The First Church of Christ, Scientist
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The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the Boston-based mother church and administrative headquarters of the Christian Science denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T983451 — 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: The First Church of Christ, Scientist Context triple: [Church of Christ, Scientist, hasOfficialName, The First Church of Christ, Scientist]
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Church of the Resurrection
The Church of the Resurrection, more widely known today as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, is a major Christian pilgrimage site in Jerusalem believed to encompass both the site of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and his tomb.
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Park Street Church
Park Street Church is a historic Congregational church in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, renowned for its early 19th-century architecture and its role in significant social and religious movements in American history.
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Memorial Church
Memorial Church is a prominent interdenominational Christian church and war memorial at Harvard University, serving as a central site for worship, reflection, and major university ceremonies.
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Trinity Church in the City of Boston
Trinity Church in the City of Boston is a historic Episcopal church renowned for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and prominent location in Boston’s Back Bay.
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Trinity Church
Trinity Church is a historic Episcopal parish church in Lower Manhattan, New York City, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and prominent location at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway.
- 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: The First Church of Christ, Scientist Target entity description: The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the Boston-based mother church and administrative headquarters of the Christian Science denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy.
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A.
Church of the Resurrection
The Church of the Resurrection, more widely known today as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, is a major Christian pilgrimage site in Jerusalem believed to encompass both the site of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and his tomb.
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B.
Park Street Church
Park Street Church is a historic Congregational church in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, renowned for its early 19th-century architecture and its role in significant social and religious movements in American history.
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C.
Memorial Church
Memorial Church is a prominent interdenominational Christian church and war memorial at Harvard University, serving as a central site for worship, reflection, and major university ceremonies.
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D.
Trinity Church in the City of Boston
Trinity Church in the City of Boston is a historic Episcopal church renowned for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and prominent location in Boston’s Back Bay.
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E.
Trinity Church
Trinity Church is a historic Episcopal parish church in Lower Manhattan, New York City, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and prominent location at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian Science church
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church building ⓘ mother church ⓘ religious organization headquarters ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Christian Science Publishing Company
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surface form:
The Christian Science Publishing Society
|
| architecturalStyle |
Renaissance Revival
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Romanesque Revival ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mary Baker Eddy Library
ⓘ
The Christian Science Monitor ⓘ |
| category |
Church of Christ, Scientist
ⓘ
surface form:
Christian Science churches
Churches in Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Religious buildings and structures completed in 1894 ⓘ |
| city |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
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| completionDate | 1894 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1893 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| denomination |
Church of Christ, Scientist
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surface form:
Christian Science
|
| denominationHeadquarters |
Church of Christ, Scientist
ⓘ
surface form:
Christian Science
|
| foundedBy | Mary Baker Eddy ⓘ |
| founder | Mary Baker Eddy ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Christian Science Board of Directors
ⓘ
surface form:
The Christian Science Board of Directors
|
| hasAddress |
The Mother Church, Boston
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surface form:
The Mother Church, 210 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
|
| hasDome | yes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bell tower
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colonnade ⓘ large reflecting pool ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Mother Church
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surface form:
Mother Church Extension
The Mother Church ⓘ
surface form:
Original Mother Church
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| headquartersOf |
Church of Christ, Scientist
ⓘ
surface form:
The Church of Christ, Scientist
|
| heritageDesignation |
Boston Landmark
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listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| inception | 1894 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorship | English ⓘ |
| location | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| material | granite ⓘ |
| motherChurchOf |
Church of Christ, Scientist
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surface form:
The Church of Christ, Scientist
|
| namedAfter | Christ, Scientist ⓘ |
| near |
Prudential Center
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surface form:
Prudential Center, Boston
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| NRHPType | contributing property ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Christian Science Board of Directors
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surface form:
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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| partOf | The Christian Science Plaza ⓘ |
| religion |
Church of Christ, Scientist
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surface form:
Christian Science
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| serviceType |
Sunday worship service
ⓘ
Wednesday testimony meeting ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| use |
administrative headquarters
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place of 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: The First Church of Christ, Scientist Description of subject: The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the Boston-based mother church and administrative headquarters of the Christian Science denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
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associatedOrganization
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The First Church of Christ, Scientist
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this entity surface form:
The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist
this entity surface form:
The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist
this entity surface form:
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts
this entity surface form:
The First Church of Christ, Scientist organization
this entity surface form:
Christian Science Reading Room (on or near the plaza)