Rosslyn Chapel
E73455
Rosslyn Chapel is a 15th-century Scottish church renowned for its intricate stone carvings, rich symbolism, and prominent role in popular conspiracy theories and literature.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rosslyn Chapel canonical | 13 |
| Rosslyn Chapel (traditionally attributed) | 1 |
| interior of Rosslyn Chapel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T577959 — 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: Rosslyn Chapel Context triple: [The Da Vinci Code, notableLocationFeatured, Rosslyn Chapel]
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A.
Dunfermline Abbey
Dunfermline Abbey is a historic medieval church and former Benedictine monastery renowned as the burial place of several Scottish kings and queens, including Robert the Bruce.
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B.
Holyrood Abbey
Holyrood Abbey is a ruined medieval Augustinian abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland, historically serving as a royal church closely associated with the Scottish monarchy.
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C.
Cambuskenneth Abbey
Cambuskenneth Abbey is a historic Augustinian monastery near Stirling, Scotland, notable as a royal burial site and an important religious and political center in medieval Scotland.
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D.
Kelso Abbey
Kelso Abbey is a ruined medieval Tironensian monastery in the Scottish Borders, once one of Scotland’s wealthiest and most influential religious houses.
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E.
Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow Cathedral is a medieval Scottish church in Glasgow renowned for its Gothic architecture and status as one of the few mainland Scottish cathedrals to have survived the Reformation largely intact.
- 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: Rosslyn Chapel Target entity description: Rosslyn Chapel is a 15th-century Scottish church renowned for its intricate stone carvings, rich symbolism, and prominent role in popular conspiracy theories and literature.
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A.
Dunfermline Abbey
Dunfermline Abbey is a historic medieval church and former Benedictine monastery renowned as the burial place of several Scottish kings and queens, including Robert the Bruce.
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B.
Holyrood Abbey
Holyrood Abbey is a ruined medieval Augustinian abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland, historically serving as a royal church closely associated with the Scottish monarchy.
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C.
Cambuskenneth Abbey
Cambuskenneth Abbey is a historic Augustinian monastery near Stirling, Scotland, notable as a royal burial site and an important religious and political center in medieval Scotland.
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D.
Kelso Abbey
Kelso Abbey is a ruined medieval Tironensian monastery in the Scottish Borders, once one of Scotland’s wealthiest and most influential religious houses.
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E.
Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow Cathedral is a medieval Scottish church in Glasgow renowned for its Gothic architecture and status as one of the few mainland Scottish cathedrals to have survived the Reformation largely intact.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
church building
ⓘ
parish church ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic architecture
ⓘ
Late Gothic ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Freemasons
ⓘ
surface form:
Freemasonry
Holy Grail ⓘ
surface form:
Holy Grail legends
Knights Templar legends ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1446 ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 55.855°N 3.160°W ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Apostle Matthew
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Matthew
|
| denomination | Scottish Episcopal Church ⓘ |
| famousFor |
appearance in films
ⓘ
appearance in popular literature ⓘ association with conspiracy theories ⓘ rich symbolism ⓘ |
| foundedBy | William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness ⓘ |
| hasCarving |
biblical scenes
ⓘ
musical angels ⓘ pagan imagery ⓘ plant motifs ⓘ |
| hasInscription | Latin inscriptions ⓘ |
| hasPart |
choir
ⓘ
crypt ⓘ sacristy ⓘ transept ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Category A listed building ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | Scotland ⓘ |
| inception | 15th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Midlothian
ⓘ
Roslin ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| materialUsed | sandstone ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Apprentice Pillar
ⓘ
Green Man carvings ⓘ Masonic symbolism ⓘ intricate stone carvings ⓘ ornate ceiling ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Rosslyn Chapel Trust ⓘ |
| popularCultureReference |
The Da Vinci Code
ⓘ
surface form:
The Da Vinci Code (film)
The Da Vinci Code ⓘ
surface form:
The Da Vinci Code (novel)
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| restoration |
extensive conservation work in late 20th century
ⓘ
roof and stonework conservation in 1990s and 2000s ⓘ |
| use |
concert venue
ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ tourist site ⓘ |
| visitorStatistics | major increase in visitors after 2003 ⓘ |
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: Rosslyn Chapel Description of subject: Rosslyn Chapel is a 15th-century Scottish church renowned for its intricate stone carvings, rich symbolism, and prominent role in popular conspiracy theories and literature.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Midlothian
this entity surface form:
interior of Rosslyn Chapel
this entity surface form:
Rosslyn Chapel (traditionally attributed)