Ambrosio Boccanegra
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Ambrosio Boccanegra was a 14th-century Genoese admiral in Castilian service, best known for leading the Castilian fleet to a decisive victory over the English at the Battle of La Rochelle in 1372.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ambrosio Boccanegra canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6760285 — 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: Ambrosio Boccanegra Context triple: [Battle of La Rochelle, commander, Ambrosio Boccanegra]
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A.
Simon Boccanegra
Simon Boccanegra is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi that tells the politically charged and emotionally complex story of a 14th-century Genoese doge.
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B.
Bernabó
Bernabó is the Italian-origin surname of the Argentine-Brazilian artist and illustrator known as Carybé (Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó).
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C.
Rienzi
Rienzi is an early grand opera by Richard Wagner that helped establish his reputation through its dramatic political themes and large-scale choral writing.
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D.
Rinaldo di Jenne
Rinaldo di Jenne was the Italian cleric who later became Pope Alexander IV, leading the Catholic Church from 1254 to 1261.
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E.
Goffredo
Goffredo is an Italian given name most notably borne by Goffredo Mameli, the poet and patriot who wrote the lyrics of Italy’s national anthem.
- 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: Ambrosio Boccanegra Target entity description: Ambrosio Boccanegra was a 14th-century Genoese admiral in Castilian service, best known for leading the Castilian fleet to a decisive victory over the English at the Battle of La Rochelle in 1372.
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A.
Simon Boccanegra
Simon Boccanegra is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi that tells the politically charged and emotionally complex story of a 14th-century Genoese doge.
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B.
Bernabó
Bernabó is the Italian-origin surname of the Argentine-Brazilian artist and illustrator known as Carybé (Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó).
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C.
Rienzi
Rienzi is an early grand opera by Richard Wagner that helped establish his reputation through its dramatic political themes and large-scale choral writing.
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D.
Rinaldo di Jenne
Rinaldo di Jenne was the Italian cleric who later became Pope Alexander IV, leading the Catholic Church from 1254 to 1261.
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E.
Goffredo
Goffredo is an Italian given name most notably borne by Goffredo Mameli, the poet and patriot who wrote the lyrics of Italy’s national anthem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
14th-century person
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admiral ⓘ human ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Castilian–French alliance against England ⓘ |
| citizenship | Republic of Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanded | Castilian fleet ⓘ |
| conflict | Hundred Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Republic of Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfService | Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1373 ⓘ |
| employer | Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Genoese ⓘ |
| family | Boccanegra family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole | foreign admiral in Castilian service ⓘ |
| knownFor | leading the Castilian fleet to victory over the English at the Battle of La Rochelle in 1372 ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Castilian
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Italian ⓘ |
| militaryAchievement | decisive naval victory against England at La Rochelle ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Castilian navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | admiral ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Boccanegra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Battle of La Rochelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | command of the Castilian fleet at the Battle of La Rochelle ⓘ |
| occupation |
admiral
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naval commander ⓘ |
| opponent | Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Battle of La Rochelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Seville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Atlantic coast of France
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Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Simone Boccanegra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEndTime | 1373 ⓘ |
| serviceStartTime | 14th century ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| victoryOver | English fleet at La Rochelle ⓘ |
| yearOfBirth | 14th century ⓘ |
| yearOfEvent | 1372 ⓘ |
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: Ambrosio Boccanegra Description of subject: Ambrosio Boccanegra was a 14th-century Genoese admiral in Castilian service, best known for leading the Castilian fleet to a decisive victory over the English at the Battle of La Rochelle in 1372.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.