William of Blois
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William of Blois was a 12th-century English nobleman, son of King Stephen of England, who held the titles of Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William of Blois canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5506502 — 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: William of Blois Context triple: [Stephen, King of England, child, William of Blois]
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Stephen of Blois
Stephen of Blois was a 12th-century King of England whose contested reign against Empress Matilda led to a period of civil war known as The Anarchy.
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B.
Fulk I of Anjou
Fulk I of Anjou was a 10th-century French nobleman who became the first hereditary Count of Anjou and founder of the Angevin dynasty’s power.
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C.
Fulk IV of Anjou
Fulk IV of Anjou was an 11th–12th century Count of Anjou known for his turbulent rule, conflicts with neighboring powers, and authorship of one of the earliest medieval genealogical works.
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D.
Fulk V of Anjou
Fulk V of Anjou was a 12th-century French nobleman who became King of Jerusalem and founder of the Angevin royal line that later ruled England.
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E.
Fulk III of Anjou
Fulk III of Anjou was a powerful 10th–11th century French count known for his military campaigns, extensive castle-building, and role in consolidating the power of the Anjou region.
- 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: William of Blois Target entity description: William of Blois was a 12th-century English nobleman, son of King Stephen of England, who held the titles of Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey.
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A.
Stephen of Blois
Stephen of Blois was a 12th-century King of England whose contested reign against Empress Matilda led to a period of civil war known as The Anarchy.
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B.
Fulk I of Anjou
Fulk I of Anjou was a 10th-century French nobleman who became the first hereditary Count of Anjou and founder of the Angevin dynasty’s power.
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C.
Fulk IV of Anjou
Fulk IV of Anjou was an 11th–12th century Count of Anjou known for his turbulent rule, conflicts with neighboring powers, and authorship of one of the earliest medieval genealogical works.
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D.
Fulk V of Anjou
Fulk V of Anjou was a 12th-century French nobleman who became King of Jerusalem and founder of the Angevin royal line that later ruled England.
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E.
Fulk III of Anjou
Fulk III of Anjou was a powerful 10th–11th century French count known for his military campaigns, extensive castle-building, and role in consolidating the power of the Anjou region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Count of Boulogne
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Earl of Surrey ⓘ English nobleman ⓘ medieval noble ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Boulogne
NERFINISHED
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King Stephen of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Faversham Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 12th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1159 ⓘ |
| deathCause | illness (probable) ⓘ |
| familyName | of Blois ⓘ |
| father | Stephen of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit | 12th century ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| house | House of Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marriageTitleThroughSpouse | Earl of Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Matilda of Boulogne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Count of Boulogne
NERFINISHED
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Earl of Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Henry I of England
NERFINISHED
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Henry II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Count of Boulogne
NERFINISHED
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Earl of Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm |
County of Boulogne
NERFINISHED
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Earldom of Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sibling |
Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne
NERFINISHED
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Marie I, Countess of Boulogne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Isabel de Warenne, Countess of Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleInheritedFrom | Earl of Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: William of Blois Description of subject: William of Blois was a 12th-century English nobleman, son of King Stephen of England, who held the titles of Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey.
Referenced by (4)
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