Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Prague
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The Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague is a historic Baroque church best known as the hiding place and memorial site of the Czechoslovak paratroopers who assassinated Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Prague canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6885782 — 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: Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Prague Context triple: [Jan Kubiš, memorial, Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Prague]
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Church of Our Lady before Týn
The Church of Our Lady before Týn is a prominent Gothic church dominating Prague’s Old Town skyline, renowned for its twin spires and historical significance as a major medieval religious and cultural landmark.
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B.
St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral is a monumental Gothic cathedral within Prague Castle, renowned as a spiritual symbol of the Czech state and the traditional coronation and burial site of Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors.
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C.
Sint-Vituskerk (St Vitus Church)
Sint-Vituskerk (St Vitus Church) is a historic Christian church in the Dutch town of Winschoten, notable for its traditional architecture and role as a central place of worship in the community.
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D.
Old Town Hall, Prague
Old Town Hall in Prague is a historic Gothic complex on the Old Town Square, renowned as a major city landmark and the site of the famous Prague Astronomical Clock.
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E.
Church of St. Wenceslas in Vršovice
The Church of St. Wenceslas in Vršovice is a prominent modernist Roman Catholic church in Prague, renowned for its striking cubist-influenced architecture by Josef Gočár.
- 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: Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Prague Target entity description: The Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague is a historic Baroque church best known as the hiding place and memorial site of the Czechoslovak paratroopers who assassinated Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich during World War II.
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A.
Church of Our Lady before Týn
The Church of Our Lady before Týn is a prominent Gothic church dominating Prague’s Old Town skyline, renowned for its twin spires and historical significance as a major medieval religious and cultural landmark.
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B.
St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral is a monumental Gothic cathedral within Prague Castle, renowned as a spiritual symbol of the Czech state and the traditional coronation and burial site of Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors.
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C.
Sint-Vituskerk (St Vitus Church)
Sint-Vituskerk (St Vitus Church) is a historic Christian church in the Dutch town of Winschoten, notable for its traditional architecture and role as a central place of worship in the community.
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D.
Old Town Hall, Prague
Old Town Hall in Prague is a historic Gothic complex on the Old Town Square, renowned as a major city landmark and the site of the famous Prague Astronomical Clock.
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E.
Church of St. Wenceslas in Vršovice
The Church of St. Wenceslas in Vršovice is a prominent modernist Roman Catholic church in Prague, renowned for its striking cubist-influenced architecture by Josef Gočár.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque church
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church ⓘ memorial site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Baroque ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Czechoslovak resistance
NERFINISHED
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Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ Reinhard Heydrich assassination ⓘ |
| category |
Baroque architecture in Prague
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Churches in Prague ⓘ World War II memorials in the Czech Republic ⓘ |
| country | Czech Republic ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Saint Cyril
NERFINISHED
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Saint Methodius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
place of worship
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war memorial ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | protected monument ⓘ |
| hasMemorialPlaque |
plaque commemorating Operation Anthropoid paratroopers
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plaque commemorating victims of Nazi terror in 1942 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
crypt of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Prague
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memorial to the Czechoslovak paratroopers ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttraction | museum exhibition in the crypt ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | cultural monument of the Czech Republic ⓘ |
| knownFor |
World War II resistance memorial
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
hiding place of Czechoslovak paratroopers who assassinated Reinhard Heydrich ⓘ role in Operation Anthropoid ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
Czech
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Town, Prague
NERFINISHED
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Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Resslova Street, Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorializes |
Czechoslovak paratroopers involved in Operation Anthropoid
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victims of Nazi reprisals after the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saints Cyril and Methodius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
last stand of Operation Anthropoid paratroopers
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siege of the church by Nazi forces in June 1942 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| touristStatus | popular historical site in Prague ⓘ |
| usedAs | paratrooper hideout during World War II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Prague Description of subject: The Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague is a historic Baroque church best known as the hiding place and memorial site of the Czechoslovak paratroopers who assassinated Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.