Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan
E363780
The Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan is one of the city’s oldest and most important Romanesque churches, renowned as a major early Christian site and a key religious and historical landmark.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio | 2 |
| Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan canonical | 2 |
| Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio | 1 |
| Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio | 1 |
| Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio, Milan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3493142 — 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 Sant'Ambrogio, Milan Context triple: [Aurelius Ambrosius, burialPlace, Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan]
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A.
Milan Cathedral
Milan Cathedral is a monumental Gothic cathedral in central Milan, renowned for its intricate spires, marble façade, and status as one of the largest churches in the world.
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B.
Parma Cathedral
Parma Cathedral is a Romanesque Catholic cathedral in Parma, Italy, renowned for its architecture and Correggio’s celebrated frescoes.
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C.
Monza Cathedral
Monza Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church in Monza, Italy, renowned for its medieval architecture and its role as a royal and religious center in Lombardy.
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D.
Cathedral of Saint Vibiana
The Cathedral of Saint Vibiana was the historic Roman Catholic cathedral and former mother church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, serving as its principal cathedral before being replaced by the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
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E.
Cremona Cathedral
Cremona Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church in Cremona, Italy, renowned for its Romanesque-Gothic architecture and rich musical tradition.
- 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 Sant'Ambrogio, Milan Target entity description: The Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan is one of the city’s oldest and most important Romanesque churches, renowned as a major early Christian site and a key religious and historical landmark.
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A.
Milan Cathedral
Milan Cathedral is a monumental Gothic cathedral in central Milan, renowned for its intricate spires, marble façade, and status as one of the largest churches in the world.
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B.
Parma Cathedral
Parma Cathedral is a Romanesque Catholic cathedral in Parma, Italy, renowned for its architecture and Correggio’s celebrated frescoes.
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C.
Monza Cathedral
Monza Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church in Monza, Italy, renowned for its medieval architecture and its role as a royal and religious center in Lombardy.
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D.
Cathedral of Saint Vibiana
The Cathedral of Saint Vibiana was the historic Roman Catholic cathedral and former mother church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, serving as its principal cathedral before being replaced by the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
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E.
Cremona Cathedral
Cremona Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church in Cremona, Italy, renowned for its Romanesque-Gothic architecture and rich musical tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic church
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Romanesque church ⓘ basilica ⓘ church building ⓘ minor basilica ⓘ |
| archdiocese | Archdiocese of Milan ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Romanesque architecture ⓘ |
| architecturalType | basilica-plan church ⓘ |
| containsRelicsOf |
Ambrose of Milan
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surface form:
Saint Ambrose
Saint Gervasius ⓘ Saint Protasius ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Ambrose of Milan
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surface form:
Saint Ambrose
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| denomination |
Latin Church worldwide
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surface form:
Latin Church
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| foundedBy | Ambrose of Milan ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 4th century ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Ciborium of Sant'Ambrogio
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Romanesque capitals ⓘ Romanesque cloister ⓘ Serpent Column ⓘ altar of gold ⓘ apse mosaic ⓘ brick façade ⓘ crypt ⓘ nave with side aisles ⓘ porticoed atrium ⓘ quadrangular courtyard ⓘ tomb of Emperor Louis II ⓘ two bell towers ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | national monument of Italy ⓘ |
| heritageStatus |
important Romanesque monument in Lombardy
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major early Christian site in Milan ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lombardy
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Milan ⓘ historic center of Milan ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio
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| near |
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
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surface form:
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan
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| notableFor |
Romanesque architecture in northern Italy
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association with Saint Ambrose ⓘ early Christian origins ⓘ role in religious and civic life of Milan ⓘ |
| originalName | Basilica Martyrum ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| rebuiltIn |
11th century
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12th century ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| rite | Ambrosian Rite ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
Middle Ages
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Roman Empire ⓘ |
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 Sant'Ambrogio, Milan Description of subject: The Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan is one of the city’s oldest and most important Romanesque churches, renowned as a major early Christian site and a key religious and historical landmark.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio, Milan
this entity surface form:
Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan
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nativeName
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Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio
this entity surface form:
Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio
this entity surface form:
Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio