Qyburn
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Qyburn is a disgraced former maester and sinister healer in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, known for his unethical experiments and service to House Lannister.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Qyburn canonical | 3 |
| Qyburn in Game of Thrones | 1 |
| Ser Qyburn | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3313951 — 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: Qyburn Context triple: [A Song of Ice and Fire, hasCharacter, Qyburn]
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A.
Thoros of Myr
Thoros of Myr is a red priest of R'hllor and a hard-drinking warrior known for his fiery sword and role in the Brotherhood Without Banners in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.
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B.
Baelor
"Baelor" is a pivotal and emotionally devastating episode of Game of Thrones’ first season, best known for its shocking execution of a major character and the dramatic turning point it creates in the series.
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C.
Melisandre
Melisandre is a mysterious and powerful red priestess of R'hllor in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, known for her prophetic visions and dangerous shadow magic.
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D.
Anthony Skingsley
Anthony Skingsley was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to high command during the late 20th century, overseeing key aspects of the UK's air defense.
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E.
Varys
Varys is a cunning and enigmatic spymaster in the Game of Thrones universe, known as "the Spider" for his vast network of informants and political manipulation.
- 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: Qyburn Target entity description: Qyburn is a disgraced former maester and sinister healer in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, known for his unethical experiments and service to House Lannister.
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A.
Thoros of Myr
Thoros of Myr is a red priest of R'hllor and a hard-drinking warrior known for his fiery sword and role in the Brotherhood Without Banners in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.
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B.
Baelor
"Baelor" is a pivotal and emotionally devastating episode of Game of Thrones’ first season, best known for its shocking execution of a major character and the dramatic turning point it creates in the series.
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C.
Melisandre
Melisandre is a mysterious and powerful red priestess of R'hllor in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, known for her prophetic visions and dangerous shadow magic.
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D.
Anthony Skingsley
Anthony Skingsley was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to high command during the late 20th century, overseeing key aspects of the UK's air defense.
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E.
Varys
Varys is a cunning and enigmatic spymaster in the Game of Thrones universe, known as "the Spider" for his vast network of informants and political manipulation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alchemist
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fictional character ⓘ healer ⓘ maester ⓘ member of the small council ⓘ torturer ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Cersei Lannister
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House Lannister ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Dance with Dragons
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A Feast for Crows ⓘ A Storm of Swords ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gregor Clegane
ⓘ
Jaime Lannister ⓘ King's Landing ⓘ
surface form:
King’s Landing
Ser Robert Strong ⓘ |
| creator | George R. R. Martin ⓘ |
| education | trained at the Citadel ⓘ |
| expelledBy | Citadel ⓘ |
| expelledFrom |
maesters of the Citadel
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surface form:
order of maesters
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| fictionalUniverse | A Song of Ice and Fire ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | A Clash of Kings ⓘ |
| formerAffiliation | Citadel ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
creation of Ser Robert Strong
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necromantic experimentation ⓘ service to House Lannister ⓘ sinister medical practices ⓘ unethical medical experiments ⓘ |
| loyalty |
primarily to Cersei Lannister
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to his own research ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | amoral ⓘ |
| notableAct |
kept Gregor Clegane alive after poisoning
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presented Ser Robert Strong as Cersei’s champion ⓘ replaced Varys as Master of Whisperers ⓘ |
| occupation |
former maester
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healer ⓘ torturer ⓘ |
| reasonForDisgrace | unethical experiments on living subjects ⓘ |
| servesAs |
Master of Whisperers
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surface form:
Master of Whisperers on the small council
advisor to Cersei Lannister ⓘ |
| specialization |
anatomy
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resuscitation of the near-dead ⓘ vivisection ⓘ |
| status | disgraced ⓘ |
| title |
Lord Regent’s advisor
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Master of Whisperers ⓘ Qyburn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ser Qyburn
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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: Qyburn Description of subject: Qyburn is a disgraced former maester and sinister healer in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, known for his unethical experiments and service to House Lannister.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Qyburn in Game of Thrones