William I of Baux
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William I of Baux was a medieval Provençal nobleman and early head of the House of Baux, known for consolidating the family’s power and influence in southern France.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William I of Baux canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3339867 — 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 I of Baux Context triple: [House of Baux, notableMember, William I of Baux]
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A.
Fulk III Nerra
Fulk III Nerra was an influential early 11th-century French nobleman renowned for his military campaigns, extensive castle-building, and role in strengthening the power of Anjou.
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B.
Bertrand I of Baux
Bertrand I of Baux was a medieval Provençal nobleman and early prominent member of the influential House of Baux in southern France.
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C.
Raymond I of Baux
Raymond I of Baux was a 12th-century Provençal nobleman and military leader who significantly expanded the power and influence of the House of Baux in southern France.
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D.
Otto I, Count of Burgundy
Otto I, Count of Burgundy was a 12th-century nobleman of the Hohenstaufen dynasty who ruled the Free County of Burgundy and played a role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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E.
Baldwin of Luxembourg
Baldwin of Luxembourg was a powerful 14th-century German prince-archbishop and statesman who significantly strengthened the political and economic influence of Trier within the Holy Roman Empire.
- 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 I of Baux Target entity description: William I of Baux was a medieval Provençal nobleman and early head of the House of Baux, known for consolidating the family’s power and influence in southern France.
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A.
Fulk III Nerra
Fulk III Nerra was an influential early 11th-century French nobleman renowned for his military campaigns, extensive castle-building, and role in strengthening the power of Anjou.
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B.
Bertrand I of Baux
Bertrand I of Baux was a medieval Provençal nobleman and early prominent member of the influential House of Baux in southern France.
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C.
Raymond I of Baux
Raymond I of Baux was a 12th-century Provençal nobleman and military leader who significantly expanded the power and influence of the House of Baux in southern France.
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D.
Otto I, Count of Burgundy
Otto I, Count of Burgundy was a 12th-century nobleman of the Hohenstaufen dynasty who ruled the Free County of Burgundy and played a role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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E.
Baldwin of Luxembourg
Baldwin of Luxembourg was a powerful 14th-century German prince-archbishop and statesman who significantly strengthened the political and economic influence of Trier within the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Provençal noble
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medieval noble ⓘ member of the House of Baux ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| activityPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| contributedTo | rise of the House of Baux as a regional power ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Provençal ⓘ |
| familySeat | Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| governedTerritory |
domains in southern France
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lands in Provence ⓘ |
| hasDynasticRole | early head of the House of Baux ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | William ⓘ |
| hasRomanization | Guillaume Ier des Baux ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Lord of Baux ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | County of Provence ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Old Occitan (regional context)
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surface form:
Old Occitan
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| nobleFamily | House of Baux ⓘ |
| notableFor |
consolidating the power of the House of Baux in southern France
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expanding the influence of his family in Provence ⓘ |
| partOf | medieval French nobility ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Provence
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southern France ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head of the House of Baux
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lord ⓘ |
| powerBase | Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ |
| region | Provence ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
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 I of Baux Description of subject: William I of Baux was a medieval Provençal nobleman and early head of the House of Baux, known for consolidating the family’s power and influence in southern France.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.