Hugh of Baux
E357836
Hugh of Baux was a medieval nobleman from the influential Provençal House of Baux, known for his role in the regional politics and feudal conflicts of southern France.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hugh I of Les Baux | 1 |
| Hugh of Baux canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3339869 — 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: Hugh of Baux Context triple: [House of Baux, notableMember, Hugh of Baux]
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A.
William of Sens
William of Sens was a 12th-century French master mason and architect renowned for introducing advanced Gothic design to England through his work on the rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral after the 1174 fire.
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B.
Hugh of Vermandois
Hugh of Vermandois was a French nobleman and younger brother of King Philip I of France who served as one of the prominent princely leaders during the First Crusade.
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C.
Armand Aubigny
Armand Aubigny is a wealthy Louisiana plantation owner in Kate Chopin’s short story “Désirée’s Baby,” known for his harsh, authoritarian nature and tragic role in the tale’s exploration of race and identity.
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D.
Raoul d’Harcourt
Raoul d’Harcourt was a French nobleman and ecclesiastic of the influential Harcourt family, known for his role in founding the medieval Collège d’Harcourt in Paris.
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E.
John of Chalon-Arlay
John of Chalon-Arlay was a medieval French nobleman from the House of Chalon who held significant lordships in the Jura region and played a notable role in the politics of Burgundy and neighboring territories.
- 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: Hugh of Baux Target entity description: Hugh of Baux was a medieval nobleman from the influential Provençal House of Baux, known for his role in the regional politics and feudal conflicts of southern France.
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A.
William of Sens
William of Sens was a 12th-century French master mason and architect renowned for introducing advanced Gothic design to England through his work on the rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral after the 1174 fire.
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B.
Hugh of Vermandois
Hugh of Vermandois was a French nobleman and younger brother of King Philip I of France who served as one of the prominent princely leaders during the First Crusade.
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C.
Armand Aubigny
Armand Aubigny is a wealthy Louisiana plantation owner in Kate Chopin’s short story “Désirée’s Baby,” known for his harsh, authoritarian nature and tragic role in the tale’s exploration of race and identity.
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D.
Raoul d’Harcourt
Raoul d’Harcourt was a French nobleman and ecclesiastic of the influential Harcourt family, known for his role in founding the medieval Collège d’Harcourt in Paris.
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E.
John of Chalon-Arlay
John of Chalon-Arlay was a medieval French nobleman from the House of Chalon who held significant lordships in the Jura region and played a notable role in the politics of Burgundy and neighboring territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | medieval nobleman ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Provençal ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Medieval Latin
ⓘ
Old Occitan ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Baux ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Baux ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in feudal conflicts in Provence
ⓘ
role in regional politics of southern France ⓘ |
| occupation | nobleman ⓘ |
| partOf | medieval Provençal aristocracy ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Southern France
ⓘ
surface form:
southern France
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| region | Provence ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| titleHolderOf | feudal lordship (unspecified) ⓘ |
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: Hugh of Baux Description of subject: Hugh of Baux was a medieval nobleman from the influential Provençal House of Baux, known for his role in the regional politics and feudal conflicts of southern France.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hugh I of Les Baux