Exeter Cathedral
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Exeter Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Exeter, England, renowned for its Gothic architecture and one of the longest uninterrupted medieval stone vaults in the world.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Exeter Cathedral canonical | 25 |
| Cathedral Church of Saint Peter at Exeter | 2 |
| Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter | 1 |
| Exeter Cathedral (walking distance) | 1 |
| Exeter Cathedral area | 1 |
| worship at Exeter Cathedral | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T999991 — 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: Exeter Cathedral Context triple: [Diocese of Exeter, cathedral, Exeter Cathedral]
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A.
Bristol Cathedral
Bristol Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in the city of Bristol, England, renowned for its Gothic architecture and origins dating back to the 12th century.
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B.
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral is a historic English Gothic cathedral in Gloucester, England, renowned for its medieval architecture and as a prominent site of religious and cultural heritage.
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C.
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Canterbury, England, serving as the mother church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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D.
Chichester Cathedral
Chichester Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Chichester, West Sussex, renowned for its blend of Norman and Gothic architecture and its prominent spire dominating the city skyline.
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E.
Winchester Cathedral
Winchester Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in the city of Winchester, renowned for its vast Gothic architecture and status as one of the largest cathedrals in Europe.
- 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: Exeter Cathedral Target entity description: Exeter Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Exeter, England, renowned for its Gothic architecture and one of the longest uninterrupted medieval stone vaults in the world.
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A.
Bristol Cathedral
Bristol Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in the city of Bristol, England, renowned for its Gothic architecture and origins dating back to the 12th century.
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B.
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral is a historic English Gothic cathedral in Gloucester, England, renowned for its medieval architecture and as a prominent site of religious and cultural heritage.
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C.
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Canterbury, England, serving as the mother church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Chichester Cathedral
Chichester Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Chichester, West Sussex, renowned for its blend of Norman and Gothic architecture and its prominent spire dominating the city skyline.
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E.
Winchester Cathedral
Winchester Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in the city of Winchester, renowned for its vast Gothic architecture and status as one of the largest cathedrals in Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican cathedral
ⓘ
church building ⓘ medieval cathedral ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Exeter Cathedral
ⓘ
surface form:
Cathedral Church of Saint Peter at Exeter
|
| architecturalStyle |
Decorated Gothic
ⓘ
Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| cityCathedralOf | Exeter ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 12th century ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Apostle Peter
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Peter
|
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of Exeter ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalProvince | Province of Canterbury ⓘ |
| foundedBefore | Norman Conquest (as earlier church on site) ⓘ |
| function | cathedral church of the Bishop of Exeter ⓘ |
| governingBody | Chapter of Exeter Cathedral ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalElement |
Lady Chapel
ⓘ
central nave ⓘ chapter house ⓘ choir ⓘ cloister (partly surviving) ⓘ transepts ⓘ two Norman towers on the west front ⓘ west front screen of statues and niches ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Bishop’s throne in the choir
ⓘ
astronomical clock ⓘ large east window with medieval tracery ⓘ medieval misericords ⓘ minstrels’ gallery ⓘ |
| hasMusicTradition |
cathedral choir
ⓘ
organ music ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I listed building ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | England ⓘ |
| liturgicalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Devon
ⓘ
England ⓘ Exeter ⓘ |
| majorRebuilding |
13th century
ⓘ
14th century ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
continuous ribbed vault over nave and choir
ⓘ
one of the longest uninterrupted medieval stone vaults in the world ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| primaryUse | Christian worship ⓘ |
| region |
southwest England
ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
|
| religiousTradition | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| significance |
important religious and cultural landmark in Exeter
ⓘ
major example of English Decorated Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
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: Exeter Cathedral Description of subject: Exeter Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Exeter, England, renowned for its Gothic architecture and one of the longest uninterrupted medieval stone vaults in the world.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
worship at Exeter Cathedral
this entity surface form:
Cathedral Church of Saint Peter at Exeter
this entity surface form:
Cathedral Church of Saint Peter at Exeter
this entity surface form:
Exeter Cathedral (walking distance)
this entity surface form:
Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter
subject surface form:
Bedford House, Exeter
subject surface form:
Bedford House, Exeter
this entity surface form:
Exeter Cathedral area