Allan-a-Dale

E352395

fictional character legendary figure member of Robin Hood's Merry Men minstrel

Allan-a-Dale is a legendary minstrel and member of Robin Hood’s band of Merry Men in English folklore.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Alan-a-Dale	2
Alan-a-Dale story arc	1
Allan-a-Dail	1
Allan-a-Dale canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3378853 — 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: Allan-a-Dale
Context triple: [Alan-a-Dale, nameVariant, Allan-a-Dale]

A. Baldwyn
Baldwyn is a masculine given name and surname of Old Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and leadership.
B. Argall
Argall is a historical novel by William T. Vollmann that reimagines the early English colonization of America and the story of Captain John Smith and Pocahontas in a dense, baroque narrative style.
C. Rahere
Rahere was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman courtier and cleric best known for establishing St Bartholomew's Priory and Hospital in London.
D. Llaillay
Llaillay is a Chilean town and commune in the Valparaíso Region, known for its agricultural activity and location in the Aconcagua Valley.
E. Bladon
Bladon is a village in Oxfordshire, England, best known as the burial place of Sir Winston Churchill.
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: Allan-a-Dale
Target entity description: Allan-a-Dale is a legendary minstrel and member of Robin Hood’s band of Merry Men in English folklore.

A. Baldwyn
Baldwyn is a masculine given name and surname of Old Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and leadership.
B. Argall
Argall is a historical novel by William T. Vollmann that reimagines the early English colonization of America and the story of Captain John Smith and Pocahontas in a dense, baroque narrative style.
C. Rahere
Rahere was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman courtier and cleric best known for establishing St Bartholomew's Priory and Hospital in London.
D. Llaillay
Llaillay is a Chilean town and commune in the Valparaíso Region, known for its agricultural activity and location in the Aconcagua Valley.
E. Bladon
Bladon is a village in Oxfordshire, England, best known as the burial place of Sir Winston Churchill.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ legendary figure ⓘ member of Robin Hood's Merry Men ⓘ minstrel ⓘ
alignment	heroic ⓘ
appearsIn	Robin Hood ⓘ surface form: Robin Hood legends
associatedWith	Little John ⓘ Maid Marian ⓘ Robin Hood ⓘ Sherwood Forest ⓘ
basedIn	medieval England ⓘ
category	Characters in Robin Hood ⓘ Fictional musicians ⓘ Folklore characters ⓘ Legendary English people ⓘ
characterRole	supporting character ⓘ
characterType	romantic hero ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Robin Hood ⓘ
firstAttestedIn	traditional Robin Hood ballads ⓘ
genre	English folklore ⓘ
hasAlias	Allan-a-Dale self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alan-a-Dale Allen-a-Dale ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	English ⓘ
maritalStatus	married in some versions of the legend ⓘ
medium	ballad ⓘ folktale ⓘ literature ⓘ
memberOf	Merry Men ⓘ
moralAlignment	champion of the poor ⓘ
narrativeFunction	ballad narrator ⓘ comic relief ⓘ
nationality	English ⓘ
notableFor	loyalty to Robin Hood ⓘ musical talent ⓘ
occupation	minstrel ⓘ outlaw ⓘ
skill	playing the lute ⓘ singing ⓘ storytelling ⓘ
theme	love ⓘ outlaw justice ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alan-a-Dale → nameVariant → Allan-a-Dale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allan-a-Dail

Ellen (in some versions) → spouseOrPartner → Allan-a-Dale ⓘ

subject surface form: Ellen

this entity surface form: Alan-a-Dale

Ellen (in some versions) → partOf → Allan-a-Dale ⓘ

subject surface form: Ellen

this entity surface form: Alan-a-Dale story arc

Allan-a-Dale → hasAlias → Allan-a-Dale self-linksurface differs ⓘ