Jean II, Duke of Alençon
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Jean II, Duke of Alençon was a prominent French nobleman and military leader of the early 15th century, noted for his role in the Hundred Years' War and his death fighting against the English at Agincourt.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duke of Alençon | 4 |
| Jean II d'Alençon | 1 |
| Jean II, Duke of Alençon canonical | 1 |
| John II, Duke of Alençon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4155629 — 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: Jean II, Duke of Alençon Context triple: [Battle of Agincourt, commander, Jean II, Duke of Alençon]
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A.
Peter, Count of Alençon
Peter, Count of Alençon was a 13th-century French prince and nobleman, notable as a younger son of King Louis IX of France and a member of the Capetian royal dynasty.
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Henry, Duke of Orléans
Henry, Duke of Orléans was a French royal prince of the Valois dynasty who later became King Henry II of France.
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Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans
Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, was a short-lived French prince of the early 17th century, the second son of King Henry IV of France and Marie de’ Medici.
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D.
Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême
Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême was an illegitimate son of King Charles IX of France who became a notable French nobleman and military leader during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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John II, Duke of Bourbon
John II, Duke of Bourbon was a prominent 15th-century French nobleman and military leader who played a significant role in the latter stages of the Hundred Years’ War.
- 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: Jean II, Duke of Alençon Target entity description: Jean II, Duke of Alençon was a prominent French nobleman and military leader of the early 15th century, noted for his role in the Hundred Years' War and his death fighting against the English at Agincourt.
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A.
Peter, Count of Alençon
Peter, Count of Alençon was a 13th-century French prince and nobleman, notable as a younger son of King Louis IX of France and a member of the Capetian royal dynasty.
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B.
Henry, Duke of Orléans
Henry, Duke of Orléans was a French royal prince of the Valois dynasty who later became King Henry II of France.
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C.
Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans
Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, was a short-lived French prince of the early 17th century, the second son of King Henry IV of France and Marie de’ Medici.
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D.
Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême
Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême was an illegitimate son of King Charles IX of France who became a notable French nobleman and military leader during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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E.
John II, Duke of Bourbon
John II, Duke of Bourbon was a prominent 15th-century French nobleman and military leader who played a significant role in the latter stages of the Hundred Years’ War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
How these facts were elicited
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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: Jean II, Duke of Alençon Description of subject: Jean II, Duke of Alençon was a prominent French nobleman and military leader of the early 15th century, noted for his role in the Hundred Years' War and his death fighting against the English at Agincourt.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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