Robert d’Aubigny
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Robert d’Aubigny was a medieval Anglo-Norman nobleman, known primarily as a younger son of the prominent royal butler William d’Aubigny who founded an influential aristocratic lineage in England.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert d’Aubigny canonical | 2 |
| Reynold d’Aubigny | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5028047 — 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: Robert d’Aubigny Context triple: [William d’Aubigny (butler of King Henry I), child, Robert d’Aubigny]
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A.
William d'Aubigny
William d'Aubigny was a 13th-century English nobleman and rebel baron who played a prominent role in the conflicts against King John, including the events surrounding the siege of Rochester Castle.
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B.
Nigel d’Aubigny
Nigel d’Aubigny was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and military commander who rose to prominence in early 12th-century England, becoming a powerful baron through royal favor and advantageous marriage.
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C.
Roger d’Aubigny
Roger d’Aubigny was a Norman nobleman and knight associated with the d’Aubigny family, active around the time of the Norman Conquest of England.
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D.
Philip d'Aubigny
Philip d'Aubigny was a prominent early 13th-century Anglo-Norman knight and royalist military leader who played a key role in defending the English crown during the wars surrounding King John and the minority of Henry III.
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E.
Arnulf de Montgomery
Arnulf de Montgomery was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and marcher lord of the late 11th and early 12th centuries, known for his role in the Norman consolidation of power in Wales and the Welsh borderlands.
- 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: Robert d’Aubigny Target entity description: Robert d’Aubigny was a medieval Anglo-Norman nobleman, known primarily as a younger son of the prominent royal butler William d’Aubigny who founded an influential aristocratic lineage in England.
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A.
William d'Aubigny
William d'Aubigny was a 13th-century English nobleman and rebel baron who played a prominent role in the conflicts against King John, including the events surrounding the siege of Rochester Castle.
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B.
Nigel d’Aubigny
Nigel d’Aubigny was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and military commander who rose to prominence in early 12th-century England, becoming a powerful baron through royal favor and advantageous marriage.
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C.
Roger d’Aubigny
Roger d’Aubigny was a Norman nobleman and knight associated with the d’Aubigny family, active around the time of the Norman Conquest of England.
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D.
Philip d'Aubigny
Philip d'Aubigny was a prominent early 13th-century Anglo-Norman knight and royalist military leader who played a key role in defending the English crown during the wars surrounding King John and the minority of Henry III.
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E.
Arnulf de Montgomery
Arnulf de Montgomery was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and marcher lord of the late 11th and early 12th centuries, known for his role in the Norman consolidation of power in Wales and the Welsh borderlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Norman nobleman
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medieval nobleman ⓘ |
| child | Robert d’Aubigny ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Anglo-Norman ⓘ |
| familyName | d’Aubigny ⓘ |
| father |
William d’Aubigny
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linked to:
William d’Aubigny Pincerna
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| languageOfName |
Norman French
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linked to:
Anglo-Norman
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| nobleFamily | House of d’Aubigny ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the early d’Aubigny aristocratic lineage in England
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being a younger son of royal butler William d’Aubigny ⓘ |
| occupation | royal butler ⓘ |
| positionInFamily | younger son ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 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: Robert d’Aubigny Description of subject: Robert d’Aubigny was a medieval Anglo-Norman nobleman, known primarily as a younger son of the prominent royal butler William d’Aubigny who founded an influential aristocratic lineage in England.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.