Confirmation
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Confirmation is a Christian sacrament, especially in Roman Catholicism, in which a baptized person is strengthened by the Holy Spirit and affirmed as a full member of the Church.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Confirmation canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19388 — 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: Confirmation Context triple: [Roman Catholicism, hasSacrament, Confirmation]
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A.
Contact
Contact is a science fiction novel by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s first communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence and the intersection of science, faith, and politics.
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B.
Grace
Grace is the central Christian concept of God’s unmerited favor and loving initiative toward humanity, enabling salvation and spiritual transformation.
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C.
Sununu
Sununu is a prominent American political family name most notably associated with former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and his son, Governor Chris Sununu.
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D.
containment
Containment was the Cold War U.S. strategy aimed at preventing the expansion of Soviet influence and communism worldwide.
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E.
Reach
Reach is a contemporary expansion of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., featuring flexible indoor and outdoor spaces designed for arts education, performance, and community engagement.
- 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: Confirmation Target entity description: Confirmation is a Christian sacrament, especially in Roman Catholicism, in which a baptized person is strengthened by the Holy Spirit and affirmed as a full member of the Church.
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A.
Contact
Contact is a science fiction novel by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s first communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence and the intersection of science, faith, and politics.
-
B.
Grace
Grace is the central Christian concept of God’s unmerited favor and loving initiative toward humanity, enabling salvation and spiritual transformation.
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C.
Sununu
Sununu is a prominent American political family name most notably associated with former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and his son, Governor Chris Sununu.
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D.
containment
Containment was the Cold War U.S. strategy aimed at preventing the expansion of Soviet influence and communism worldwide.
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E.
Reach
Reach is a contemporary expansion of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., featuring flexible indoor and outdoor spaces designed for arts education, performance, and community engagement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian sacrament
ⓘ
religious ceremony ⓘ rite of initiation ⓘ |
| ageRange |
adolescence in many Western churches
ⓘ
infancy in many Eastern churches ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
God the Holy Spirit
ⓘ
surface form:
Holy Spirit
|
| biblicalBasis |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
laying on of hands in the New Testament ⓘ |
| conferredBy |
bishop
ⓘ
priest ⓘ |
| considered |
indelible spiritual mark
ⓘ
one of the seven sacraments in Catholicism ⓘ |
| effect |
deepening of baptismal grace
ⓘ
full initiation into the Church ⓘ strengthening by the Holy Spirit ⓘ |
| gives |
increase of the gifts of the Holy Spirit
ⓘ
special strength to witness to Christ ⓘ |
| groupedWith | sacraments of initiation ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalForm | Latin Church canon law ⓘ |
| hasElement |
anointing with chrism
ⓘ
laying on of hands ⓘ prayer for the gifts of the Holy Spirit ⓘ sign of the cross on the forehead ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Chrismation in Eastern Christianity ⓘ |
| languageVariant | Sacrament of Confirmation ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Pentecost ⓘ |
| liturgicalSeasonOftenUsed | Easter season ⓘ |
| partOf | Christian initiation ⓘ |
| practicedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheran churches ⓘ Methodist churches ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
some Reformed churches ⓘ |
| preparationIncludes |
catechesis
ⓘ
instruction in the faith ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Council of Trent ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Baptism
ⓘ
Holy Eucharist ⓘ
surface form:
Eucharist
|
| requires |
intention to live as a Christian disciple
ⓘ
renewal of baptismal promises ⓘ state of grace in Catholic theology ⓘ |
| requiresPrior | Baptism ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
seal of the Holy Spirit
ⓘ
spiritual maturity ⓘ |
| taughtIn | Catechism of the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| uses | sacred chrism ⓘ |
| viewedAs | completion of baptismal grace in Catholicism ⓘ |
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: Confirmation Description of subject: Confirmation is a Christian sacrament, especially in Roman Catholicism, in which a baptized person is strengthened by the Holy Spirit and affirmed as a full member of the Church.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Roman Catholic Church