Worshipful Company of Skinners
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The Worshipful Company of Skinners is one of the Great Twelve livery companies of the City of London, historically associated with the fur trade and now focused on charitable, educational, and civic activities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Worshipful Company of Skinners canonical | 6 |
| Skinners' Company | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10145809 — 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: Worshipful Company of Skinners Context triple: [Livery companies of the City of London, hasPart, Worshipful Company of Skinners]
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A.
Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers is one of the ancient Great Twelve livery companies of the City of London, historically responsible for regulating the fish trade and still active in charitable and ceremonial roles.
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B.
Worshipful Company of Drapers
The Worshipful Company of Drapers is one of the historic Great Twelve livery companies of the City of London, originally representing the drapery and woollen cloth trade and now functioning primarily as a charitable and ceremonial institution.
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C.
Worshipful Company of Grocers
The Worshipful Company of Grocers is one of the historic Great Twelve livery companies of the City of London, originally representing merchants in the spice and grocery trade and now functioning as a charitable and ceremonial institution.
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D.
The Worshipful Company of Mercers
The Worshipful Company of Mercers is the premier livery company of the City of London, historically associated with the trade in fine textiles and now a major charitable and educational foundation.
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E.
Worshipful Company of Butchers
The Worshipful Company of Butchers is one of the ancient livery companies of the City of London, historically representing and regulating the butchery trade and now active in charitable and ceremonial roles.
- 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: Worshipful Company of Skinners Target entity description: The Worshipful Company of Skinners is one of the Great Twelve livery companies of the City of London, historically associated with the fur trade and now focused on charitable, educational, and civic activities.
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A.
Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers is one of the ancient Great Twelve livery companies of the City of London, historically responsible for regulating the fish trade and still active in charitable and ceremonial roles.
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B.
Worshipful Company of Drapers
The Worshipful Company of Drapers is one of the historic Great Twelve livery companies of the City of London, originally representing the drapery and woollen cloth trade and now functioning primarily as a charitable and ceremonial institution.
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C.
Worshipful Company of Grocers
The Worshipful Company of Grocers is one of the historic Great Twelve livery companies of the City of London, originally representing merchants in the spice and grocery trade and now functioning as a charitable and ceremonial institution.
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D.
The Worshipful Company of Mercers
The Worshipful Company of Mercers is the premier livery company of the City of London, historically associated with the trade in fine textiles and now a major charitable and educational foundation.
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E.
Worshipful Company of Butchers
The Worshipful Company of Butchers is one of the ancient livery companies of the City of London, historically representing and regulating the butchery trade and now active in charitable and ceremonial roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
charitable organization
ⓘ
livery company ⓘ |
| activity |
charitable activities
ⓘ
civic activities ⓘ educational activities ⓘ |
| associatedWith | City of London governance ⓘ |
| charitableFocus |
community support
ⓘ
education ⓘ relief of need ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| engagesIn |
educational endowment management
ⓘ
grant-making ⓘ support of charitable institutions ⓘ |
| governedBy | Court of Assistants ⓘ |
| hasEmblem | coat of arms ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | medieval trade guild ⓘ |
| hasMembers |
freemen
ⓘ
liverymen ⓘ |
| hasOfficer | Wardens ⓘ |
| hasPrivileges | civic precedence in the City of London ⓘ |
| hasType |
guild
ⓘ
learned society ⓘ |
| headedBy | Master ⓘ |
| historicalAssociation |
fur trade
ⓘ
skins and furs ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | City of London ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
City of London
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| originalFunction |
protection of trade standards
ⓘ
regulation of the fur trade ⓘ training of apprentices ⓘ |
| participatesIn | civic ceremonies in the City of London ⓘ |
| rankWithinLiveryCompanies | one of the Great Twelve ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Christian tradition (Church of England civic context) ⓘ |
| role |
City of London livery company
ⓘ
linked to:
Livery companies of the City of London
|
| sector | non-profit ⓘ |
| shiftedFocusTo |
civic service
ⓘ
education ⓘ philanthropy ⓘ |
| supports |
scholarships
ⓘ
schools ⓘ students ⓘ |
| tradition | livery company customs ⓘ |
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: Worshipful Company of Skinners Description of subject: The Worshipful Company of Skinners is one of the Great Twelve livery companies of the City of London, historically associated with the fur trade and now focused on charitable, educational, and civic activities.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Worshipful Company of Skinners
linked to: Worshipful Company of Skinners