St Andrews Cathedral
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St Andrews Cathedral is a ruined medieval cathedral in St Andrews, Scotland, that was once the largest and most important church in the country and a major center of pilgrimage.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St Andrews Cathedral canonical | 17 |
| St Andrews Cathedral precinct | 2 |
| Cathedral of St Andrews | 1 |
| St Andrews Cathedral (ruins) | 1 |
| St Andrews Cathedral complex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T621930 — 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 Andrews Cathedral Context triple: [St Andrews, hasLandmark, St Andrews Cathedral]
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A.
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.
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B.
St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh
St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh is a historic Church of Scotland landmark on the Royal Mile, renowned as the High Kirk of Edinburgh and noted for its distinctive crown steeple and rich religious and civic heritage.
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C.
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church Cathedral is a historic medieval Anglican cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, renowned as one of the city’s oldest and most important religious and architectural landmarks.
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D.
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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E.
Old St. Mary’s Cathedral
Old St. Mary’s Cathedral is a historic Catholic church in San Francisco known as one of the city’s oldest surviving religious buildings and a prominent landmark in Chinatown.
- 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 Andrews Cathedral Target entity description: St Andrews Cathedral is a ruined medieval cathedral in St Andrews, Scotland, that was once the largest and most important church in the country and a major center of pilgrimage.
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A.
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.
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B.
St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh
St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh is a historic Church of Scotland landmark on the Royal Mile, renowned as the High Kirk of Edinburgh and noted for its distinctive crown steeple and rich religious and civic heritage.
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C.
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church Cathedral is a historic medieval Anglican cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, renowned as one of the city’s oldest and most important religious and architectural landmarks.
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D.
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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E.
Old St. Mary’s Cathedral
Old St. Mary’s Cathedral is a historic Catholic church in San Francisco known as one of the city’s oldest surviving religious buildings and a prominent landmark in Chinatown.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cathedral
ⓘ
former Roman Catholic cathedral ⓘ medieval building ⓘ ruin ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic architecture
ⓘ
Romanesque architecture ⓘ |
| associatedMonastery | St Andrews Priory ⓘ |
| category | medieval church ruin in Scotland ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1318 ⓘ |
| consecratedIn | 1318 ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1158 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| declineBegan | 16th century ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Andrew ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | storms and neglect ⓘ |
| function |
seat of the medieval Scottish bishops
ⓘ
seat of the medieval archbishops of St Andrews ⓘ |
| governingBody | priory of Augustinian canons ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
east gable
ⓘ
enclosing precinct wall ⓘ graveyard ⓘ west front ⓘ |
| hasStructure | St Rule's Tower ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
North Sea
ⓘ
St Andrews Harbour ⓘ
surface form:
St Andrews harbour
|
| heritageDesignation | Scheduled monument ⓘ |
| length | approximately 119 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fife
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| location | St Andrews ⓘ |
| managedBy | Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ |
| materialsReusedFor | buildings in St Andrews ⓘ |
| near |
North Sea coast
ⓘ
St Andrews Castle ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Crown ⓘ |
| partOf | historic centre of St Andrews ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| roofRemovedIn | late 16th century ⓘ |
| significance |
major medieval pilgrimage destination in Scotland
ⓘ
principal medieval church of Scotland ⓘ |
| status | ruined ⓘ |
| sufferedDamageDuring | Scottish Reformation ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| wasLargestChurchIn | Scotland ⓘ |
| wasMajorPilgrimageCentreFor | relics of Saint Andrew ⓘ |
| width | approximately 50 metres ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Andrews Cathedral Description of subject: St Andrews Cathedral is a ruined medieval cathedral in St Andrews, Scotland, that was once the largest and most important church in the country and a major center of pilgrimage.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
St Andrews Cathedral precinct
this entity surface form:
Cathedral of St Andrews
this entity surface form:
St Andrews Cathedral precinct
this entity surface form:
St Andrews Cathedral (ruins)
subject surface form:
David Beaton
this entity surface form:
St Andrews Cathedral complex