Alexander of Lincoln
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Alexander of Lincoln was a 12th-century English bishop noted for his administrative skill, patronage of architecture, and influential role in both church and royal government during the reigns of Henry I and Stephen.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander of Lincoln canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3396097 — 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: Alexander of Lincoln Context triple: [Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, knownAs, Alexander of Lincoln]
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A.
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan—known as the "Wolf of Badenoch"—was a notoriously lawless 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II, infamous for his brutal raids and destruction in the Highlands.
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B.
Edward Byllynge
Edward Byllynge was a 17th-century English Quaker and colonial proprietor who played a key role in the early settlement and governance of what became New Jersey.
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C.
Richard I of Beaumont
Richard I of Beaumont was a medieval French nobleman and lord of Beaumont, known as the father of Ermengarde de Beaumont, who became Queen of Scotland.
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D.
John of Cornwall
John of Cornwall was a 13th-century English nobleman, the son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, and a member of the Plantagenet royal family.
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E.
Alexander Dane
Alexander Dane is a classically trained, somewhat embittered British actor character from the sci-fi comedy film "Galaxy Quest," known for his alien role and catchphrase that he grows to embrace.
- 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: Alexander of Lincoln Target entity description: Alexander of Lincoln was a 12th-century English bishop noted for his administrative skill, patronage of architecture, and influential role in both church and royal government during the reigns of Henry I and Stephen.
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A.
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan—known as the "Wolf of Badenoch"—was a notoriously lawless 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II, infamous for his brutal raids and destruction in the Highlands.
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B.
Edward Byllynge
Edward Byllynge was a 17th-century English Quaker and colonial proprietor who played a key role in the early settlement and governance of what became New Jersey.
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C.
Richard I of Beaumont
Richard I of Beaumont was a medieval French nobleman and lord of Beaumont, known as the father of Ermengarde de Beaumont, who became Queen of Scotland.
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D.
John of Cornwall
John of Cornwall was a 13th-century English nobleman, the son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, and a member of the Plantagenet royal family.
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E.
Alexander Dane
Alexander Dane is a classically trained, somewhat embittered British actor character from the sci-fi comedy film "Galaxy Quest," known for his alien role and catchphrase that he grows to embrace.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
12th-century English bishop
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Roman Catholic bishop ⓘ bishop ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Henry I of England ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 12th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of Lincoln ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
church administration
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royal administration ⓘ |
| influenced |
ecclesiastical administration in England
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royal administration in England ⓘ |
| knownFor |
administrative skill
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patronage of architecture ⓘ role in church government ⓘ role in royal government ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Latin
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Middle English ⓘ |
| monarchDuringOffice |
Henry I of England
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Stephen of England ⓘ |
| notableOffice | Bishop of Lincoln ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
English church politics
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royal household of Henry I of England ⓘ
surface form:
royal court of Henry I of England
royal court of Stephen of England ⓘ |
| patronOf |
cathedral building projects
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ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Bishop of Lincoln ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
England
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Lincoln ⓘ |
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: Alexander of Lincoln Description of subject: Alexander of Lincoln was a 12th-century English bishop noted for his administrative skill, patronage of architecture, and influential role in both church and royal government during the reigns of Henry I and Stephen.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.