Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
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The Basilica of Santa Maria Novella is a prominent Gothic-Renaissance Dominican church in Florence, Italy, renowned for its striking marble façade and important artworks by masters such as Masaccio, Ghirlandaio, and Brunelleschi.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6462350 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basilica of Santa Maria Novella Context triple: [Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station, namedAfter, Basilica of Santa Maria Novella]
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Basilica of San Francesco
The Basilica of San Francesco is a renowned medieval church in Arezzo, Italy, best known for housing Piero della Francesca’s celebrated fresco cycle "The Legend of the True Cross."
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Basilica of San Lorenzo
The Basilica of San Lorenzo is one of Florence’s oldest and most important churches, renowned for its Renaissance architecture and close association with the powerful Medici family.
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Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence
The Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence is a major Franciscan church renowned as the “Temple of the Italian Glories,” housing the tombs and monuments of prominent figures such as Michelangelo, Galileo, and Machiavelli.
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Chiesa di Santa Croce
Chiesa di Santa Croce is a historic church in Vinci, Italy, known for its association with Leonardo da Vinci and its role in the town’s religious and cultural life.
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Cattedrale di San Lorenzo
Cattedrale di San Lorenzo is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Genoa, Italy, renowned for its striking striped Gothic-Romanesque façade and richly decorated interior.
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- 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 Santa Maria Novella Target entity description: The Basilica of Santa Maria Novella is a prominent Gothic-Renaissance Dominican church in Florence, Italy, renowned for its striking marble façade and important artworks by masters such as Masaccio, Ghirlandaio, and Brunelleschi.
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Basilica of San Francesco
The Basilica of San Francesco is a renowned medieval church in Arezzo, Italy, best known for housing Piero della Francesca’s celebrated fresco cycle "The Legend of the True Cross."
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Basilica of San Lorenzo
The Basilica of San Lorenzo is one of Florence’s oldest and most important churches, renowned for its Renaissance architecture and close association with the powerful Medici family.
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Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence
The Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence is a major Franciscan church renowned as the “Temple of the Italian Glories,” housing the tombs and monuments of prominent figures such as Michelangelo, Galileo, and Machiavelli.
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Chiesa di Santa Croce
Chiesa di Santa Croce is a historic church in Vinci, Italy, known for its association with Leonardo da Vinci and its role in the town’s religious and cultural life.
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Cattedrale di San Lorenzo
Cattedrale di San Lorenzo is the main Roman Catholic cathedral of Perugia, Italy, dedicated to Saint Lawrence and notable for its Gothic architecture and prominent position on the city’s main square.
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Subject: Basilica of Santa Maria Novella Description of subject: The Basilica of Santa Maria Novella is a prominent Gothic-Renaissance Dominican church in Florence, Italy, renowned for its striking marble façade and important artworks by masters such as Masaccio, Ghirlandaio, and Brunelleschi.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Facade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence
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Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella
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historic centre of Florence
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