St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Balcombe, West Sussex
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St Mary the Virgin Churchyard in Balcombe, West Sussex is a historic English church burial ground noted as the final resting place of acclaimed actor Paul Scofield.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Balcombe, West Sussex canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4857178 — 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: St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Balcombe, West Sussex Context triple: [Paul Scofield, burialPlace, St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Balcombe, West Sussex]
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A.
Stoke Poges churchyard
Stoke Poges churchyard is a historic English burial ground in Buckinghamshire, best known as the place that inspired Thomas Gray’s poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard."
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B.
Bath Abbey Churchyard
Bath Abbey Churchyard is the historic burial ground and public space surrounding Bath Abbey in the center of Bath, England.
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C.
Old St. Mary’s Churchyard
Old St. Mary’s Churchyard is a historic burial ground in Philadelphia associated with Old St. Mary’s Church, known for its colonial-era graves and ties to early American history.
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D.
St Oswald’s Churchyard
St Oswald’s Churchyard is the historic parish burial ground in Grasmere, Cumbria, best known as the resting place of poet William Wordsworth and his family.
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E.
St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Chilton
St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Chilton is a historic English church burial ground notable as the final resting place of senior British military commander Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson.
- 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: St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Balcombe, West Sussex Target entity description: St Mary the Virgin Churchyard in Balcombe, West Sussex is a historic English church burial ground noted as the final resting place of acclaimed actor Paul Scofield.
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A.
Stoke Poges churchyard
Stoke Poges churchyard is a historic English burial ground in Buckinghamshire, best known as the place that inspired Thomas Gray’s poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard."
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B.
Bath Abbey Churchyard
Bath Abbey Churchyard is the historic burial ground and public space surrounding Bath Abbey in the center of Bath, England.
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C.
Old St. Mary’s Churchyard
Old St. Mary’s Churchyard is a historic burial ground in Philadelphia associated with Old St. Mary’s Church, known for its colonial-era graves and ties to early American history.
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D.
St Oswald’s Churchyard
St Oswald’s Churchyard is the historic parish burial ground in Grasmere, Cumbria, best known as the resting place of poet William Wordsworth and his family.
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E.
St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Chilton
St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Chilton is a historic English church burial ground notable as the final resting place of senior British military commander Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ churchyard ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
St Mary the Virgin Church, Balcombe
ⓘ
linked to:
St Mary’s Church, Balcombe
|
| associatedWith |
St Mary the Virgin Church, Balcombe
ⓘ
linked to:
St Mary’s Church, Balcombe
|
| buriedAt | St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Balcombe, West Sussex ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| hasFunction | parish churchyard ⓘ |
| hasGravestonesFrom |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ |
| heritage | historic burial ground ⓘ |
| landUse | burial ground ⓘ |
| languageOfCommunity | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Balcombe
ⓘ
South East England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ West Sussex ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableBurial | Paul Scofield ⓘ |
| region |
Mid Sussex district
ⓘ
linked to:
Mid Sussex District
|
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| serves | parish of Balcombe ⓘ |
| usedFor | Christian burials ⓘ |
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: St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Balcombe, West Sussex Description of subject: St Mary the Virgin Churchyard in Balcombe, West Sussex is a historic English church burial ground noted as the final resting place of acclaimed actor Paul Scofield.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Balcombe, West Sussex