FitzGerald family
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The FitzGerald family is a prominent Anglo-Norman dynasty in Ireland historically known as the Earls of Kildare and Desmond, influential in Irish politics and society from the medieval period onward.
All labels observed (14)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3124627 — 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: FitzGerald family Context triple: [Thomas Foley, familyConnection, FitzGerald family]
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Fitzpatrick dynasty
The Fitzpatrick dynasty is an Irish noble lineage of Gaelic origin that historically ruled the kingdom of Ossory and later became prominent landowners and peers under English and British rule.
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O'Conor family
The O'Conor family is a historic Irish noble lineage traditionally recognized as the ruling dynasty of the medieval Kingdom of Connacht and claimants to the title of High Kings of Ireland.
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de Burgh family
The de Burgh family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty prominent in medieval Ireland and Britain, producing influential lords and royal consorts.
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O'Neill dynasty
The O'Neill dynasty is a prominent Gaelic Irish royal family that historically ruled parts of Ulster and produced many notable military and political leaders.
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Boyle family
The Boyle family is a prominent Anglo-Irish noble dynasty that rose to major political and social influence in Ireland and Britain from the 17th century onward.
- 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: FitzGerald family Target entity description: The FitzGerald family is a prominent Anglo-Norman dynasty in Ireland historically known as the Earls of Kildare and Desmond, influential in Irish politics and society from the medieval period onward.
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A.
Fitzpatrick dynasty
The Fitzpatrick dynasty is an Irish noble lineage of Gaelic origin that historically ruled the kingdom of Ossory and later became prominent landowners and peers under English and British rule.
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B.
O'Conor family
The O'Conor family is a historic Irish noble lineage traditionally recognized as the ruling dynasty of the medieval Kingdom of Connacht and claimants to the title of High Kings of Ireland.
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C.
de Burgh family
The de Burgh family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty prominent in medieval Ireland and Britain, producing influential lords and royal consorts.
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D.
O'Neill dynasty
The O'Neill dynasty is a prominent Gaelic Irish royal family that historically ruled parts of Ulster and produced many notable military and political leaders.
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E.
Boyle family
The Boyle family is a prominent Anglo-Irish noble dynasty that rose to major political and social influence in Ireland and Britain from the 17th century onward.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
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: FitzGerald family Description of subject: The FitzGerald family is a prominent Anglo-Norman dynasty in Ireland historically known as the Earls of Kildare and Desmond, influential in Irish politics and society from the medieval period onward.
Referenced by (52)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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FitzGerald dynasty
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Leinster branch of the FitzGeralds
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FitzGerald arms (argent, a saltire gules)
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House of FitzGerald
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Desmond
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FitzGerald dynasty
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Kildare branch of the FitzGeralds
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Desmond branch of the FitzGeralds
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FitzGerald dynasty
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FitzGerald baronets
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FitzGeralds of Leinster
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FitzGeralds of Munster
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FitzGerald dynasty
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FitzGeralds of Desmond and Kildare
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James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster
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FitzGerald dynasty
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FitzGerald dynasty
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FitzGerald dynasty
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FitzGeralds of Kildare
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FitzGerald dynasty
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FitzGerald dynasty
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Leinster branch of the FitzGerald family
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FitzGerald dynasty
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FitzGerald dynasty
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FitzGerald dynasty
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FitzGeralds of Kildare
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FitzGerald dynasty