Saint James
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Saint James is a prominent New Testament apostle of Jesus, traditionally identified as one of his closest disciples and an early leader of the Christian church.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint James canonical | 36 |
| Santiago (Saint James the Greater) | 1 |
| Santiago (Saint James) | 1 |
| St James | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2134582 — 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 James Context triple: [Giacomo, associatedBiblicalFigure, Saint James]
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A.
Great St. James
Great St. James is a privately owned island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, known for its scenic beaches and proximity to St. Thomas.
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B.
Saint Giles
Saint Giles is a Christian hermit and abbot venerated as a major medieval saint, especially known as the patron of Edinburgh and of people with disabilities.
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C.
Saint Philip
Saint Philip is a Christian apostle and saint traditionally venerated as one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ.
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D.
Saint Mary
Saint Mary is a central figure in Christianity, revered as the mother of Jesus Christ and honored as a model of faith and purity in numerous traditions and churches worldwide.
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E.
St Martin
St Martin is a Christian saint, traditionally known as Martin of Tours, venerated for his humility and charity, particularly his legendary act of sharing his cloak with a beggar.
- 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 James Target entity description: Saint James is a prominent New Testament apostle of Jesus, traditionally identified as one of his closest disciples and an early leader of the Christian church.
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A.
Great St. James
Great St. James is a privately owned island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, known for its scenic beaches and proximity to St. Thomas.
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B.
Saint Giles
Saint Giles is a Christian hermit and abbot venerated as a major medieval saint, especially known as the patron of Edinburgh and of people with disabilities.
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C.
Saint Philip
Saint Philip is a Christian apostle and saint traditionally venerated as one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ.
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D.
Saint Mary
Saint Mary is a central figure in Christianity, revered as the mother of Jesus Christ and honored as a model of faith and purity in numerous traditions and churches worldwide.
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E.
St Martin
St Martin is a Christian saint, traditionally known as Martin of Tours, venerated for his humility and charity, particularly his legendary act of sharing his cloak with a beggar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
New Testament figure ⓘ apostle ⓘ |
| associatedWith | early Christian church in the first century ⓘ |
| describedAs |
one of the closest disciples of Jesus
ⓘ
prominent New Testament apostle ⓘ |
| followerOf | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| hasFeastDayInChristianity | celebrated on various feast days depending on tradition ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | James ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Giacomo (Italian)
ⓘ
linked to:
Giacomo
Iago (Galician) ⓘ
linked to:
Galician Iago
Jacques (French) ⓘ
linked to:
Jacques
Santiago (Spanish) ⓘ
linked to:
Santiago
Yaʿqov (Hebrew form of name) ⓘ
linked to:
יעקב
|
| isPartOf | Twelve Apostles ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospels
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ |
| positionHeld | apostle of Jesus ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| role |
disciple of Jesus
ⓘ
early Christian leader ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Lutheran Church ⓘ
linked to:
Lutheranism
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Oriental Orthodoxy
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: Saint James Description of subject: Saint James is a prominent New Testament apostle of Jesus, traditionally identified as one of his closest disciples and an early leader of the Christian church.
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Saint James
linked to: Saint James
subject linked to:
Igreja de Santiago
subject linked to:
Church of St James
subject linked to:
derived from Santiago via Sant Yago
subject linked to:
derived from Santiago via Sant Yago
subject linked to:
derived from Santiago via Sant Yago
subject linked to:
derived from Santiago via Sant Yago
subject linked to:
derived from Santiago via Sant Yago
linked to: Saint James
subject linked to:
Santiago (in Galician usage context)
subject linked to:
Santiago (in Galician usage context)
subject linked to:
Saint-Jacques church