Saint Thomas
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Saint Thomas is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally known for initially doubting the Resurrection and later proclaiming Jesus as "My Lord and my God."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Thomas canonical | 21 |
| Saint Thomas (Santo Tomas) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11161447 — 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: Saint Thomas Context triple: [Thomas the Apostle, title, Saint Thomas]
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A.
Saint Thomas
Saint Thomas is a major Caribbean island known for its bustling port city of Charlotte Amalie, popular beaches, and role as a tourism and commercial hub of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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B.
St. Thomas
St. Thomas is a small city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, known historically as a railway hub and now serving as a regional commercial and service centre.
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C.
Saint Barts
Saint Barts is a small, upscale Caribbean island known for its white-sand beaches, luxury resorts, and French-influenced culture.
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D.
St. Thomas in the East
St. Thomas in the East is a rural parish in southeastern Jamaica known for its coastal landscapes, agricultural communities, and historical significance.
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E.
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands is a major Caribbean island known for its bustling port city of Charlotte Amalie, popular cruise ship harbor, and scenic beaches.
- 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: Saint Thomas Target entity description: Saint Thomas is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally known for initially doubting the Resurrection and later proclaiming Jesus as "My Lord and my God."
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A.
Saint Thomas
Saint Thomas is a major Caribbean island known for its bustling port city of Charlotte Amalie, popular beaches, and role as a tourism and commercial hub of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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B.
St. Thomas
St. Thomas is a small city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, known historically as a railway hub and now serving as a regional commercial and service centre.
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C.
Saint Barts
Saint Barts is a small, upscale Caribbean island known for its white-sand beaches, luxury resorts, and French-influenced culture.
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D.
St. Thomas in the East
St. Thomas in the East is a rural parish in southeastern Jamaica known for its coastal landscapes, agricultural communities, and historical significance.
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E.
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands is a major Caribbean island known for its bustling port city of Charlotte Amalie, popular cruise ship harbor, and scenic beaches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ apostle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Didymus
ⓘ
Doubting Thomas ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Thomas
Thomas the Apostle ⓘ
linked to:
Thomas the apostle
|
| associatedWith |
Saint Thomas Christians
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Thomas Christians
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ⓘ Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
appearance of the risen Christ to the disciples (John 20)
ⓘ
doubting the testimony of the other apostles ⓘ invited by Jesus to touch his wounds ⓘ |
| feastDay |
21 December
ⓘ
3 July ⓘ |
| feastDayInChurch |
3 July (Roman Catholic Church)
ⓘ
6 October (Eastern Orthodox Church, some calendars) ⓘ |
| follows | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
builder's square
ⓘ
spear ⓘ touching the wounds of Christ ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | martyrdom (traditional) ⓘ |
| memberOf | Twelve Apostles ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | twin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
initially doubting the Resurrection of Jesus
ⓘ
proclaiming Jesus as "My Lord and my God" ⓘ |
| occupation |
apostle
ⓘ
missionary ⓘ |
| patronage |
India
ⓘ
architects ⓘ blind people ⓘ judges ⓘ theologians ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| theologicalSignificance |
example of doubt leading to faith
ⓘ
witness to the bodily Resurrection of Jesus ⓘ |
| traditionalMissionField |
China
ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ India ⓘ Parthia ⓘ Persia ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Lutheran Churches ⓘ
linked to:
European Lutheran churches
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Oriental Orthodoxy
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
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: Saint Thomas Description of subject: Saint Thomas is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally known for initially doubting the Resurrection and later proclaiming Jesus as "My Lord and my God."
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Santo Tomas
linked to: Saint Thomas
subject linked to:
church of Santo Tomé in Toledo
subject linked to:
abbey church of St Thomas