Great Canon
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The Great Canon is a lengthy penitential hymn of the Eastern Orthodox Church, composed by Andrew of Crete and traditionally chanted during Great Lent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Canon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9669849 — 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: Great Canon Context triple: [Andrew of Crete, knownFor, Great Canon]
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A.
Great Sept
The Great Sept is the principal temple of the Faith of the Seven in King’s Landing in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire" and its TV adaptation "Game of Thrones."
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B.
The Grand
The Grand is a historic performing arts theater and cultural landmark located in Macon, Georgia.
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C.
The Grand
The Grand is a 2007 improvised comedy film that satirizes high-stakes poker tournaments, featuring an ensemble cast including Cheryl Hines, Woody Harrelson, and David Cross.
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D.
La Grande
La Grande is a small city in northeastern Oregon that serves as a regional hub and home to Eastern Oregon University.
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E.
Great Kenesa
The Great Kenesa is the principal Karaite Jewish house of worship within the historic Karaite kenesa complex.
- 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: Great Canon Target entity description: The Great Canon is a lengthy penitential hymn of the Eastern Orthodox Church, composed by Andrew of Crete and traditionally chanted during Great Lent.
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A.
Great Sept
The Great Sept is the principal temple of the Faith of the Seven in King’s Landing in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire" and its TV adaptation "Game of Thrones."
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B.
The Grand
The Grand is a historic performing arts theater and cultural landmark located in Macon, Georgia.
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C.
The Grand
The Grand is a 2007 improvised comedy film that satirizes high-stakes poker tournaments, featuring an ensemble cast including Cheryl Hines, Woody Harrelson, and David Cross.
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D.
La Grande
La Grande is a small city in northeastern Oregon that serves as a regional hub and home to Eastern Oregon University.
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E.
Great Kenesa
The Great Kenesa is the principal Karaite Jewish house of worship within the historic Karaite kenesa complex.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine liturgical work
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liturgical hymn ⓘ penitential canon ⓘ |
| associatedService |
Great Compline
NERFINISHED
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Matins of Thursday of the fifth week of Great Lent ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Life of St. Mary of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPractice |
fasting
ⓘ
prostrations ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Andrew of Crete NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Andrew of Crete NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chantTradition | Byzantine chant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedSaint | Andrew of Crete NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dayOfCommemoration |
First week of Great Lent
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Thursday of the fifth week of Great Lent ⓘ |
| genre | penitential hymn ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 7th–8th century ⓘ |
| includes | examples of biblical figures as moral lessons ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| lengthCharacteristic | very long canon ⓘ |
| liturgicalFamily | Byzantine Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liturgicalFunction | preparation for Pascha ⓘ |
| liturgicalRank | Lenten devotion ⓘ |
| liturgicalSeason | Great Lent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse |
Compline
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Matins ⓘ |
| numberOfOdes | 9 ⓘ |
| originPlace | Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedBy |
chanter
ⓘ
choir ⓘ congregation ⓘ |
| purpose |
repentance
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spiritual reflection ⓘ |
| refrainAddressedTo | God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite
NERFINISHED
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Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spiritualDiscipline | asceticism ⓘ |
| structureFeature |
refrain "Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me"
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series of troparia ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
divine mercy
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repentance ⓘ self-examination ⓘ sin ⓘ |
| usesBiblicalAllusions |
New Testament
NERFINISHED
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Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Greek Orthodox Church
NERFINISHED
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Romanian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Serbian Orthodox Church 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: Great Canon Description of subject: The Great Canon is a lengthy penitential hymn of the Eastern Orthodox Church, composed by Andrew of Crete and traditionally chanted during Great Lent.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.