parish church of St Mary the Virgin
E704076
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin is a prominent historic Anglican church in Thame, Oxfordshire, noted for its medieval architecture and central role in the town’s religious life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| parish church of St Mary the Virgin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7999801 — 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: parish church of St Mary the Virgin Context triple: [Thame, hasFeature, parish church of St Mary the Virgin]
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A.
parish church of St Mary the Virgin
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin is a historic Anglican church serving as the principal place of worship and community gathering in the village of Heacham, Norfolk.
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B.
parish church of St Mary the Virgin
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin is a historic Anglican church serving as the principal place of worship and a prominent landmark in the market town of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
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C.
parish church of St Mary the Virgin
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin is a historic Anglican church in Lakenheath, Suffolk, noted for its medieval architecture and significant wall paintings.
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D.
parish church of St. Mary
The parish church of St. Mary is a historic Anglican church serving as the principal place of worship and community gathering in the village of Wollaston, Northamptonshire.
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E.
Parish Church of St Mary
The Parish Church of St Mary is a historic Anglican church in Radcliffe, England, notable for its longstanding role as the town’s principal place of worship and local landmark.
- 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: parish church of St Mary the Virgin Target entity description: The parish church of St Mary the Virgin is a prominent historic Anglican church in Thame, Oxfordshire, noted for its medieval architecture and central role in the town’s religious life.
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A.
parish church of St Mary the Virgin
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin is a historic Anglican church serving as the principal place of worship and community gathering in the village of Heacham, Norfolk.
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B.
parish church of St Mary the Virgin
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin is a historic Anglican church serving as the principal place of worship and a prominent landmark in the market town of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
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C.
parish church of St Mary the Virgin
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin is a historic Anglican church in Lakenheath, Suffolk, noted for its medieval architecture and significant wall paintings.
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D.
parish church of St. Mary
The parish church of St. Mary is a historic Anglican church serving as the principal place of worship and community gathering in the village of Wollaston, Northamptonshire.
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E.
Parish Church of St Mary
The Parish Church of St Mary is a historic Anglican church in Radcliffe, England, notable for its longstanding role as the town’s principal place of worship and local landmark.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican parish church
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Grade I listed building ⓘ church building ⓘ |
| administrativeParish | Thame ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Gothic ⓘ |
| buildingMaterial | stone ⓘ |
| category |
Churches in Oxfordshire
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Grade I listed churches in Oxfordshire ⓘ Thame ⓘ |
| centralRoleIn | religious life of Thame ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Saint Mary the Virgin
ⓘ
linked to:
Holy Mary
|
| denomination | Anglican ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of Oxford ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalStatus | active ⓘ |
| governingBody | Parochial Church Council of Thame ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalFeature |
aisles
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chancel ⓘ clerestory ⓘ nave ⓘ porch ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ tower ⓘ transept ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalPeriod | medieval ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | churchyard ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I listed ⓘ |
| heritageRegister |
National Heritage List for England
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linked to:
National Heritage List for England entry
|
| liturgicalTradition | Anglican liturgy ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oxfordshire
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South East England ⓘ Thame ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| notableFor |
historic significance
ⓘ
medieval architecture ⓘ |
| primaryUse | parish church ⓘ |
| province | Province of Canterbury ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Church of England ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Anglican services
ⓘ
Christian worship ⓘ baptisms ⓘ funerals ⓘ weddings ⓘ |
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: parish church of St Mary the Virgin Description of subject: The parish church of St Mary the Virgin is a prominent historic Anglican church in Thame, Oxfordshire, noted for its medieval architecture and central role in the town’s religious life.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
THAME