Mary’s Well
E26794
Mary’s Well is a historic spring and pilgrimage site in Nazareth traditionally associated with the Virgin Mary and the Annunciation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary’s Well canonical | 3 |
| Mary’s Well area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T207204 — 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: Mary’s Well Context triple: [Nazareth, hasSite, Mary’s Well]
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A.
Virtuous Well
Virtuous Well is a historic holy well near Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales, traditionally associated with healing properties and local legend.
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B.
Nanny Hagen Brook
Nanny Hagen Brook is a small tributary stream of the Croton River in New York, contributing to the region’s watershed and local hydrology.
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C.
Chalybeate Spring
Chalybeate Spring is a historic iron-rich mineral spring in Royal Tunbridge Wells, England, long famed for its supposedly health-giving waters and role in the town’s development as a spa resort.
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D.
Lovers Leap
Lovers Leap is a scenic bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in Hannibal, Missouri, known for its dramatic views and associated Native American legend.
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E.
Sibyl Rock
Sibyl Rock is a notable rock formation at the ancient sanctuary of Delphi in Greece, traditionally associated with the prophetic utterances of the Sibyl.
- 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: Mary’s Well Target entity description: Mary’s Well is a historic spring and pilgrimage site in Nazareth traditionally associated with the Virgin Mary and the Annunciation.
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A.
Virtuous Well
Virtuous Well is a historic holy well near Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales, traditionally associated with healing properties and local legend.
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B.
Nanny Hagen Brook
Nanny Hagen Brook is a small tributary stream of the Croton River in New York, contributing to the region’s watershed and local hydrology.
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C.
Chalybeate Spring
Chalybeate Spring is a historic iron-rich mineral spring in Royal Tunbridge Wells, England, long famed for its supposedly health-giving waters and role in the town’s development as a spa resort.
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D.
Lovers Leap
Lovers Leap is a scenic bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in Hannibal, Missouri, known for its dramatic views and associated Native American legend.
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E.
Sibyl Rock
Sibyl Rock is a notable rock formation at the ancient sanctuary of Delphi in Greece, traditionally associated with the prophetic utterances of the Sibyl.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian holy site
ⓘ
historic spring ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ain il-‘Adhra (Spring of the Virgin)
ⓘ
linked to:
Our Lady of Nazareth
The Virgin’s Fountain ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalFeature |
public square around the well
ⓘ
stone fountain structure ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
site of Marian devotion
ⓘ
symbol of Nazareth ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
Christian pilgrimage tradition
ⓘ
local Arab Christian tradition ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEra |
Byzantine-era veneration
ⓘ
Ottoman period use ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasNearbyReligiousCommunity | Arab Christian community of Nazareth ⓘ |
| hasNearbyStructure |
public fountain
ⓘ
underground spring chamber ⓘ |
| hasPilgrimageSeason | Christian feast days related to Mary ⓘ |
| hasRenovation |
20th-century restoration
ⓘ
21st-century restoration ⓘ |
| hasWaterSourceType | spring ⓘ |
| isNear |
Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation
ⓘ
center of Nazareth ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Christian sites in the Holy Land
ⓘ
Marian shrines and sites ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
Christian pilgrimage guides
ⓘ
archaeological and historical studies ⓘ |
| isTouristAttractionOf |
Galilee
ⓘ
Nazareth ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galilee
ⓘ
Nazareth ⓘ Northern District, Israel ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| traditionallyAssociatedWith |
Annunciation
ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| traditionClaimsThat |
Virgin Mary drew water there
ⓘ
the Annunciation occurred nearby ⓘ |
| usedBy | local residents of Nazareth ⓘ |
| usedHistoricallyFor |
domestic water supply
ⓘ
drawing drinking water ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Christian pilgrims
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
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: Mary’s Well Description of subject: Mary’s Well is a historic spring and pilgrimage site in Nazareth traditionally associated with the Virgin Mary and the Annunciation.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mary’s Well