Marshal
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Marshal is the surname of the influential Anglo-Norman noble family that included William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, one of medieval England’s most renowned knights and statesmen.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marshal canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4054574 — 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: Marshal Context triple: [William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, familyName, Marshal]
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A.
Marshal Forward
Marshal Forward was the famous nickname of Prussian field marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, celebrated for his aggressive leadership against Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
Marshal star
The Marshal star is a distinctive, highly prestigious insignia worn by top-ranking Soviet and later Russian military officers holding the highest marshal ranks.
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C.
Soldier
"Soldier" is a pop-rock song by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, known for its heartfelt lyrics and soulful vocal delivery.
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D.
Guardia de Asalto
The Guardia de Asalto was a Spanish Republican-era urban police and paramilitary force known for its role in maintaining public order and later fighting on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War.
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E.
Mozg armii
"Mozg armii" is a seminal military-theoretical work by Soviet Marshal Boris Shaposhnikov that analyzes the structure, planning, and operational art of modern armed forces.
- 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: Marshal Target entity description: Marshal is the surname of the influential Anglo-Norman noble family that included William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, one of medieval England’s most renowned knights and statesmen.
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A.
Marshal Forward
Marshal Forward was the famous nickname of Prussian field marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, celebrated for his aggressive leadership against Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
Marshal star
The Marshal star is a distinctive, highly prestigious insignia worn by top-ranking Soviet and later Russian military officers holding the highest marshal ranks.
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C.
Soldier
"Soldier" is a pop-rock song by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, known for its heartfelt lyrics and soulful vocal delivery.
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D.
Guardia de Asalto
The Guardia de Asalto was a Spanish Republican-era urban police and paramilitary force known for its role in maintaining public order and later fighting on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War.
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E.
Mozg armii
"Mozg armii" is a seminal military-theoretical work by Soviet Marshal Boris Shaposhnikov that analyzes the structure, planning, and operational art of modern armed forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Norman nobleman
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English nobleman ⓘ English nobleman ⓘ family name ⓘ medieval knight ⓘ noble family ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| activeDuring |
12th century
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13th century ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 13th century
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late 12th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithFamily |
the Marshal family
ⓘ
surface form:
Marshal family
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| derivesFrom | Old French word "mareschal" ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Anglo-Norman ⓘ |
| familyName | Marshal ⓘ |
| heldOffice | regent of England ⓘ |
| heldTitle |
1st Earl of Pembroke
ⓘ
surface form:
Earl of Pembroke
|
| influentialIn | medieval England ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
Anglo-Norman
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| meaning |
high officer responsible for horses and military matters
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horse servant or stable keeper ⓘ |
| memberOf |
the Marshal family
ⓘ
surface form:
Marshal family
|
| nobleFamily |
the Marshal family
ⓘ
surface form:
Marshal family
|
| notableMember |
John Marshal
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William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ⓘ |
| positionHeld | regent of England ⓘ |
| reputation |
influential statesman
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one of medieval England’s most renowned knights ⓘ |
| socialStatus | high nobility ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Anglo-Normans
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-Norman nobility
|
| usedInCountry | England ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
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: Marshal Description of subject: Marshal is the surname of the influential Anglo-Norman noble family that included William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, one of medieval England’s most renowned knights and statesmen.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke