St Mary the Virgin Church, Chipping Norton
E201421
St Mary the Virgin Church in Chipping Norton is a historic Anglican parish church noted for its impressive medieval architecture and prominent position overlooking the Cotswold market town.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St Mary the Virgin Church, Chipping Norton canonical | 2 |
| St Mary the Virgin Church, Chipping Norton churchyard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1797880 — 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 Mary the Virgin Church, Chipping Norton Context triple: [Chipping Norton, hasLandmark, St Mary the Virgin Church, Chipping Norton]
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A.
Protaton Church
Protaton Church is a principal medieval Orthodox church on Mount Athos, Greece, renowned for its historic architecture and important Byzantine frescoes.
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B.
St Mary’s Church, Banbury
St Mary’s Church in Banbury is a prominent historic Anglican parish church noted for its distinctive neoclassical architecture and landmark tower dominating the town’s skyline.
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C.
St Bartholomew's Church, Norton
St Bartholomew's Church, Norton is a historic Anglican parish church serving the community of Norton in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.
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D.
St Wulfram's Church
St Wulfram's Church is a prominent medieval parish church in Grantham, Lincolnshire, renowned for its impressive spire and significant architectural heritage.
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E.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Thame
St Mary the Virgin Church, Thame is a historic Anglican parish church in Oxfordshire, England, noted for its medieval architecture and prominent role in the religious life of the town.
- 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 Mary the Virgin Church, Chipping Norton Target entity description: St Mary the Virgin Church in Chipping Norton is a historic Anglican parish church noted for its impressive medieval architecture and prominent position overlooking the Cotswold market town.
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A.
Protaton Church
Protaton Church is a principal medieval Orthodox church on Mount Athos, Greece, renowned for its historic architecture and important Byzantine frescoes.
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B.
St Mary’s Church, Banbury
St Mary’s Church in Banbury is a prominent historic Anglican parish church noted for its distinctive neoclassical architecture and landmark tower dominating the town’s skyline.
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C.
St Bartholomew's Church, Norton
St Bartholomew's Church, Norton is a historic Anglican parish church serving the community of Norton in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.
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D.
St Wulfram's Church
St Wulfram's Church is a prominent medieval parish church in Grantham, Lincolnshire, renowned for its impressive spire and significant architectural heritage.
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E.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Thame
St Mary the Virgin Church, Thame is a historic Anglican parish church in Oxfordshire, England, noted for its medieval architecture and prominent role in the religious life of the town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican parish church
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Church of England church ⓘ Grade II* listed building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic
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Perpendicular Gothic ⓘ |
| architectureType | Parish church ⓘ |
| category |
Church of England churches in Oxfordshire
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Churches in Oxfordshire ⓘ Grade II* listed churches in Oxfordshire ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
St Mary
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surface form:
St Mary the Virgin
|
| denomination | Anglican ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | medieval ⓘ |
| function | active parish church ⓘ |
| governingBody | Church of England ⓘ |
| hasBellTower | yes ⓘ |
| hasChurchyard |
St Mary the Virgin Church, Chipping Norton
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
St Mary the Virgin Church, Chipping Norton churchyard
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| hasFeature |
buttresses
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chancel ⓘ clerestory ⓘ medieval carvings ⓘ nave ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ tower ⓘ |
| hasProminentPosition | on a hill above Chipping Norton ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade II* listed ⓘ |
| isInParish | Chipping Norton ⓘ |
| isTouristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition | Anglican liturgy ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chipping Norton
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Cotswolds ⓘ Oxfordshire ⓘ |
| material | Cotswold stone ⓘ |
| notedFor |
impressive medieval architecture
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prominent position overlooking Chipping Norton ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Chipping Norton
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surface form:
Chipping Norton town centre
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| province | Province of Canterbury ⓘ |
| region | South East England ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Church of England ⓘ |
| surroundedBy |
Chipping Norton
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surface form:
Cotswold market town of Chipping Norton
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| usedFor |
Anglican services
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Christian worship ⓘ baptisms ⓘ funerals ⓘ 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 Mary the Virgin Church, Chipping Norton Description of subject: St Mary the Virgin Church in Chipping Norton is a historic Anglican parish church noted for its impressive medieval architecture and prominent position overlooking the Cotswold market town.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Chipping Norton
→
hasChurchyard
→
St Mary the Virgin Church, Chipping Norton
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
St Mary the Virgin Church, Chipping Norton churchyard