Diocese of West Tennessee
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The Diocese of West Tennessee is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries in the western portion of Tennessee.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diocese of West Tennessee canonical | 2 |
| Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee | 2 |
| state of Tennessee (Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee territory) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T410479 — 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: Diocese of West Tennessee Context triple: [Province IV, hasDiocese, Diocese of West Tennessee]
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A.
Diocese of Tennessee
The Diocese of Tennessee is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations in central Tennessee and centered in Nashville.
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B.
Diocese of East Tennessee
The Diocese of East Tennessee is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries in the eastern portion of Tennessee.
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C.
Diocese of Mississippi
The Diocese of Mississippi is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries throughout the state of Mississippi.
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D.
Diocese of Alabama
The Diocese of Alabama is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries across the state of Alabama.
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E.
Diocese of Central Gulf Coast
The Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations along the Gulf Coast regions of Alabama and Florida.
- 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: Diocese of West Tennessee Target entity description: The Diocese of West Tennessee is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries in the western portion of Tennessee.
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A.
Diocese of Tennessee
The Diocese of Tennessee is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations in central Tennessee and centered in Nashville.
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B.
Diocese of East Tennessee
The Diocese of East Tennessee is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries in the eastern portion of Tennessee.
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C.
Diocese of Mississippi
The Diocese of Mississippi is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries throughout the state of Mississippi.
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D.
Diocese of Alabama
The Diocese of Alabama is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries across the state of Alabama.
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E.
Diocese of Central Gulf Coast
The Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations along the Gulf Coast regions of Alabama and Florida.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian religious jurisdiction
ⓘ
Episcopal diocese ⓘ |
| cathedral | St. Mary’s Cathedral, Memphis ⓘ |
| churchPolity | Episcopal ⓘ |
| communion | Anglican Communion ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| denomination |
Episcopal Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Episcopal Church in the United States of America
|
| governanceBody | Diocesan convention ⓘ |
| hasClergyOrder |
bishops
ⓘ
deacons ⓘ priests ⓘ |
| hasClericalTitle | bishop of West Tennessee ⓘ |
| hasEducationalMinistry |
Christian formation programs
ⓘ
Sunday school ⓘ adult education ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
Episcopal ministries in West Tennessee
ⓘ
Episcopal missions in West Tennessee ⓘ Episcopal parishes in West Tennessee ⓘ |
| hasLaity | lay members ⓘ |
| hasMeeting | annual diocesan convention ⓘ |
| hasMinistryType |
campus ministry
ⓘ
parish ministry ⓘ social outreach ministry ⓘ |
| hasMissionStatementAspect |
Christian formation
ⓘ
evangelism ⓘ service ⓘ worship ⓘ |
| hasOutreachFocus |
charitable work
ⓘ
community service ⓘ pastoral care ⓘ |
| hasParishes | Episcopal congregations in West Tennessee ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liturgicalCalendar | Episcopal Church liturgical calendar ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tennessee ⓘ |
| partOf |
Episcopal Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Episcopal Church in the United States of America
|
| province |
Province IV of the Episcopal Church (United States)
ⓘ
surface form:
Province IV of the Episcopal Church
|
| regionServed | West Tennessee ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Anglican Communion ⓘ |
| rite | Anglican ⓘ |
| seeCity |
Memphis
ⓘ
surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
|
| territoryIncludes |
Memphis
ⓘ
surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | nonprofit religious organization ⓘ |
| usesText |
Book of Common Prayer
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surface form:
Book of Common Prayer (Episcopal Church)
|
| worshipStyle | liturgical ⓘ |
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: Diocese of West Tennessee Description of subject: The Diocese of West Tennessee is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries in the western portion of Tennessee.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee
this entity surface form:
state of Tennessee (Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee territory)
this entity surface form:
Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee