Hereford Cathedral
E203540
Hereford Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Hereford, England, renowned for its medieval architecture and treasures such as the Mappa Mundi and the Chained Library.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hereford Cathedral canonical | 20 |
| Hereford Cathedral Mappa Mundi and Chained Library | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1245427 — 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: Hereford Cathedral Context triple: [Diocese of Hereford, cathedral, Hereford 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.
Exeter Cathedral
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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D.
Carlisle Cathedral
Carlisle Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, noted for its medieval architecture and richly decorated Gothic choir.
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E.
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.
- 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: Hereford Cathedral Target entity description: Hereford Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Hereford, England, renowned for its medieval architecture and treasures such as the Mappa Mundi and the Chained Library.
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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.
Exeter Cathedral
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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D.
Carlisle Cathedral
Carlisle Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, noted for its medieval architecture and richly decorated Gothic choir.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican cathedral
ⓘ
cathedral ⓘ church building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic architecture
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Norman architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Cathedrals in Herefordshire
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Church of England cathedrals ⓘ Grade I listed cathedrals in England ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
St Ethelbert the King
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Ethelbert the King
Holy Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Mary the Virgin
|
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of Hereford ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalProvince | Province of Canterbury ⓘ |
| foundedAsCathedral | 7th century ⓘ |
| functionalStatus | active ⓘ |
| governingBody | Chapter of Hereford Cathedral ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
chained books
ⓘ
early printed books ⓘ incunabula ⓘ medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Lady Chapel
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central tower ⓘ choir ⓘ cloisters ⓘ nave ⓘ north transept ⓘ south transept ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Chained Library
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Mappa Mundi ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I listed building ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | England ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Chained Library
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Mappa Mundi ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
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Hereford ⓘ Herefordshire ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOfLiturgy | English ⓘ |
| rebuiltIn |
11th century
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12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Anglicanism (broadly)
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surface form:
Anglicanism
|
| rite | Anglican rite ⓘ |
| seatOf | Bishop of Hereford ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Christian worship
ⓘ
concerts ⓘ cultural events ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
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: Hereford Cathedral Description of subject: Hereford Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Hereford, England, renowned for its medieval architecture and treasures such as the Mappa Mundi and the Chained Library.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hereford Cathedral Mappa Mundi and Chained Library