Praeses
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The Praeses is the chief clerical and administrative leader of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, comparable to a regional Protestant bishop or church president.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Praeses canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9625411 — 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: Praeses Context triple: [Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, leaderTitle, Praeses]
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A.
Praetorian Prefect
The Praetorian Prefect was a powerful senior official of the Roman Empire who commanded the emperor’s elite Praetorian Guard and often wielded significant political and military influence.
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B.
Praepositus Generalis
Praepositus Generalis is the Latin title for the worldwide leader of the Jesuit order in the Catholic Church.
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C.
Roman aediles
Roman aediles were elected magistrates of ancient Rome responsible for overseeing public buildings, markets, games, and the maintenance of order in the city.
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D.
praefectus classis
The praefectus classis was a senior Roman imperial official who commanded a fleet and oversaw naval operations and administration.
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E.
Proconsul
Proconsul is an extinct genus of early Miocene primates that exhibits a mix of monkey-like and ape-like features and is considered important for understanding the evolution of hominoids.
- 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: Praeses Target entity description: The Praeses is the chief clerical and administrative leader of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, comparable to a regional Protestant bishop or church president.
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A.
Praetorian Prefect
The Praetorian Prefect was a powerful senior official of the Roman Empire who commanded the emperor’s elite Praetorian Guard and often wielded significant political and military influence.
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B.
Praepositus Generalis
Praepositus Generalis is the Latin title for the worldwide leader of the Jesuit order in the Catholic Church.
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C.
Roman aediles
Roman aediles were elected magistrates of ancient Rome responsible for overseeing public buildings, markets, games, and the maintenance of order in the city.
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D.
praefectus classis
The praefectus classis was a senior Roman imperial official who commanded a fleet and oversaw naval operations and administration.
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E.
Proconsul
Proconsul is an extinct genus of early Miocene primates that exhibits a mix of monkey-like and ape-like features and is considered important for understanding the evolution of hominoids.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
church leadership position
ⓘ
ecclesiastical office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Evangelical Church in the Rhineland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedBy | synod of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Protestant church polity ⓘ |
| category |
Heads of regional churches in Germany
ⓘ
Protestant church leaders in Germany ⓘ |
| comparableTo |
church president
ⓘ
regional Protestant bishop ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs | church administration of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenderRestriction | none (open to all genders) ⓘ |
| hasRole |
chief administrative leader
ⓘ
chief clerical leader ⓘ |
| heads | church leadership of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| legalBasis | church order of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland ⓘ |
| memberOf | church leadership bodies of the Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ |
| nativeLabel | Präses ⓘ |
| officeHolderOf | Evangelical Church in the Rhineland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeScope | regional church (Landeskirche) ⓘ |
| officeType | Protestant church office ⓘ |
| oversees |
implementation of church policies
ⓘ
pastoral ministry in the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland ⓘ |
| partOf | Evangelical Church in Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Lutheranism
ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
Reformed Christianity ⓘ United Protestantism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Evangelical Church in the Rhineland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents |
Evangelical Church in the Rhineland in ecumenical bodies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Evangelical Church in the Rhineland in the Evangelical Church in Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administrative leadership
ⓘ
implementation of synod decisions ⓘ representation of the church in public ⓘ spiritual leadership ⓘ |
| scope | regional ⓘ |
| seatIn | Düsseldorf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termInOffice | fixed term defined by church law ⓘ |
| typicalTitleStyle |
Präses
ⓘ
Reverend ⓘ |
| usedBy | Evangelical Church in the Rhineland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Praeses Description of subject: The Praeses is the chief clerical and administrative leader of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, comparable to a regional Protestant bishop or church president.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Evangelical Church in the Rhineland