St. Thomas Synagogue
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St. Thomas Synagogue is a historic Sephardic Jewish synagogue in Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, renowned as one of the oldest continuously used synagogues in the Western Hemisphere.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| St. Thomas Synagogue canonical | 2 |
| Beracha Veshalom Vegmiluth Hasadim Synagogue | 1 |
| Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas | 1 |
| Jewish community of Saint Thomas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T120899 — 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. Thomas Synagogue Context triple: [Charlotte Amalie, hasReligiousBuilding, St. Thomas Synagogue]
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A.
Community of Christ Temple
The Community of Christ Temple is a distinctive spiral-shaped worship and administrative center of the Community of Christ denomination, renowned as a religious landmark and pilgrimage site in Independence, Missouri.
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B.
St. Thomas Church, New York City
St. Thomas Church in New York City is a prominent Episcopal parish church on Fifth Avenue, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture, elaborate stone carvings, and rich choral music tradition.
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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.
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel is a grand Gothic-style chapel at the University of Chicago, renowned for its monumental architecture, carillon, and role as a central venue for ceremonies and cultural events.
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E.
Church of the Intercession, New York City
The Church of the Intercession in New York City is a prominent Gothic Revival Episcopal church renowned for its striking architecture and historic cemetery in Upper Manhattan.
- 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. Thomas Synagogue Target entity description: St. Thomas Synagogue is a historic Sephardic Jewish synagogue in Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, renowned as one of the oldest continuously used synagogues in the Western Hemisphere.
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A.
Community of Christ Temple
The Community of Christ Temple is a distinctive spiral-shaped worship and administrative center of the Community of Christ denomination, renowned as a religious landmark and pilgrimage site in Independence, Missouri.
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B.
St. Thomas Church, New York City
St. Thomas Church in New York City is a prominent Episcopal parish church on Fifth Avenue, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture, elaborate stone carvings, and rich choral music tradition.
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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.
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel is a grand Gothic-style chapel at the University of Chicago, renowned for its monumental architecture, carillon, and role as a central venue for ceremonies and cultural events.
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E.
Church of the Intercession, New York City
The Church of the Intercession in New York City is a prominent Gothic Revival Episcopal church renowned for its striking architecture and historic cemetery in Upper Manhattan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sephardic synagogue
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historic site ⓘ religious building ⓘ synagogue ⓘ |
| affiliation |
St. Thomas Synagogue
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas
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| alsoKnownAs |
St. Thomas Synagogue
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surface form:
Beracha Veshalom Vegmiluth Hasadim Synagogue
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| architecturalStyle |
Caribbean vernacular architecture
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Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| built | 1833 ⓘ |
| category |
National Historic Landmarks in the United States Virgin Islands
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Sephardi Jewish culture in the Caribbean ⓘ Synagogues in the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | coral stone ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateAddedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces | 1997 ⓘ |
| denomination | Orthodox Judaism ⓘ |
| designationAsNationalHistoricLandmark | 1997 ⓘ |
| earlierSynagogueDestroyedBy | fire ⓘ |
| floorMaterial | sand ⓘ |
| founded | 1796 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Sephardi Jews
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surface form:
Sephardic Jews
Sephardi Jews ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish and Portuguese Jews
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| hasCemetery | yes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
ark on eastern wall
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bimah in center of sanctuary ⓘ separate women’s gallery ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
Orthodox Jewish services
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Sephardic liturgy ⓘ |
| heritage | Spanish and Portuguese Jewish tradition ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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surface form:
U.S. National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
oldest continuously used synagogues in the Western Hemisphere
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oldest synagogues in the United States territories ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Caribbean
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Charlotte Amalie ⓘ Saint Thomas ⓘ U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
surface form:
United States Virgin Islands
|
| nativeName | Beracha Veshalom Vegmiluth Hasadim ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
brass chandeliers
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coral-limestone walls ⓘ mahogany furnishings ⓘ sand-covered floor ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| servesCommunity |
St. Thomas Synagogue
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Jewish community of Saint Thomas
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| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| tradition |
Sephardi Jews
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surface form:
Sephardi Judaism
|
| yearCompleted | 1833 ⓘ |
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: St. Thomas Synagogue Description of subject: St. Thomas Synagogue is a historic Sephardic Jewish synagogue in Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, renowned as one of the oldest continuously used synagogues in the Western Hemisphere.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Beracha Veshalom Vegmiluth Hasadim Synagogue
this entity surface form:
Jewish community of Saint Thomas
this entity surface form:
Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas
National Historic Landmarks in the United States Virgin Islands
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hasMember
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St. Thomas Synagogue
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