence.
- 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: Holy Stairs Target entity description: Holy Stairs is a revered Christian pilgrimage site in Rome consisting of a set of marble steps that tradition holds were climbed by Jesus during his Passion and later brought from Jerusalem.
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A.
Via Dolorosa
Via Dolorosa is a historic processional route in Jerusalem believed to trace the path Jesus walked on the way to his crucifixion, marked by the traditional Stations of the Cross.
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B.
Depaldo Stairs
Depaldo Stairs is a historic stone staircase in Taganrog, Russia, known as one of the city’s notable architectural and waterfront landmarks.
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C.
Basilica of the Agony
The Basilica of the Agony is a Roman Catholic church on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, built over the rock traditionally associated with Jesus’ agony in the Garden of Gethsemane.
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D.
Giant Stairway
The Giant Stairway is a steep walking track in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, that descends from the Three Sisters near Echo Point into the Jamison Valley via hundreds of steps and ladders.
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E.
Gate of Salutation
The Gate of Salutation is the monumental second courtyard entrance of Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, historically marking the threshold from the outer public areas to the more restricted inner precincts of the Ottoman imperial residence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic shrine
ⓘ
Christian pilgrimage site ⓘ staircase ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Basilica of St. John Lateran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithBuilding | Sanctuary of the Scala Sancta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Passion of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Jesus Christ
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pontius Pilate NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broughtFrom | Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broughtInCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| broughtTo | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Rome ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| hasAccessRestriction | climbed only on knees by the faithful ⓘ |
| hasArtworks | frescoes in adjoining chapel areas ⓘ |
| hasDevotionalFocus | meditation on the Passion of Christ ⓘ |
| hasIndulgenceTradition | plenary indulgence under certain conditions ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Italian
ⓘ
Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | marble ⓘ |
| hasPilgrimageStatus | major Roman pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| hasProtection | wooden coverings on steps ⓘ |
| hasRelicAssociation | blood of Christ ⓘ |
| hasSideStaircases | two parallel stairways for normal walking ⓘ |
| heritageType | Christian relic site ⓘ |
| languageVariant |
Scala Sancta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scala Santa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
ⓘ
Lazio ⓘ Rome ⓘ San Giovanni district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Lateran Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSteps | 28 ⓘ |
| overseenBy | Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sanctuary of the Holy Stairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilgrimagePractice | ascended on knees ⓘ |
| region | Lazio ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| traditionallyBelievedToBe | steps climbed by Jesus before Pontius Pilate ⓘ |
| traditionallyBroughtBy | Saint Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedBy |
Catholics
ⓘ
other Christians ⓘ |
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: Holy Stairs Description of subject: Holy Stairs is a revered Christian pilgrimage site in Rome consisting of a set of marble steps that tradition holds were climbed by Jesus during his Passion and later brought from Jerusalem.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Scala Sancta
this entity surface form:
Scala Santa (Holy Stairs)