de la Pole
E1000208
De la Pole is the surname of a prominent English noble family that rose to power in the 14th and 15th centuries, notably producing influential earls and dukes involved in the Wars of the Roses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| de la Pole canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12754370 — 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: de la Pole Context triple: [John de la Pole, familyName, de la Pole]
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A.
de Requesens
De Requesens is a Spanish noble family name historically associated with prominent military and political figures in the service of the Spanish Crown.
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B.
Papaleo
Papaleo is the Italian surname of legendary American featherweight boxing champion Willie Pep, born Guglielmo Papaleo.
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C.
Laurenti
Laurenti is a surname of Italian origin associated with figures such as the 18th-century naturalist Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti.
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D.
Doria
Doria is an influential Genoese noble family historically prominent in maritime, political, and military affairs of the Republic of Genoa.
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E.
Le Joly
Le Joly was a French ship associated with the 17th-century explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, used during his expeditions in North America.
- 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: de la Pole Target entity description: De la Pole is the surname of a prominent English noble family that rose to power in the 14th and 15th centuries, notably producing influential earls and dukes involved in the Wars of the Roses.
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A.
de Requesens
De Requesens is a Spanish noble family name historically associated with prominent military and political figures in the service of the Spanish Crown.
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B.
Papaleo
Papaleo is the Italian surname of legendary American featherweight boxing champion Willie Pep, born Guglielmo Papaleo.
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C.
Laurenti
Laurenti is a surname of Italian origin associated with figures such as the 18th-century naturalist Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti.
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D.
Doria
Doria is an influential Genoese noble family historically prominent in maritime, political, and military affairs of the Republic of Genoa.
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E.
Le Joly
Le Joly was a French ship associated with the 17th-century explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, used during his expeditions in North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English noble family
ⓘ
noble house ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Hundred Years' War
ⓘ
Reign of Edward IV of England ⓘ Reign of Henry VI of England ⓘ Reign of Henry VII of England ⓘ
linked to:
Tudor England
|
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| familyNameLanguage | French ⓘ |
| familyNameVariant |
De La Pole
ⓘ
de-la-Pole ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk
ⓘ
John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln ⓘ
linked to:
John de la Pole
John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk ⓘ
linked to:
John de la Pole
Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk ⓘ
linked to:
Michael de la Pole
Richard de la Pole ⓘ William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Wars of the Roses ⓘ |
| notableFor |
claims to the English throne through Yorkist descent
ⓘ
involvement in late medieval English politics ⓘ rapid rise to high nobility from merchant origins ⓘ |
| notablePeriod |
14th century
ⓘ
15th century ⓘ |
| notableTitleHeld |
Duke of Suffolk
ⓘ
Earl of Suffolk ⓘ |
| originRegion | England ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Lancastrian faction
ⓘ
linked to:
Lancastrian forces
Yorkist faction ⓘ |
| socialStatus | nobility ⓘ |
| surnameType | toponymic surname ⓘ |
| timeOfProminence | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
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: de la Pole Description of subject: De la Pole is the surname of a prominent English noble family that rose to power in the 14th and 15th centuries, notably producing influential earls and dukes involved in the Wars of the Roses.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.