du Puy
E368930
du Puy is a French-origin surname historically associated with figures such as Maud du Puy, wife of the 12th-century English noble William Marshal.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3575554 — 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: du Puy Context triple: [Maud du Puy, familyName, du Puy]
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A.
de Rochechouart
De Rochechouart is the name of an old French noble family historically associated with the aristocracy and the royal court.
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B.
Éveux
Éveux is a small commune in eastern France’s Rhône department, known for hosting Le Corbusier’s modernist monastery, the Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette.
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C.
La Tour-du-Pin
La Tour-du-Pin is a small administrative and market town in southeastern France that serves as one of the subprefectures of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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D.
Brière
Brière is a French-language surname most prominently associated with former NHL player and current hockey executive Daniel Brière.
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E.
Oyonnax
Oyonnax is a town in eastern France’s Ain department, known historically for its plastics industry and its role in the French Resistance during World War II.
- 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: du Puy Target entity description: du Puy is a French-origin surname historically associated with figures such as Maud du Puy, wife of the 12th-century English noble William Marshal.
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A.
de Rochechouart
De Rochechouart is the name of an old French noble family historically associated with the aristocracy and the royal court.
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B.
Éveux
Éveux is a small commune in eastern France’s Rhône department, known for hosting Le Corbusier’s modernist monastery, the Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette.
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C.
La Tour-du-Pin
La Tour-du-Pin is a small administrative and market town in southeastern France that serves as one of the subprefectures of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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D.
Brière
Brière is a French-language surname most prominently associated with former NHL player and current hockey executive Daniel Brière.
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E.
Oyonnax
Oyonnax is a town in eastern France’s Ain department, known historically for its plastics industry and its role in the French Resistance during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English nobleman
ⓘ
family name ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlaceName | Le Puy ⓘ |
| category |
French-language surnames
ⓘ
Surnames of French origin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
French noun "puy" meaning "hill" or "volcanic height"
ⓘ
French preposition "du" meaning "of the" ⓘ |
| etymologicalType | toponymic surname ⓘ |
| familyName | du Puy self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| givenName | Maud ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
du Puy
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Du Puy
Dupuy ⓘ du Puy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
duPuy
|
| historicallyAssociatedWith |
Maud du Puy
ⓘ
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ |
| historicalUsage | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| meaning |
of the hill
ⓘ
of the puy ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | du Puy family ⓘ |
| spouse |
Maud du Puy
ⓘ
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 12th century ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
France
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| usedInLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: du Puy Description of subject: du Puy is a French-origin surname historically associated with figures such as Maud du Puy, wife of the 12th-century English noble William Marshal.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Du Puy
this entity surface form:
duPuy
subject surface form:
Maud du Puy