St Mary the Virgin, Black Bourton
E441317
St Mary the Virgin, Black Bourton is a historic Anglican parish church in the village of Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, noted for its medieval architecture and wall paintings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St Mary the Virgin, Black Bourton canonical | 1 |
| St Mary’s Church, Black Bourton | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4473621 — 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 Mary the Virgin, Black Bourton Context triple: [Black Bourton, hasParishChurch, St Mary the Virgin, Black Bourton]
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A.
Holmbury St Mary
Holmbury St Mary is a picturesque village in the Surrey Hills of England, known for its wooded surroundings, outdoor recreation, and proximity to one of the county’s highest points, Holmbury Hill.
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B.
St Mary’s Church
St Mary’s Church is a historic Christian parish church serving the community of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England.
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C.
St Mary’s Parish Church
St Mary’s Parish Church is a prominent Roman Catholic church in Birkirkara, Malta, known for its historic architecture and central role in the town’s religious life.
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D.
Bolton Parish Church
Bolton Parish Church is a historic Anglican church in Bolton, Greater Manchester, noted for its long-standing role as the town’s principal place of worship and local landmark.
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E.
Protaton Church
Protaton Church is a principal medieval Orthodox church on Mount Athos, Greece, renowned for its historic architecture and important Byzantine frescoes.
- 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 Mary the Virgin, Black Bourton Target entity description: St Mary the Virgin, Black Bourton is a historic Anglican parish church in the village of Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, noted for its medieval architecture and wall paintings.
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A.
Holmbury St Mary
Holmbury St Mary is a picturesque village in the Surrey Hills of England, known for its wooded surroundings, outdoor recreation, and proximity to one of the county’s highest points, Holmbury Hill.
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B.
St Mary’s Church
St Mary’s Church is a historic Christian parish church serving the community of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England.
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C.
St Mary’s Parish Church
St Mary’s Parish Church is a prominent Roman Catholic church in Birkirkara, Malta, known for its historic architecture and central role in the town’s religious life.
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D.
Bolton Parish Church
Bolton Parish Church is a historic Anglican church in Bolton, Greater Manchester, noted for its long-standing role as the town’s principal place of worship and local landmark.
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E.
Protaton Church
Protaton Church is a principal medieval Orthodox church on Mount Athos, Greece, renowned for its historic architecture and important Byzantine frescoes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican parish church
ⓘ
Grade I listed building ⓘ |
| administrativeUnit |
Archdeaconry of Dorchester
ⓘ
Deanery of Witney ⓘ Diocese of Oxford ⓘ |
| affiliation | Anglican Communion ⓘ |
| buildingMaterial | stone ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Saint Mary the Virgin
ⓘ
linked to:
Holy Mary
|
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalProvince | Province of Canterbury ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | churchyard ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bellcote
ⓘ
chancel ⓘ medieval wall paintings in the chancel ⓘ medieval wall paintings in the nave ⓘ nave ⓘ south aisle ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Grade I listed
ⓘ
listed building ⓘ |
| heritageRegister |
National Heritage List for England
ⓘ
linked to:
National Heritage List for England entry
|
| knownFor |
medieval architecture
ⓘ
medieval wall paintings ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition |
Anglican
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglicanism (broadly)
|
| locatedIn |
Black Bourton
ⓘ
England ⓘ Oxfordshire ⓘ |
| parish | Black Bourton ⓘ |
| primaryUse | Christian worship ⓘ |
| region | South East England ⓘ |
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: St Mary the Virgin, Black Bourton Description of subject: St Mary the Virgin, Black Bourton is a historic Anglican parish church in the village of Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, noted for its medieval architecture and wall paintings.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: St Mary the Virgin, Black Bourton