Isolde
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Isolde is a legendary Irish princess and tragic heroine best known from the medieval romance and Richard Wagner’s opera about her doomed love affair with Tristan.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isolde canonical | 12 |
| Iseult | 7 |
| Iseult of Ireland | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4952071 — 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: Isolde Context triple: [Tristan und Isolde, protagonist, Isolde]
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A.
Igraine
Igraine is a noblewoman of Arthurian legend best known as the wife of Uther Pendragon and the mother of King Arthur.
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B.
Morgan le Fay
Morgan le Fay is a powerful enchantress of Arthurian legend, often depicted as King Arthur’s half-sister and a complex figure who alternates between adversary and ally to the knights of the Round Table.
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C.
Sigrid
Sigrid is a Norwegian pop singer-songwriter known for her powerful vocals and catchy, emotionally resonant songs, including the hit single "Strangers."
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D.
Ermintrude
Ermintrude is a Germanic female given name of Old High German origin, historically meaning “whole” or “universal strength.”
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E.
Deidre
Deidre is a public figure best known as the wife of former Major League Baseball star Albert Pujols and for her involvement in charitable and community work.
- 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: Isolde Target entity description: Isolde is a legendary Irish princess and tragic heroine best known from the medieval romance and Richard Wagner’s opera about her doomed love affair with Tristan.
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A.
Igraine
Igraine is a noblewoman of Arthurian legend best known as the wife of Uther Pendragon and the mother of King Arthur.
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B.
Morgan le Fay
Morgan le Fay is a powerful enchantress of Arthurian legend, often depicted as King Arthur’s half-sister and a complex figure who alternates between adversary and ally to the knights of the Round Table.
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C.
Sigrid
Sigrid is a Norwegian pop singer-songwriter known for her powerful vocals and catchy, emotionally resonant songs, including the hit single "Strangers."
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D.
Ermintrude
Ermintrude is a Germanic female given name of Old High German origin, historically meaning “whole” or “universal strength.”
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E.
Deidre
Deidre is a public figure best known as the wife of former Major League Baseball star Albert Pujols and for her involvement in charitable and community work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legendary figure
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ mythological princess ⓘ opera character ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | opera character in "Tristan und Isolde" by Richard Wagner ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Richard Wagner’s opera "Tristan und Isolde"
ⓘ
linked to:
Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde
Tristan and Isolde legend ⓘ
linked to:
Béroul’s Tristan
medieval Tristan romances ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cornwall
ⓘ
King Mark of Cornwall ⓘ
linked to:
King Marke
love potion motif ⓘ |
| culture |
Arthurian tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Arthurian legend
Celtic mythology ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| influenced |
later romantic literature
ⓘ
modern adaptations of Tristan and Isolde story ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | medieval literature ⓘ |
| nationalityInLegend | Irish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Richard Wagner’s opera "Tristan und Isolde"
ⓘ
linked to:
Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde
love story with Tristan ⓘ medieval romance tradition ⓘ |
| origin | Ireland ⓘ |
| partnerInLegend | Tristan ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithTristan | doomed love affair ⓘ |
| role | tragic heroine ⓘ |
| theme |
adultery
ⓘ
death and transcendence ⓘ fate ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
| titleInLegend | princess ⓘ |
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: Isolde Description of subject: Isolde is a legendary Irish princess and tragic heroine best known from the medieval romance and Richard Wagner’s opera about her doomed love affair with Tristan.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Isolde
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linked to: Isolde
linked to: Isolde