Santa Maria alla Scala
E103894
Santa Maria alla Scala was a church in Milan whose name and location gave rise to the title of the world-famous opera house La Scala.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Santa Maria alla Scala canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T824621 — 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: Santa Maria alla Scala Context triple: [La Scala, namedAfter, Santa Maria alla Scala]
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A.
Sant’Andrea al Quirinale
Sant’Andrea al Quirinale is a Baroque Roman Catholic church in Rome renowned for its elegant oval plan, rich interior decoration, and status as one of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s architectural masterpieces.
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B.
Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace
The Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace is a renowned Renaissance cloister in Rome, celebrated for its harmonious architectural design by Donato Bramante.
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C.
Medici Chapel
The Medici Chapel is a richly decorated funerary chapel in Florence, Italy, renowned for Michelangelo’s sculptural and architectural masterpieces created for the powerful Medici family.
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D.
Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
The Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers is a renowned Baroque pilgrimage church in Bavaria, Germany, dedicated to the Fourteen Holy Helpers and noted for its elaborate architecture and religious significance.
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E.
Casina Pio IV
Casina Pio IV is a 16th-century Renaissance villa and garden complex within Vatican City that serves as a key venue for papal and academic gatherings.
- 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: Santa Maria alla Scala Target entity description: Santa Maria alla Scala was a church in Milan whose name and location gave rise to the title of the world-famous opera house La Scala.
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A.
Sant’Andrea al Quirinale
Sant’Andrea al Quirinale is a Baroque Roman Catholic church in Rome renowned for its elegant oval plan, rich interior decoration, and status as one of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s architectural masterpieces.
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B.
Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace
The Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace is a renowned Renaissance cloister in Rome, celebrated for its harmonious architectural design by Donato Bramante.
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C.
Medici Chapel
The Medici Chapel is a richly decorated funerary chapel in Florence, Italy, renowned for Michelangelo’s sculptural and architectural masterpieces created for the powerful Medici family.
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D.
Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
The Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers is a renowned Baroque pilgrimage church in Bavaria, Germany, dedicated to the Fourteen Holy Helpers and noted for its elaborate architecture and religious significance.
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E.
Casina Pio IV
Casina Pio IV is a 16th-century Renaissance villa and garden complex within Vatican City that serves as a key venue for papal and academic gatherings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic church
ⓘ
former church ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | medieval church architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Teatro alla Scala
ⓘ
linked to:
La Scala
|
| city | Milan ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| demolishedForConstructionOf |
La Scala opera house
ⓘ
linked to:
La Scala
Teatro alla Scala ⓘ
linked to:
La Scala
|
| demolishedIn |
1770s
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ |
| denomination |
Latin Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin Church worldwide
|
| diocese |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan
ⓘ
linked to:
Archdiocese of Milan
|
| function | parish church ⓘ |
| gaveNameTo |
La Scala opera house
ⓘ
linked to:
La Scala
Teatro alla Scala ⓘ
linked to:
La Scala
|
| hasHeritage | cultural heritage of Milan ⓘ |
| hasNameInEnglish | Saint Mary of the Stair ⓘ |
| influenced | toponymy of La Scala ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lombardy
ⓘ
Milan ⓘ historic center of Milan ⓘ |
| locationInspiredNameOf |
Teatro alla Scala
ⓘ
linked to:
La Scala
|
| namedAfter | Saint Mary ⓘ |
| namedAfterFamily | della Scala family ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| status | no longer extant ⓘ |
| usedFor | Catholic 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: Santa Maria alla Scala Description of subject: Santa Maria alla Scala was a church in Milan whose name and location gave rise to the title of the world-famous opera house La Scala.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.