Västerås Cathedral
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Västerås Cathedral is a historic medieval church in Västerås, Sweden, notable as the burial site of King Eric XIV and as a prominent example of Swedish ecclesiastical architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Västerås Cathedral canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11791771 — 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: Västerås Cathedral Context triple: [Eric XIV of Sweden, burialPlace, Västerås Cathedral]
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A.
Strängnäs Cathedral
Strängnäs Cathedral is a historic medieval church in Strängnäs, Sweden, notable as the burial site of King Charles IX and an important center of Swedish ecclesiastical and royal history.
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B.
Uppsala Cathedral
Uppsala Cathedral is a large Gothic-style Lutheran church in Uppsala, Sweden, and one of the most historically significant and tallest cathedrals in Scandinavia.
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C.
Linköping Cathedral
Linköping Cathedral is a prominent medieval Gothic church in Linköping, Sweden, known as one of the country’s largest and best-preserved cathedrals.
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D.
Växjö Cathedral
Växjö Cathedral is a historic Lutheran church in the Swedish city of Växjö, known for its twin spires and role as the seat of the Diocese of Växjö.
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E.
Lund Cathedral
Lund Cathedral is a prominent Romanesque medieval church in Lund, Sweden, known as one of the country's oldest and most historically significant cathedrals.
- 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: Västerås Cathedral Target entity description: Västerås Cathedral is a historic medieval church in Västerås, Sweden, notable as the burial site of King Eric XIV and as a prominent example of Swedish ecclesiastical architecture.
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A.
Strängnäs Cathedral
Strängnäs Cathedral is a historic medieval church in Strängnäs, Sweden, notable as the burial site of King Charles IX and an important center of Swedish ecclesiastical and royal history.
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B.
Uppsala Cathedral
Uppsala Cathedral is a large Gothic-style Lutheran church in Uppsala, Sweden, and one of the most historically significant and tallest cathedrals in Scandinavia.
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C.
Linköping Cathedral
Linköping Cathedral is a prominent medieval Gothic church in Linköping, Sweden, known as one of the country’s largest and best-preserved cathedrals.
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D.
Växjö Cathedral
Växjö Cathedral is a historic Lutheran church in the Swedish city of Växjö, known for its twin spires and role as the seat of the Diocese of Växjö.
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E.
Lund Cathedral
Lund Cathedral is a prominent Romanesque medieval church in Lund, Sweden, known as one of the country's oldest and most historically significant cathedrals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cathedral
ⓘ
church building ⓘ medieval church ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Brick Gothic
NERFINISHED
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Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| burialPlaceOf |
Eric XIV of Sweden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karin Månsdotter NERFINISHED ⓘ members of Swedish nobility ⓘ |
| completionDate | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 59.609°N 16.545°E ⓘ |
| country | Sweden ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saints Peter and Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Church of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of Västerås NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floorPlanType | basilica ⓘ |
| hasArtwork |
altarpiece
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medieval murals ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ |
| hasPart |
baptismal font
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burial chapel ⓘ choir ⓘ church tower ⓘ nave ⓘ organ ⓘ sacristy ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed building in Sweden ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important example of Swedish ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ |
| inception | 13th century ⓘ |
| isCathedralOf | Bishop of Västerås NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Västerås NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Diocese of Västerås
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Västmanland County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| materialUsed | brick ⓘ |
| officialLanguageOfWorship | Swedish ⓘ |
| previousDenomination | Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| roofFeature | steeple ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Swedish Reformation era church reforms
ⓘ
royal funerals ⓘ |
| startDate | c. 1200s ⓘ |
| underwentRestoration |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Christian worship
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concerts ⓘ diocesan ceremonies ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| visitorAttraction | yes ⓘ |
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: Västerås Cathedral Description of subject: Västerås Cathedral is a historic medieval church in Västerås, Sweden, notable as the burial site of King Eric XIV and as a prominent example of Swedish ecclesiastical architecture.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.