Govan Old Parish Church
E295621
Govan Old Parish Church is a historic church in Govan, Glasgow, renowned for its collection of early medieval carved stones and Viking-era sculpture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Govan Old Parish Church canonical | 9 |
| Govan & Linthouse Parish Church | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2738437 — 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: Govan Old Parish Church Context triple: [Govan, hasLandmark, Govan Old Parish Church]
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A.
Aberfoyle Parish Church
Aberfoyle Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving the village of Aberfoyle in the Trossachs area of Stirling, Scotland.
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B.
Bethine Church
Bethine Church was an American political activist and conservationist, known as the influential wife and partner of U.S. Senator Frank Church and a prominent figure in Idaho Democratic politics.
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C.
St. Salvator Church
St. Salvator Church is a historic Christian church in the city of Gera, Germany, notable for its architectural and cultural significance.
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D.
Kinghorn Parish Church
Kinghorn Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving the coastal town of Kinghorn in Fife, Scotland.
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E.
Forfar Parish Church
Forfar Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving as a prominent religious and architectural landmark in the town of Forfar, Angus, Scotland.
- 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: Govan Old Parish Church Target entity description: Govan Old Parish Church is a historic church in Govan, Glasgow, renowned for its collection of early medieval carved stones and Viking-era sculpture.
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A.
Aberfoyle Parish Church
Aberfoyle Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving the village of Aberfoyle in the Trossachs area of Stirling, Scotland.
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B.
Bethine Church
Bethine Church was an American political activist and conservationist, known as the influential wife and partner of U.S. Senator Frank Church and a prominent figure in Idaho Democratic politics.
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C.
St. Salvator Church
St. Salvator Church is a historic Christian church in the city of Gera, Germany, notable for its architectural and cultural significance.
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D.
Kinghorn Parish Church
Kinghorn Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving the coastal town of Kinghorn in Fife, Scotland.
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E.
Forfar Parish Church
Forfar Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving as a prominent religious and architectural landmark in the town of Forfar, Angus, Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
church building
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ parish church ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Gothic Revival ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kingdom of Strathclyde
ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ |
| category |
Archaeological sites in Glasgow
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Churches in Glasgow ⓘ Scheduled monuments in Scotland ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important site for early medieval Scottish history
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key site for Viking-era archaeology in Scotland ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Constantine ⓘ |
| denomination | Church of Scotland ⓘ |
| function |
museum space
ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ |
| governingBody | Presbytery of Glasgow ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | yes ⓘ |
| hasCollection | Govan Stones ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Govan Stones
ⓘ
surface form:
Govan Sarcophagus
cross-slabs ⓘ hogback stones ⓘ upright crosses ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://thegovanstones.org.uk/ ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Category A listed building ⓘ |
| heritagePeriod | early medieval period ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Govan Stones
ⓘ
surface form:
Govan Stones collection
Viking-era sculpture ⓘ collection of early medieval carved stones ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Glasgow
ⓘ
Govan ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| material | sandstone ⓘ |
| near |
Govan subway station
ⓘ
River Clyde ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
carved stone monuments
ⓘ
medieval graveyard ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Church of Scotland ⓘ |
| parish |
Govan
ⓘ
surface form:
Govan Parish
|
| region | Strathclyde ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| tourism | heritage tourism destination in Glasgow ⓘ |
| usesLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
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: Govan Old Parish Church Description of subject: Govan Old Parish Church is a historic church in Govan, Glasgow, renowned for its collection of early medieval carved stones and Viking-era sculpture.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Govan & Linthouse Parish Church
subject surface form:
Govan
subject surface form:
Govan
subject surface form:
Govan