Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Beijing
E783988
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing is the oldest Catholic church in the city and a prominent historic Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beijing Xuanwumen Catholic Church | 1 |
| Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Beijing canonical | 1 |
| Xuanwumen Church | 1 |
| Xuanwumen Church (Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9192149 — 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: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Beijing Context triple: [Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, hasMajorShrine, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Beijing]
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A.
People’s Salvation Cathedral
The People’s Salvation Cathedral is a monumental Romanian Orthodox cathedral in Bucharest, conceived as a national symbol and one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world.
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B.
Cathedral of Christ’s Nativity
The Cathedral of Christ’s Nativity is the main Orthodox cathedral and a prominent neoclassical religious landmark in Chișinău, Moldova.
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C.
Drum Tower of Beijing
The Drum Tower of Beijing is a historic landmark in central Beijing that once served as the city’s official timekeeping center, featuring a large drum hall and panoramic views of the surrounding old city.
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D.
Temple of Heaven
The Temple of Heaven is a historic imperial religious complex in Beijing where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors performed annual ceremonies to pray for good harvests.
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E.
Church of the Savior
The Church of the Savior is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Irkutsk, known for its traditional Siberian architecture and significance as one of the city’s oldest stone buildings.
- 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: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Beijing Target entity description: The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing is the oldest Catholic church in the city and a prominent historic Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
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A.
People’s Salvation Cathedral
The People’s Salvation Cathedral is a monumental Romanian Orthodox cathedral in Bucharest, conceived as a national symbol and one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world.
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B.
Cathedral of Christ’s Nativity
The Cathedral of Christ’s Nativity is the main Orthodox cathedral and a prominent neoclassical religious landmark in Chișinău, Moldova.
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C.
Drum Tower of Beijing
The Drum Tower of Beijing is a historic landmark in central Beijing that once served as the city’s official timekeeping center, featuring a large drum hall and panoramic views of the surrounding old city.
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D.
Temple of Heaven
The Temple of Heaven is a historic imperial religious complex in Beijing where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors performed annual ceremonies to pray for good harvests.
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E.
Church of the Savior
The Church of the Savior is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Irkutsk, known for its traditional Siberian architecture and significance as one of the city’s oldest stone buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic cathedral
ⓘ
cathedral ⓘ church building ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Beijing Xuanwumen Catholic Church
ⓘ
South Church ⓘ Xuanwumen Church ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Baroque Revival architecture
ⓘ
Romanesque Revival architecture ⓘ
linked to:
Neo-Romanesque
|
| country | China ⓘ |
| currentBuildingCompletedIn | 1904 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
ⓘ
linked to:
Immaculate Conception
Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| diocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing ⓘ |
| facedDestructionBy |
Boxer Rebellion
ⓘ
earthquakes ⓘ fires ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Matteo Ricci
ⓘ
Nicolas Trigault ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Archdiocese of Beijing
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing
|
| hasFacade | twin-tower western-style facade ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Chinese and Latin inscriptions
ⓘ
large forecourt ⓘ stone statues ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
brick
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stone ⓘ |
| hasParish | Xuanwumen Parish ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 1984 ⓘ |
| isOldestCatholicChurchIn | Beijing ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beijing
ⓘ
Xicheng District ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Xuanwumen subway station
ⓘ
linked to:
Xuanwumen station
|
| originalConstructionEndDate | 1605 ⓘ |
| originalConstructionStartDate | 1605 ⓘ |
| rebuiltIn |
1650
ⓘ
1703 ⓘ 1904 ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| reopenedAfter | Cultural Revolution ⓘ |
| rite | Latin Rite ⓘ |
| significance |
important symbol of early Jesuit presence in China
ⓘ
one of the four historic Catholic churches of Beijing ⓘ |
| status | cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Beijing ⓘ |
| streetAddress | Xuanwumen Nei Dajie ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Catholic liturgy
ⓘ
episcopal ceremonies ⓘ public worship ⓘ |
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: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Beijing Description of subject: The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing is the oldest Catholic church in the city and a prominent historic Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
→
hasMajorShrine
→
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Beijing
ⓘ
linked to: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Beijing
linked to: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Beijing
linked to: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Beijing