William de Tracy
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William de Tracy was a 12th-century English knight best known as one of the four assassins of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William de Tracy canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6253911 — 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 de Tracy Context triple: [Murder of Thomas Becket, hasPerpetrator, William de Tracy]
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A.
Walter de Stapledon
Walter de Stapledon was a 14th-century English bishop of Exeter and royal administrator who played a significant role in both church and state during the reign of Edward II.
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B.
William de Soulis
William de Soulis was a notorious 14th-century Scottish noble and alleged traitor, historically linked with dark legends and the ownership of Hermitage Castle in the Scottish Borders.
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C.
Edward de Bohun
Edward de Bohun was an early 14th-century English nobleman of the influential de Bohun family, notable as a grandson of King Edward I through his mother, Elizabeth of Rhuddlan.
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D.
Gordon de Blois
Gordon de Blois was the husband of pioneering American modernist architect Natalie de Blois.
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E.
William of Hatfield
William of Hatfield was a short-lived English prince of the 14th century, one of the younger sons of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault.
- 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 de Tracy Target entity description: William de Tracy was a 12th-century English knight best known as one of the four assassins of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
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A.
Walter de Stapledon
Walter de Stapledon was a 14th-century English bishop of Exeter and royal administrator who played a significant role in both church and state during the reign of Edward II.
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B.
William de Soulis
William de Soulis was a notorious 14th-century Scottish noble and alleged traitor, historically linked with dark legends and the ownership of Hermitage Castle in the Scottish Borders.
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C.
Edward de Bohun
Edward de Bohun was an early 14th-century English nobleman of the influential de Bohun family, notable as a grandson of King Edward I through his mother, Elizabeth of Rhuddlan.
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D.
Gordon de Blois
Gordon de Blois was the husband of pioneering American modernist architect Natalie de Blois.
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E.
William of Hatfield
William of Hatfield was a short-lived English prince of the 14th century, one of the younger sons of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English knight
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ medieval nobleman ⓘ |
| allegiance |
King Henry II of England
ⓘ
linked to:
Henry II of England
|
| associatedWith |
Henry II–Thomas Becket conflict
ⓘ
linked to:
Murder of Thomas Becket
controversy over royal authority versus church authority ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 12th century ⓘ |
| coConspirator |
Hugh de Morville
ⓘ
Reginald FitzUrse ⓘ Richard le Breton ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| date | 1170 ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| eventLocation |
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Canterbury Cathedral
|
| historicalReputation | one of the four knights who slew Thomas Becket ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Anglo-Norman French
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglo-Norman
Latin ⓘ |
| notableEvent | killing of Archbishop Thomas Becket ⓘ |
| notableFor | participation in the assassination of Thomas Becket ⓘ |
| occupation | knight ⓘ |
| participantIn |
assassination of Thomas Becket
ⓘ
murder of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Canterbury Cathedral
ⓘ
Canterbury, Kent ⓘ
linked to:
Canterbury
|
| positionHeld |
feudal baron
ⓘ
landholder in Devon ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| timePeriod | 12th century ⓘ |
| victim |
Thomas Becket
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Thomas Becket
|
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 de Tracy Description of subject: William de Tracy was a 12th-century English knight best known as one of the four assassins of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.