Port-Royal Abbey
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Port-Royal Abbey was a prominent Cistercian convent in 17th-century France that became a center of Jansenist religious, educational, and intellectual life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port-Royal school | 4 |
| Port-Royal nuns | 3 |
| Port-Royal Abbey canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3879895 — 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: Port-Royal Abbey Context triple: [Port-Royal Logic, associatedReligiousCommunity, Port-Royal Abbey]
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A.
Walden Abbey
Walden Abbey was a former medieval monastic house in Essex, England, whose site later became occupied by the grand country estate of Audley End House.
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B.
Fontevraud Abbey
Fontevraud Abbey is a historic monastic complex in the Loire Valley of France, renowned as the burial site of several Plantagenet royals and as one of the largest surviving medieval abbeys in Europe.
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C.
Abbey of Salem
The Abbey of Salem is a former Cistercian monastery in southern Germany, renowned for its impressive Baroque architecture and historical significance as a wealthy ecclesiastical principality.
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D.
Melrose Abbey
Melrose Abbey is a ruined medieval Cistercian monastery in the Scottish Borders, renowned for its Gothic architecture and historical significance as a royal burial site.
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E.
Hume Cloister
Hume Cloister is a historically significant architectural work by Bernard Maybeck, exemplifying his distinctive Arts and Crafts–influenced design style.
- 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: Port-Royal Abbey Target entity description: Port-Royal Abbey was a prominent Cistercian convent in 17th-century France that became a center of Jansenist religious, educational, and intellectual life.
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A.
Walden Abbey
Walden Abbey was a former medieval monastic house in Essex, England, whose site later became occupied by the grand country estate of Audley End House.
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B.
Fontevraud Abbey
Fontevraud Abbey is a historic monastic complex in the Loire Valley of France, renowned as the burial site of several Plantagenet royals and as one of the largest surviving medieval abbeys in Europe.
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C.
Abbey of Salem
The Abbey of Salem is a former Cistercian monastery in southern Germany, renowned for its impressive Baroque architecture and historical significance as a wealthy ecclesiastical principality.
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D.
Melrose Abbey
Melrose Abbey is a ruined medieval Cistercian monastery in the Scottish Borders, renowned for its Gothic architecture and historical significance as a royal burial site.
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E.
Hume Cloister
Hume Cloister is a historically significant architectural work by Bernard Maybeck, exemplifying his distinctive Arts and Crafts–influenced design style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cistercian convent
ⓘ
monastery ⓘ religious institution ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | Jansenism ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mother Angélique Arnauld
ⓘ
surface form:
Angélique Arnauld
Antoine Arnauld ⓘ Blaise Pascal ⓘ Cornelius Jansen ⓘ Jean Duvergier de Hauranne ⓘ Jean Racine ⓘ Pierre Nicole ⓘ Saint-Cyran ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| currentUse |
historical site
ⓘ
museum ⓘ |
| demolishedIn | 1710 ⓘ |
| educationalFocus |
moral and religious instruction
ⓘ
rigorous classical education ⓘ |
| educationalRole | operated Petites écoles de Port-Royal ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Mathilde de Garlande ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1204 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Port-Royal de Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Petites écoles de Port-Royal
|
| influenced |
French Catholic spirituality
ⓘ
French education ⓘ French literature ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Jansenism
ⓘ
Port-Royal de Paris ⓘ
surface form:
Petites écoles de Port-Royal
education ⓘ intellectual life ⓘ religious reform ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Île-de-France region
ⓘ
surface form:
Île-de-France
|
| locatedNear |
Chevreuse Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Chevreuse valley
Paris ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
French monarchy
ⓘ
Society of Jesus ⓘ
surface form:
Jesuits
Louis XIV of France ⓘ
surface form:
Louis XIV
Society of Jesus ⓘ |
| originalName |
Port-Royal-des-Champs
ⓘ
surface form:
Port-Royal des Champs
|
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| religiousOrder |
Cistercians
ⓘ
surface form:
Cistercian Order
|
| status | ruins ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Jansenism
ⓘ
surface form:
Jansenist controversy
religious controversies in 17th-century France ⓘ |
| suppressedIn | 1708 ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation |
Augustinian theology
ⓘ
doctrine of grace ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Port-Royal Abbey Description of subject: Port-Royal Abbey was a prominent Cistercian convent in 17th-century France that became a center of Jansenist religious, educational, and intellectual life.
Referenced by (9)
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Port-Royal school
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Port-Royal school
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Port-Royal nuns
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Port-Royal school
this entity surface form:
Port-Royal school
this entity surface form:
Port-Royal nuns
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Port-Royal nuns