Geoffrey de Charny
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Geoffrey de Charny was a renowned 14th-century French knight and author celebrated for his chivalric ideals and military leadership during the Hundred Years' War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Geoffrey de Charny canonical | 1 |
| Geoffroi de Charny | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5788685 — 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: Geoffrey de Charny Context triple: [Battle of Poitiers, commander, Geoffrey de Charny]
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A.
Herluin de Conteville
Herluin de Conteville was an 11th-century Norman nobleman best known as the second husband of Herleva of Falaise and stepfather to William the Conqueror.
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B.
Grégoire de Lasteyrie
Grégoire de Lasteyrie is a French politician known for serving as the mayor of the Paris-region commune of Palaiseau.
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C.
Raymond of Poitiers
Raymond of Poitiers was a 12th-century French nobleman who became Prince of Antioch during the Crusades and played a key role in the politics and warfare of the Latin East.
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D.
Jean de Vienne
Jean de Vienne was a 14th-century French admiral and knight renowned for modernizing the French navy and leading numerous campaigns during the Hundred Years’ War.
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E.
Fulcher of Chartres
Fulcher of Chartres was a 12th-century French priest and chronicler best known for his detailed eyewitness account of the First Crusade and the early years of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
- 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: Geoffrey de Charny Target entity description: Geoffrey de Charny was a renowned 14th-century French knight and author celebrated for his chivalric ideals and military leadership during the Hundred Years' War.
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A.
Herluin de Conteville
Herluin de Conteville was an 11th-century Norman nobleman best known as the second husband of Herleva of Falaise and stepfather to William the Conqueror.
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B.
Grégoire de Lasteyrie
Grégoire de Lasteyrie is a French politician known for serving as the mayor of the Paris-region commune of Palaiseau.
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C.
Raymond of Poitiers
Raymond of Poitiers was a 12th-century French nobleman who became Prince of Antioch during the Crusades and played a key role in the politics and warfare of the Latin East.
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D.
Jean de Vienne
Jean de Vienne was a 14th-century French admiral and knight renowned for modernizing the French navy and leading numerous campaigns during the Hundred Years’ War.
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E.
Fulcher of Chartres
Fulcher of Chartres was a 12th-century French priest and chronicler best known for his detailed eyewitness account of the First Crusade and the early years of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French nobleman
ⓘ
human ⓘ medieval knight ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French royal court
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Order of the Star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 14th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1300 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 19 September 1356 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
renowned 14th-century French knight
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theoretician of chivalry ⓘ |
| familyName | de Charny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ethics of knighthood
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military theory ⓘ |
| genre | chivalric literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Geoffrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honouredFor |
bravery in battle
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loyalty to the French crown ⓘ |
| influenced | later chivalric writers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
formulation of chivalric ideals
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military leadership ⓘ treatises on knighthood ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Old French ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| militaryRank | standard-bearer of the Oriflamme ⓘ |
| movement | chivalry ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Demandes pour la joute, les tournois et la guerre
NERFINISHED
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Livre de chevalerie NERFINISHED ⓘ Livre de chevalerie et de chevalier ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
knight ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Battle of Calais (1349–1350)
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Poitiers NERFINISHED ⓘ Hundred Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Battle of Poitiers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
royal chamberlain
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royal councillor ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
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| servedUnder | John II of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Jeanne de Vergy 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: Geoffrey de Charny Description of subject: Geoffrey de Charny was a renowned 14th-century French knight and author celebrated for his chivalric ideals and military leadership during the Hundred Years' War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lirey
this entity surface form:
Geoffroi de Charny