William, Archbishop of Mainz
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William, Archbishop of Mainz, was an illegitimate son of Emperor Otto I who became a powerful 10th-century German churchman and imperial advisor.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William, Archbishop of Mainz canonical | 2 |
| Archbishop William of Mainz | 1 |
| Archbishop Willigis of Mainz | 1 |
| William of Mainz | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2047912 — 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, Archbishop of Mainz Context triple: [Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, child, William, Archbishop of Mainz]
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A.
Hans von Aachen
Hans von Aachen was a late 16th- and early 17th-century German painter renowned for his elegant court portraits, allegorical scenes, and mythological works that exemplify the international style of Northern Mannerism.
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B.
Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim
Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim was an influential 10th–11th century German bishop, statesman, and patron of the arts renowned for commissioning major Ottonian architectural and artistic works.
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C.
Odilo of Cluny
Odilo of Cluny was an influential 10th–11th century Benedictine monk and reforming abbot who helped shape the Cluniac movement and medieval monasticism in Western Europe.
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D.
Bishop William of St-Calais
Bishop William of St-Calais was an influential Norman churchman and statesman of the late 11th century who served as Bishop of Durham and played a key role in consolidating Norman rule in England.
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E.
William of Sens
William of Sens was a 12th-century French master mason and architect renowned for introducing advanced Gothic design to England through his work on the rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral after the 1174 fire.
- 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, Archbishop of Mainz Target entity description: William, Archbishop of Mainz, was an illegitimate son of Emperor Otto I who became a powerful 10th-century German churchman and imperial advisor.
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A.
Hans von Aachen
Hans von Aachen was a late 16th- and early 17th-century German painter renowned for his elegant court portraits, allegorical scenes, and mythological works that exemplify the international style of Northern Mannerism.
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B.
Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim
Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim was an influential 10th–11th century German bishop, statesman, and patron of the arts renowned for commissioning major Ottonian architectural and artistic works.
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C.
Odilo of Cluny
Odilo of Cluny was an influential 10th–11th century Benedictine monk and reforming abbot who helped shape the Cluniac movement and medieval monasticism in Western Europe.
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D.
Bishop William of St-Calais
Bishop William of St-Calais was an influential Norman churchman and statesman of the late 11th century who served as Bishop of Durham and played a key role in consolidating Norman rule in England.
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E.
William of Sens
William of Sens was a 12th-century French master mason and architect renowned for introducing advanced Gothic design to England through his work on the rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral after the 1174 fire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
How these facts were elicited
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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, Archbishop of Mainz Description of subject: William, Archbishop of Mainz, was an illegitimate son of Emperor Otto I who became a powerful 10th-century German churchman and imperial advisor.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
William of Mainz
this entity surface form:
Archbishop William of Mainz
this entity surface form:
Archbishop Willigis of Mainz