Rowland Taylor
E439300
Rowland Taylor was a 16th-century English Protestant clergyman and martyr who was executed during the Marian persecutions for refusing to renounce his Reformed beliefs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rowland Taylor canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4441644 — 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: Rowland Taylor Context triple: [Marian persecutions, participant, Rowland Taylor]
-
A.
Giles Wilson
Giles Wilson is one of the sons of former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
-
B.
Geoffrey Clifton
Geoffrey Clifton is a fictional British explorer and husband of Katherine Clifton in Michael Ondaatje’s novel and its film adaptation, "The English Patient."
-
C.
Geoffrey Clayton
Geoffrey Clayton was an Anglican cleric who served as Archbishop of Cape Town and a leading church figure in South Africa during the mid-20th century.
-
D.
Giles Nuttgens
Giles Nuttgens is a British cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on independent films and major features, often collaborating with directors like Deepa Mehta and David Mackenzie.
-
E.
John Castle
John Castle is a British actor best known for his film and television work, including a prominent role in the historical drama "The Lion in Winter."
- 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: Rowland Taylor Target entity description: Rowland Taylor was a 16th-century English Protestant clergyman and martyr who was executed during the Marian persecutions for refusing to renounce his Reformed beliefs.
-
A.
Giles Wilson
Giles Wilson is one of the sons of former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
-
B.
Geoffrey Clifton
Geoffrey Clifton is a fictional British explorer and husband of Katherine Clifton in Michael Ondaatje’s novel and its film adaptation, "The English Patient."
-
C.
Geoffrey Clayton
Geoffrey Clayton was an Anglican cleric who served as Archbishop of Cape Town and a leading church figure in South Africa during the mid-20th century.
-
D.
Giles Nuttgens
Giles Nuttgens is a British cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on independent films and major features, often collaborating with directors like Deepa Mehta and David Mackenzie.
-
E.
John Castle
John Castle is a British actor best known for his film and television work, including a prominent role in the historical drama "The Lion in Winter."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century English Protestant
ⓘ
English clergyman ⓘ Protestant martyr ⓘ person ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Doctor of Civil Law ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Rothbury, Northumberland, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1510 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution by burning ⓘ |
| child |
Elizabeth Taylor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thomas Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1555-02-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Aldham Common, near Hadleigh, Suffolk, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1555 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Christ's College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
|
| era | English Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Rowland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligionConflictWith | Roman Catholic Church under Mary I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Archdeacon
ⓘ
Doctor ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation |
Diocese of Exeter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diocese of Norwich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hugh Latimer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nicholas Ridley NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Cranmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being executed during the Marian persecutions
ⓘ
refusing to recant Protestant beliefs under Mary I of England ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | burned at the stake ⓘ |
| memorializedIn | Foxe's Book of Martyrs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Rowland Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pastoral care and preaching in Hadleigh
ⓘ
steadfastness in Reformed doctrine at his trial ⓘ |
| occupation |
clergyman
ⓘ
parish priest ⓘ |
| participantIn | Marian persecutions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| persecutedUnder | Mary I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Archdeacon of Exeter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chancellor to Bishop Nicholas Ridley ⓘ Rector of Hadleigh, Suffolk ⓘ |
| relative | William Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| spouse | Margaret Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition | Reformed ⓘ |
| workedAt | Hadleigh, Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Rowland Taylor Description of subject: Rowland Taylor was a 16th-century English Protestant clergyman and martyr who was executed during the Marian persecutions for refusing to renounce his Reformed beliefs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.