Alan fitz Flaad
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Alan fitz Flaad was an 11th–12th century Breton knight who became a prominent Anglo-Norman landholder in England and progenitor of the powerful FitzAlan family, later Earls of Arundel.
All labels observed (1)
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| Alan fitz Flaad canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17179656 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan fitz Flaad Context triple: [House of Fitzalan, founder, Alan fitz Flaad]
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A.
Louis Fitzhenry
Louis Fitzhenry was an American lawyer, politician, and federal judge who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois and later on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
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B.
John of Lorne
John of Lorne was a Scottish nobleman of the MacDougall family who opposed Robert the Bruce during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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C.
Alan fitz Walter
Alan fitz Walter was a 12th-century Scottish nobleman who served as High Steward of Scotland and played a key role in consolidating the power of the Stewart family.
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D.
Reginald de St. Leon
Reginald de St. Leon is the central character of William Godwin’s 1799 novel "St. Leon," a nobleman whose life is transformed and ultimately burdened by the secret of immortality and limitless wealth.
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E.
Hugh Beringar
Hugh Beringar is a shrewd, loyal deputy sheriff and close ally of Brother Cadfael in Ellis Peters’ medieval mystery series "The Cadfael Chronicles."
- 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: Alan fitz Flaad Target entity description: Alan fitz Flaad was an 11th–12th century Breton knight who became a prominent Anglo-Norman landholder in England and progenitor of the powerful FitzAlan family, later Earls of Arundel.
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A.
Louis Fitzhenry
Louis Fitzhenry was an American lawyer, politician, and federal judge who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois and later on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
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B.
John of Lorne
John of Lorne was a Scottish nobleman of the MacDougall family who opposed Robert the Bruce during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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C.
Alan fitz Walter
Alan fitz Walter was a 12th-century Scottish nobleman who served as High Steward of Scotland and played a key role in consolidating the power of the Stewart family.
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D.
Reginald de St. Leon
Reginald de St. Leon is the central character of William Godwin’s 1799 novel "St. Leon," a nobleman whose life is transformed and ultimately burdened by the secret of immortality and limitless wealth.
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E.
Hugh Beringar
Hugh Beringar is a shrewd, loyal deputy sheriff and close ally of Brother Cadfael in Ellis Peters’ medieval mystery series "The Cadfael Chronicles."
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.