William II of Apulia
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William II of Apulia was a 12th-century Norman duke in southern Italy, known as one of the last members of the Hauteville dynasty to rule in the region before its consolidation into the Kingdom of Sicily.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William II of Apulia canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1651718 — 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: William II of Apulia Context triple: [Duchy of Apulia and Calabria, notableRuler, William II of Apulia]
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A.
Roger III, Duke of Apulia
Roger III, Duke of Apulia was a 12th-century Norman nobleman and heir apparent to King Roger II of Sicily, holding the ducal title over Apulia in southern Italy.
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B.
Roger I of Sicily
Roger I of Sicily was an 11th-century Norman noble who conquered and founded the County of Sicily, laying the foundations for Norman rule in southern Italy.
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C.
Robert Guiscard
Robert Guiscard was an 11th-century Norman adventurer and military leader who played a key role in the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founding Norman rule in the region.
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D.
Roger II of Sicily
Roger II of Sicily was a 12th-century Norman king who unified southern Italy and Sicily into a powerful, culturally diverse Mediterranean kingdom.
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E.
Guglielmo Cinque
Guglielmo Cinque is an Italian linguist renowned for his influential work in generative syntax and contributions to the Minimalist Program.
- 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: William II of Apulia Target entity description: William II of Apulia was a 12th-century Norman duke in southern Italy, known as one of the last members of the Hauteville dynasty to rule in the region before its consolidation into the Kingdom of Sicily.
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A.
Roger III, Duke of Apulia
Roger III, Duke of Apulia was a 12th-century Norman nobleman and heir apparent to King Roger II of Sicily, holding the ducal title over Apulia in southern Italy.
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B.
Roger I of Sicily
Roger I of Sicily was an 11th-century Norman noble who conquered and founded the County of Sicily, laying the foundations for Norman rule in southern Italy.
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C.
Robert Guiscard
Robert Guiscard was an 11th-century Norman adventurer and military leader who played a key role in the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founding Norman rule in the region.
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D.
Roger II of Sicily
Roger II of Sicily was a 12th-century Norman king who unified southern Italy and Sicily into a powerful, culturally diverse Mediterranean kingdom.
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E.
Guglielmo Cinque
Guglielmo Cinque is an Italian linguist renowned for his influential work in generative syntax and contributions to the Minimalist Program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norman
ⓘ
duke ⓘ medieval ruler ⓘ member of the Hauteville dynasty ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 12th century ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfRule |
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
ⓘ
surface form:
Duchy of Apulia
|
| dynasty | Hauteville dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Normans ⓘ |
| father | Roger Borsa ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Southern Italy
ⓘ
surface form:
Mezzogiorno
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| languageOfEnvironment |
Italian (vernaculars)
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ Old French ⓘ |
| mother | Adela of Flanders ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Hauteville dynasty
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surface form:
Hauteville family
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| nobleTitle |
Duke of Apulia and Calabria
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surface form:
Duke of Apulia
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| notableFor |
being one of the last Hauteville rulers in mainland southern Italy
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rule preceding consolidation of southern Italy into the Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ |
| partOf | Norman states in Italy ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Norman rule in southern Italy ⓘ |
| predecessorTitleContext |
Duke of Apulia and Calabria
ⓘ
surface form:
Dukes of Apulia
|
| regionOfActivity |
Southern Italy
ⓘ
surface form:
southern Italy
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| relative |
Robert Guiscard
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Roger I of Sicily ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
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| successorState | Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ |
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: William II of Apulia Description of subject: William II of Apulia was a 12th-century Norman duke in southern Italy, known as one of the last members of the Hauteville dynasty to rule in the region before its consolidation into the Kingdom of Sicily.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.