Bolesław III the Generous
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Bolesław III the Generous was a 14th-century Piast duke of Legnica and Brzeg known for his lavish spending and political involvement in the fragmented Kingdom of Poland.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bolesław III the Generous canonical | 6 |
| Bolesław III Rozrzutny | 1 |
| Bolesław III of Legnica | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12807466 — 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: Bolesław III the Generous Context triple: [Margaret of Bohemia (1286–1333), spouse, Bolesław III the Generous]
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A.
Bolesław III Wrymouth
Bolesław III Wrymouth was a medieval Polish duke who significantly expanded and consolidated the Polish state but also initiated its later fragmentation through his testament dividing the realm among his sons.
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B.
Bolesław IV the Curly
Bolesław IV the Curly was a 12th-century Polish duke from the Piast dynasty who ruled as High Duke of Poland during the period of regional fragmentation.
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C.
Bolesław II the Generous
Bolesław II the Generous was an 11th-century Piast dynasty ruler known for his ambitious foreign policy, support of church reform, and eventual deposition following his conflict with Bishop Stanislaus of Szczepanów.
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D.
Bolesław II of Masovia
Bolesław II of Masovia was a 13th-century Polish Piast duke who ruled parts of the Masovian region and played a significant role in the fragmented politics of medieval Poland.
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E.
Bolesław II the Bald
Bolesław II the Bald was a 13th-century Duke of Silesia from the Piast dynasty who ruled parts of the fragmented Polish realm following the death of his brother Henry II the Pious.
- 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: Bolesław III the Generous Target entity description: Bolesław III the Generous was a 14th-century Piast duke of Legnica and Brzeg known for his lavish spending and political involvement in the fragmented Kingdom of Poland.
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A.
Bolesław III Wrymouth
Bolesław III Wrymouth was a medieval Polish duke who significantly expanded and consolidated the Polish state but also initiated its later fragmentation through his testament dividing the realm among his sons.
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B.
Bolesław IV the Curly
Bolesław IV the Curly was a 12th-century Polish duke from the Piast dynasty who ruled as High Duke of Poland during the period of regional fragmentation.
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C.
Bolesław II the Generous
Bolesław II the Generous was an 11th-century Piast dynasty ruler known for his ambitious foreign policy, support of church reform, and eventual deposition following his conflict with Bishop Stanislaus of Szczepanów.
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D.
Bolesław II of Masovia
Bolesław II of Masovia was a 13th-century Polish Piast duke who ruled parts of the Masovian region and played a significant role in the fragmented politics of medieval Poland.
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E.
Bolesław II the Bald
Bolesław II the Bald was a 13th-century Duke of Silesia from the Piast dynasty who ruled parts of the fragmented Polish realm following the death of his brother Henry II the Pious.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Duke of Brzeg
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Duke of Legnica ⓘ Piast duke ⓘ Polish noble ⓘ medieval ruler ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bolesław III Rozrzutny
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linked to:
Bolesław III the Generous
Bolesław III of Legnica ⓘ
linked to:
Bolesław III the Generous
|
| associatedWith | Piast fragmentation of Poland ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 14th century ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Poland ⓘ |
| dynasticBranch | Silesian Piasts ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Polish ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| governmentForm | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Silesia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
lavish spending
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political involvement in fragmented Poland ⓘ |
| language | Polish ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Piast dynasty ⓘ |
| nobleRank | duke ⓘ |
| politicalContext | feudal fragmentation of Poland ⓘ |
| realmType | duchy ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Duchy of Brzeg
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Duchy of Legnica ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| spendingStyle | extravagant ⓘ |
| title |
Duke of Brzeg
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Duke of Legnica ⓘ |
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: Bolesław III the Generous Description of subject: Bolesław III the Generous was a 14th-century Piast duke of Legnica and Brzeg known for his lavish spending and political involvement in the fragmented Kingdom of Poland.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bolesław III the Generous
linked to: Bolesław III the Generous