Lyon Court
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Lyon Court, formally the Court of the Lord Lyon, is Scotland’s heraldic authority and court of law responsible for regulating coats of arms and matters of heraldry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lyon Court canonical | 4 |
| Lyon Court pursuivants | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1676461 — 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: Lyon Court Context triple: [heraldry of the United Kingdom, governedBy, Lyon Court]
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A.
King’s Court
King’s Court is the English term for the medieval royal council and judicial body that advised the monarch and handled important legal and administrative matters.
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B.
Marsh Court
Marsh Court is an early 20th-century English country house in Hampshire, celebrated as a quintessential example of Sir Edwin Lutyens’ Arts and Crafts domestic architecture.
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C.
Fountain Court
Fountain Court is the grand central courtyard of Hampton Court Palace, noted for its elegant Baroque architecture and formal symmetry.
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D.
Ochre Court
Ochre Court is a grand Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, renowned for its elaborate French chateau–style architecture and role as a symbol of America’s turn-of-the-century opulence.
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E.
Garden Court
Garden Court is a historic residential neighborhood in West Philadelphia known for its early 20th-century apartment buildings and tree-lined streets.
- 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: Lyon Court Target entity description: Lyon Court, formally the Court of the Lord Lyon, is Scotland’s heraldic authority and court of law responsible for regulating coats of arms and matters of heraldry.
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A.
King’s Court
King’s Court is the English term for the medieval royal council and judicial body that advised the monarch and handled important legal and administrative matters.
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B.
Marsh Court
Marsh Court is an early 20th-century English country house in Hampshire, celebrated as a quintessential example of Sir Edwin Lutyens’ Arts and Crafts domestic architecture.
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C.
Fountain Court
Fountain Court is the grand central courtyard of Hampton Court Palace, noted for its elegant Baroque architecture and formal symmetry.
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D.
Ochre Court
Ochre Court is a grand Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, renowned for its elaborate French chateau–style architecture and role as a symbol of America’s turn-of-the-century opulence.
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E.
Garden Court
Garden Court is a historic residential neighborhood in West Philadelphia known for its early 20th-century apartment buildings and tree-lined streets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish public body
ⓘ
court of law ⓘ heraldic authority ⓘ |
| appliesLaw |
Lyon King of Arms Act 1672
ⓘ
Lyon King of Arms Act 1672 ⓘ
surface form:
Lyon King of Arms Act 1867
Scottish heraldic law ⓘ |
| appliesTo | persons and bodies in Scotland using arms ⓘ |
| archives | public register of all arms and bearings in Scotland ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| emblem |
Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland
ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish royal arms (as used by the Lord Lyon)
|
| enforces | exclusive right to arms granted by the Crown in Scotland ⓘ |
| field |
genealogy
ⓘ
heraldry ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionType |
civil jurisdiction
ⓘ
criminal jurisdiction ⓘ |
| hasOfficial |
Lord Lyon King of Arms (in heraldic aspects)
ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Lyon King of Arms
|
| hasPower |
confirm coats of arms
ⓘ
determine right to arms ⓘ enforce heraldic law ⓘ grant coats of arms ⓘ matriculate arms ⓘ order destruction of unlawfully borne arms ⓘ |
| hasType |
court of record
ⓘ
specialist court ⓘ |
| headedBy |
Lord Lyon King of Arms (in heraldic aspects)
ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Lyon King of Arms
|
| hearsCasesOn |
disputes over right to arms
ⓘ
matters of precedence and dignity related to arms ⓘ unlawful use of arms ⓘ |
| historicalConnection |
Scottish crown
ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish Crown
|
| isPartOf | Scottish legal system ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Scotland ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalAuthorityOver | Scottish heraldry ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
Scots law (to a limited extent)
ⓘ
surface form:
Scots law
|
| locatedIn | Edinburgh ⓘ |
| maintains | Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland ⓘ |
| officialName | Court of the Lord Lyon ⓘ |
| oversees |
Scottish clan chiefs recognition
ⓘ
Scottish clan heraldry ⓘ |
| regionServed | Scotland ⓘ |
| regulates |
coats of arms
ⓘ
heraldry ⓘ |
| shortName | Lyon Court self-link ⓘ |
| subjectToAppeal |
Court of Session (in peerage matters)
ⓘ
surface form:
Court of Session (in certain matters)
|
| subordinateTo | Scottish Government ⓘ |
| usesTitle | Lord Lyon King of Arms for its presiding judge ⓘ |
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: Lyon Court Description of subject: Lyon Court, formally the Court of the Lord Lyon, is Scotland’s heraldic authority and court of law responsible for regulating coats of arms and matters of heraldry.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lyon Court pursuivants