St Mary
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St Mary, also known as the Virgin Mary, is a central figure in Christianity revered as the mother of Jesus Christ and honored in numerous churches and cathedrals worldwide.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St Mary canonical | 41 |
| St Mary the Virgin | 12 |
| St. Mary | 7 |
| Saint Mary the Virgin | 3 |
| Saint Mary of Grace | 1 |
| St. Mary the Virgin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T648216 — 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 Mary Context triple: [Lincoln Cathedral, dedicatedTo, St Mary]
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A.
St Mary Woolnoth
St Mary Woolnoth is a prominent early 18th-century Anglican church in the City of London, renowned for its striking Baroque architecture by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
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B.
Christ Church
Christ Church, historically known as Old North Church, is a famous 18th-century Boston church best known as the site where lanterns were hung to signal Paul Revere’s midnight ride during the American Revolution.
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C.
Church of St Martin
The Church of St Martin is a historic Anglican parish church in the village of Bladon, Oxfordshire, best known as the burial place of Sir Winston Churchill and his family.
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D.
Temple Church
Temple Church is a historic 12th-century church in London, originally built by the Knights Templar and renowned for its distinctive round nave and medieval effigies.
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E.
St Edward’s Church
St Edward’s Church is a historic church on the Scottish island of Canna, noted for serving the island’s small community and visitors as a prominent 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: St Mary Target entity description: St Mary, also known as the Virgin Mary, is a central figure in Christianity revered as the mother of Jesus Christ and honored in numerous churches and cathedrals worldwide.
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A.
St Mary Woolnoth
St Mary Woolnoth is a prominent early 18th-century Anglican church in the City of London, renowned for its striking Baroque architecture by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
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B.
Christ Church
Christ Church, historically known as Old North Church, is a famous 18th-century Boston church best known as the site where lanterns were hung to signal Paul Revere’s midnight ride during the American Revolution.
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C.
Church of St Martin
The Church of St Martin is a historic Anglican parish church in the village of Bladon, Oxfordshire, best known as the burial place of Sir Winston Churchill and his family.
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D.
Temple Church
Temple Church is a historic 12th-century church in London, originally built by the Knights Templar and renowned for its distinctive round nave and medieval effigies.
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E.
St Edward’s Church
St Edward’s Church is a historic church on the Scottish island of Canna, noted for serving the island’s small community and visitors as a prominent local landmark.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
Marian figure ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ biblical person ⓘ religious figure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Blessed Virgin Mary
Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Mother of God
Our Lady ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Theotokos
Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Annunciation
ⓘ
Crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ Nativity of Christ ⓘ
surface form:
Nativity of Jesus
Pentecost ⓘ Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple ⓘ
surface form:
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
The Wedding at Cana ⓘ
surface form:
Wedding at Cana
|
| centralBelief |
conceived Jesus miraculously
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is the mother of Jesus Christ ⓘ was a virgin when Jesus was conceived ⓘ |
| doctrineAssociated |
Assumption of Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Assumption of Mary (in Roman Catholic doctrine)
Immaculate Conception ⓘ
surface form:
Immaculate Conception (in Roman Catholic doctrine)
Perpetual Virginity of Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Perpetual Virginity of Mary (in Catholic and Orthodox doctrine)
Virgin Birth of Jesus ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
betrothed to Joseph
ⓘ
mother of Jesus ⓘ wife of Joseph (according to Christian tradition) ⓘ |
| hasFeastDay |
Annunciation
ⓘ
Assumption of Mary ⓘ Immaculate Conception ⓘ Birth of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Nativity of Mary
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God ⓘ |
| honoredBy |
numerous cathedrals worldwide
ⓘ
numerous churches worldwide ⓘ |
| iconography |
often depicted holding the infant Jesus
ⓘ
often depicted wearing blue garments ⓘ often depicted with a halo ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| significance |
central figure in Christian devotion
ⓘ
inspiration for Marian apparitions traditions ⓘ subject of extensive Marian theology ⓘ |
| title |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Mother of God
Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Mother of Jesus
Our Lady of Grace ⓘ Our Lady of Sorrows ⓘ Queen of Heaven ⓘ Star of the Sea ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Theotokos
|
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Churches
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
Some other Protestant traditions ⓘ |
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: St Mary Description of subject: St Mary, also known as the Virgin Mary, is a central figure in Christianity revered as the mother of Jesus Christ and honored in numerous churches and cathedrals worldwide.
Referenced by (65)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
St Mary the Virgin
this entity surface form:
St Mary the Virgin
this entity surface form:
St. Mary
this entity surface form:
St Mary the Virgin
this entity surface form:
St Mary the Virgin
subject surface form:
St Mary's Stadium
this entity surface form:
St. Mary
subject surface form:
St Mary’s Church, North Leigh
this entity surface form:
St Mary the Virgin
this entity surface form:
St Mary the Virgin
this entity surface form:
St. Mary the Virgin
this entity surface form:
St Mary the Virgin
subject surface form:
Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge
this entity surface form:
St Mary the Virgin
this entity surface form:
Saint Mary the Virgin
this entity surface form:
St Mary the Virgin
this entity surface form:
St Mary the Virgin
subject surface form:
Speyer Cathedral
this entity surface form:
St. Mary
this entity surface form:
St. Mary
this entity surface form:
St. Mary
this entity surface form:
St Mary the Virgin
this entity surface form:
St Mary the Virgin
this entity surface form:
St. Mary
this entity surface form:
Saint Mary the Virgin