St. Matthew's Cathedral
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St. Matthew's Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral in Washington, D.C., serving as the seat of the Archbishop of Washington and noted for its historic role in national religious and state events.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| St. Matthew's Cathedral canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6661143 — 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. Matthew's Cathedral Context triple: [Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, alsoKnownAs, St. Matthew's Cathedral]
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Grace Church Cathedral
Grace Church Cathedral is the principal Episcopal church of the Diocese of South Carolina, serving as its liturgical and ceremonial center.
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B.
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral is a prominent Episcopal church in Seattle, Washington, known for its imposing hilltop presence, active liturgical life, and role as a regional center for worship, music, and social justice.
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C.
St. Mary’s Cathedral
St. Mary’s Cathedral in Hildesheim is a renowned Romanesque church in Germany, celebrated for its medieval architecture, historic artworks, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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D.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral
St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral is a prominent Episcopal church in Minneapolis that serves as the liturgical and administrative center of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota.
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E.
St. Michael’s Cathedral
St. Michael’s Cathedral is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Sitka, Alaska, renowned as one of the earliest and most significant examples of Russian colonial architecture in North America.
- 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. Matthew's Cathedral Target entity description: St. Matthew's Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral in Washington, D.C., serving as the seat of the Archbishop of Washington and noted for its historic role in national religious and state events.
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A.
Grace Church Cathedral
Grace Church Cathedral is the principal Episcopal church of the Diocese of South Carolina, serving as its liturgical and ceremonial center.
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B.
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral is a prominent Episcopal church in Seattle, Washington, known for its imposing hilltop presence, active liturgical life, and role as a regional center for worship, music, and social justice.
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C.
St. Mary’s Cathedral
St. Mary’s Cathedral in Hildesheim is a renowned Romanesque church in Germany, celebrated for its medieval architecture, historic artworks, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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D.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral
St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral is a prominent Episcopal church in Minneapolis that serves as the liturgical and administrative center of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota.
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E.
St. Michael’s Cathedral
St. Michael’s Cathedral is the principal Anglican cathedral in Bridgetown, Barbados, known for its historic architecture and role as a central place of worship on the island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic cathedral
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cathedral church ⓘ church building ⓘ landmark in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| affiliation | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (through the archdiocese) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Byzantine Revival architecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Romanesque Revival architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Cathedrals in Washington, D.C.
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Roman Catholic cathedrals in the United States ⓘ |
| city | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| clergyRole | cathedral of the Archbishop of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Matthew the Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| diocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Archdiocese of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDome |
central dome
ⓘ
yes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
marble interior
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mosaics ⓘ pipe organ ⓘ side chapels ⓘ |
| hasFunction | seat of the cathedra of the archbishop ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
contributing property to a historic district in Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Archdiocese of Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Downtown Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| material | red brick ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saint Matthew the Evangelist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
funeral Mass of President John F. Kennedy in 1963
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inaugural prayer services ⓘ national prayer services for U.S. presidents ⓘ |
| region | District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| rite | Latin Rite ⓘ |
| servesAs |
mother church of the Archdiocese of Washington
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seat of the Archbishop of Washington ⓘ |
| significance |
site of major national religious ceremonies
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site of state-related religious observances ⓘ |
| status |
active church
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cathedral ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ecumenical events
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liturgical services ⓘ national religious services ⓘ state funerals ⓘ |
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. Matthew's Cathedral Description of subject: St. Matthew's Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral in Washington, D.C., serving as the seat of the Archbishop of Washington and noted for its historic role in national religious and state events.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.