St James Church, Taunton
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St James Church, Taunton is a historic Anglican parish church in Taunton, Somerset, noted for its medieval origins and prominent tower near the town’s cricket ground.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| St James Church, Taunton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11227339 — 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 James Church, Taunton Context triple: [Taunton, hasReligiousBuilding, St James Church, Taunton]
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A.
St Mary Magdalene Church, Taunton
St Mary Magdalene Church in Taunton is a prominent historic Anglican parish church in Somerset, England, noted for its impressive Gothic architecture and distinctive tower.
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B.
Great St Mary’s Church
Great St Mary’s Church is the historic University Church of Cambridge, England, renowned for its prominent tower, central role in university ceremonies, and views over the city.
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C.
St James’ Church
St James’ Church is a historic Anglican church in Jamestown, Saint Helena, recognized as one of the oldest surviving churches in the South Atlantic.
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D.
St James’ Church
St James’ Church is a historic Anglican parish church serving the village community of Temple Sowerby in Cumbria, England.
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E.
St Mary’s Church
St Mary’s Church is a Roman Catholic parish church serving the local community in the coastal village of Cushendall in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
- 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 James Church, Taunton Target entity description: St James Church, Taunton is a historic Anglican parish church in Taunton, Somerset, noted for its medieval origins and prominent tower near the town’s cricket ground.
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A.
St Mary Magdalene Church, Taunton
St Mary Magdalene Church in Taunton is a prominent historic Anglican parish church in Somerset, England, noted for its impressive Gothic architecture and distinctive tower.
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B.
Great St Mary’s Church
Great St Mary’s Church is the historic University Church of Cambridge, England, renowned for its prominent tower, central role in university ceremonies, and views over the city.
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C.
St James’ Church
St James’ Church is a historic Anglican church in Jamestown, Saint Helena, recognized as one of the oldest surviving churches in the South Atlantic.
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D.
St James’ Church
St James’ Church is a historic Anglican parish church serving the village community of Temple Sowerby in Cumbria, England.
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E.
St Mary’s Church
St Mary’s Church is a historic Anglican parish church serving the village community of Sturminster Marshall in Dorset, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican parish church
ⓘ
church building ⓘ |
| administrativeArea | Somerset West and Taunton (former district) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buildingType | parish church ⓘ |
| constructionStartCentury | 14th century ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of Bath and Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalFeature |
aisles
ⓘ
battlemented parapet ⓘ chancel ⓘ clerestory ⓘ nave ⓘ pinnacles ⓘ west tower ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle | Gothic ⓘ |
| hasBells | ring of bells ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | listed building ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | parish website of St James Church, Taunton ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationAuthority | Historic England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Grade II* listed building ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition | Anglican liturgy ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Somerset
ⓘ
southwest England ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
Taunton NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| nearby | Somerset County Cricket Ground NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
medieval origins
ⓘ
prominent tower ⓘ |
| openFor | public worship ⓘ |
| parish | St James, Taunton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse | Christian worship ⓘ |
| province | Province of Canterbury ⓘ |
| proximityToLandmark | adjacent to Taunton cricket ground ⓘ |
| region | Taunton Deane area ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Anglicanism (broadly)
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglicanism
|
| roofMaterial | slate ⓘ |
| towerFunction | bell tower ⓘ |
| towerLocation | west end ⓘ |
| tradition | Anglican parish ministry ⓘ |
| usedFor |
baptisms
ⓘ
community events ⓘ funerals ⓘ parish services ⓘ weddings ⓘ |
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 James Church, Taunton Description of subject: St James Church, Taunton is a historic Anglican parish church in Taunton, Somerset, noted for its medieval origins and prominent tower near the town’s cricket ground.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.