Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
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The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a major Roman Catholic basilica and national shrine in Washington, D.C., renowned as one of the largest churches in North America and a prominent site of pilgrimage and Marian devotion.
All labels observed (2)
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| Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception canonical | 11 |
| Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (adjacent) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2287834 — 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: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Context triple: [Papal tiara, keptAt, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception]
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Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
The Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, commonly known as Manila Cathedral, is the historic Roman Catholic basilica and premier church of the Archdiocese of Manila located in Intramuros, Philippines.
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Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral and minor basilica in Mobile, Alabama, renowned for its neoclassical architecture and role as the seat of the Archdiocese of Mobile.
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Baltimore, Maryland, recognized as the first Catholic cathedral built in the United States and a landmark of American religious architecture.
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Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Honolulu, recognized as one of the oldest cathedrals in continuous use in the United States and the seat of the Diocese of Honolulu.
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Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist
The Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist is a prominent historic Roman Catholic church in Savannah, Georgia, renowned for its striking French Gothic architecture and elaborate stained-glass windows.
- 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: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Target entity description: The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a major Roman Catholic basilica and national shrine in Washington, D.C., renowned as one of the largest churches in North America and a prominent site of pilgrimage and Marian devotion.
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A.
Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
The Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, commonly known as Manila Cathedral, is the historic Roman Catholic basilica and premier church of the Archdiocese of Manila located in Intramuros, Philippines.
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B.
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral and minor basilica in Mobile, Alabama, renowned for its neoclassical architecture and role as the seat of the Archdiocese of Mobile.
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C.
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Baltimore, Maryland, recognized as the first Catholic cathedral built in the United States and a landmark of American religious architecture.
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Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Honolulu, recognized as one of the oldest cathedrals in continuous use in the United States and the seat of the Diocese of Honolulu.
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Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist
The Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist is a prominent historic Roman Catholic church in Savannah, Georgia, renowned for its striking French Gothic architecture and elaborate stained-glass windows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
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: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Description of subject: The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a major Roman Catholic basilica and national shrine in Washington, D.C., renowned as one of the largest churches in North America and a prominent site of pilgrimage and Marian devotion.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
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hasMajorShrine
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Ward 5 of Washington, D.C.
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containsInstitution
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The Catholic University of America
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hasFacility
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this entity surface form:
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (adjacent)
Patrick John Nugent
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placeOfMarriage
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington
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hasCoCathedral
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington
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hasMajorShrine
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington
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hasMinorBasilica
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Catholic Marian shrines network
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hasComponent
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
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