St Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth
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St Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth is a 19th-century Scottish Episcopal cathedral known for its Gothic Revival architecture and role as the mother church of the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St Ninian’s Cathedral | 1 |
| St Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T808208 — 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 Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth Context triple: [Perth, hasReligiousBuilding, St Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth]
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A.
St Andrews Cathedral
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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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.
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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D.
Forfar Parish Church
Forfar Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving as a prominent religious and architectural landmark in the town of Forfar, Angus, Scotland.
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E.
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.
- 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 Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth Target entity description: St Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth is a 19th-century Scottish Episcopal cathedral known for its Gothic Revival architecture and role as the mother church of the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.
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A.
St Andrews Cathedral
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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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.
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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D.
Forfar Parish Church
Forfar Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving as a prominent religious and architectural landmark in the town of Forfar, Angus, Scotland.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish Episcopal cathedral
ⓘ
cathedral ⓘ church building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic Revival
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Gothic Revival architecture ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| buildingType | cathedral church ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 19th century ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Ninian ⓘ |
| denomination | Scottish Episcopal Church ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| function | seat of the Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| hasBuildingMaterial | stone ⓘ |
| hasClergyType |
bishop
ⓘ
deacons ⓘ priests ⓘ |
| hasDenominationType | Episcopal ⓘ |
| hasDiocesanFunction | cathedral church of the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane ⓘ |
| hasEcclesiasticalStatus | cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Gothic arches
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buttresses ⓘ chancel ⓘ nave ⓘ pointed windows ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ tower ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Category A listed building ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition | Anglican liturgy ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Perth
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Perth, Scotland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeArea | Perth and Kinross ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
central Scotland
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surface form:
Central Scotland
|
| namedAfter | Saint Ninian ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOfWorship | English ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | none ⓘ |
| religiousProvince | Scottish Episcopal Church ⓘ |
| role | mother church of the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Anglican services
ⓘ
Christian worship ⓘ diocesan ceremonies ⓘ |
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 Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth Description of subject: St Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth is a 19th-century Scottish Episcopal cathedral known for its Gothic Revival architecture and role as the mother church of the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
St Ninian’s Cathedral