St Michael’s Church, Dumfries
E611510
St Michael’s Church in Dumfries is a historic Scottish parish church renowned for its striking architecture and as the burial place of poet Robert Burns.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| St Michael’s Church, Dumfries canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6678131 — 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 Michael’s Church, Dumfries Context triple: [Dumfries, Scotland, hasAttraction, St Michael’s Church, Dumfries]
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A.
Greyfriars Church, Dumfries
Greyfriars Church in Dumfries is a historic Scottish church best known as the site where Robert the Bruce killed John Comyn in 1306, a pivotal event in Scotland’s Wars of Independence.
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B.
St Michael’s Parish Church, Linlithgow
St Michael’s Parish Church in Linlithgow is a historic Scottish church renowned for its medieval origins, striking crown-like spire, and close association with the nearby royal Linlithgow Palace.
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C.
Dunbar Parish Church
Dunbar Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church in the coastal town of Dunbar in East Lothian, noted for its prominent position and long-standing role in the local community.
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D.
Forfar Parish Church
Forfar Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving as a prominent religious and architectural landmark in the town of Forfar, Angus, Scotland.
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E.
Aberfoyle Parish Church
Aberfoyle Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving the village of Aberfoyle in the Trossachs area of Stirling, Scotland.
- 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 Michael’s Church, Dumfries Target entity description: St Michael’s Church in Dumfries is a historic Scottish parish church renowned for its striking architecture and as the burial place of poet Robert Burns.
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A.
Greyfriars Church, Dumfries
Greyfriars Church in Dumfries is a historic Scottish church best known as the site where Robert the Bruce killed John Comyn in 1306, a pivotal event in Scotland’s Wars of Independence.
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B.
St Michael’s Parish Church, Linlithgow
St Michael’s Parish Church in Linlithgow is a historic Scottish church renowned for its medieval origins, striking crown-like spire, and close association with the nearby royal Linlithgow Palace.
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C.
Dunbar Parish Church
Dunbar Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church in the coastal town of Dunbar in East Lothian, noted for its prominent position and long-standing role in the local community.
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D.
Forfar Parish Church
Forfar Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving as a prominent religious and architectural landmark in the town of Forfar, Angus, Scotland.
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E.
Aberfoyle Parish Church
Aberfoyle Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving the village of Aberfoyle in the Trossachs area of Stirling, Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Church of Scotland church
ⓘ
historic building ⓘ parish church ⓘ |
| affiliation | Presbytery of Dumfries and Kirkcudbright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Robert Burns
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scottish literature ⓘ |
| burialPlaceOf | Robert Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cemeteryType | churchyard ⓘ |
| city | Dumfries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Michael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Church of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Church of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle | Gothic Revival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalType | parish church ⓘ |
| hasBurialGround | St Michael’s Churchyard, Dumfries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | St Michael’s Churchyard, Dumfries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
churchyard
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prominent tower ⓘ spire ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ |
| hasFunction | active parish church ⓘ |
| hasGraveOf | Robert Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMausoleumOf | Robert Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrgan | pipe organ ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationBy | Historic Environment Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Category A listed building ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the burial place of Robert Burns
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historic architecture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorship | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dumfries
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dumfries and Galloway NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| material | red sandstone ⓘ |
| notableBurial |
Jean Armour
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
children of Robert Burns ⓘ |
| parish | St Michael’s Parish, Dumfries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Dumfries and Galloway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Christian religious services
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baptisms ⓘ funerals ⓘ weddings ⓘ worship ⓘ |
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 Michael’s Church, Dumfries Description of subject: St Michael’s Church in Dumfries is a historic Scottish parish church renowned for its striking architecture and as the burial place of poet Robert Burns.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.