Sir William Percy
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Sir William Percy was an English nobleman of the influential Percy family, younger brother of Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, and a member of the late medieval northern aristocracy.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sir William Percy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21682732 — 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: Sir William Percy Context triple: [Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, sibling, Sir William Percy]
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A.
Sir Percy Blakeney
Sir Percy Blakeney is the foppish English aristocrat who secretly leads the daring rescues of the Scarlet Pimpernel during the French Revolution in Baroness Orczy’s classic adventure novels.
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B.
Sir William Brereton
Sir William Brereton was a prominent English Parliamentarian commander and politician during the English Civil War, noted for his leadership in Cheshire and the northwest.
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C.
Earl Percy
Earl Percy is a courtesy title traditionally borne by the heir apparent to the Dukedom of Northumberland in the British peerage.
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D.
Sir John Grey of Groby
Sir John Grey of Groby was a 15th-century English nobleman and Lancastrian knight whose death in battle left his widow, Elizabeth Woodville, free to marry King Edward IV, thereby significantly influencing the politics of the Wars of the Roses.
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E.
Hugh Percy
Hugh Percy was a British Army officer and nobleman best known for his leadership during key early battles of the American Revolutionary War.
- 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: Sir William Percy Target entity description: Sir William Percy was an English nobleman of the influential Percy family, younger brother of Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, and a member of the late medieval northern aristocracy.
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A.
Sir Percy Blakeney
Sir Percy Blakeney is the foppish English aristocrat who secretly leads the daring rescues of the Scarlet Pimpernel during the French Revolution in Baroness Orczy’s classic adventure novels.
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B.
Sir William Brereton
Sir William Brereton was a prominent English Parliamentarian commander and politician during the English Civil War, noted for his leadership in Cheshire and the northwest.
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C.
Earl Percy
Earl Percy is a courtesy title traditionally borne by the heir apparent to the Dukedom of Northumberland in the British peerage.
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D.
Sir John Grey of Groby
Sir John Grey of Groby was a 15th-century English nobleman and Lancastrian knight whose death in battle left his widow, Elizabeth Woodville, free to marry King Edward IV, thereby significantly influencing the politics of the Wars of the Roses.
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E.
Hugh Percy
Hugh Percy was a British Army officer and nobleman best known for his leadership during key early battles of the American Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.