Sir Philip Courtenay
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Sir Philip Courtenay was a 14th-century English naval commander and nobleman who served the Crown in the Hundred Years’ War and held prominent administrative and military posts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir Philip Courtenay canonical | 2 |
| Philip Courtenay of Powderham | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6760288 — 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: Sir Philip Courtenay Context triple: [Battle of La Rochelle, commander, Sir Philip Courtenay]
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A.
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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B.
Philip Herbert, Earl of Montgomery
Philip Herbert, Earl of Montgomery, was an influential early 17th-century English courtier and patron of the arts, notably honored as one of the dedicatees of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
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C.
John Perceval
John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, was an 18th-century British politician and nobleman who served in various governmental roles, including as First Lord of the Admiralty.
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D.
George Talbot
George Talbot is a notable member of the historically prominent Talbot family, an English noble lineage influential in medieval and early modern Britain.
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E.
Walter Montagu
Walter Montagu was a 17th-century English courtier, diplomat, and writer who became a Catholic priest and abbot, known for his political influence and religious conversions during the reigns of Charles I and Charles II.
- 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: Sir Philip Courtenay Target entity description: Sir Philip Courtenay was a 14th-century English naval commander and nobleman who served the Crown in the Hundred Years’ War and held prominent administrative and military posts.
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A.
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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B.
Philip Herbert, Earl of Montgomery
Philip Herbert, Earl of Montgomery, was an influential early 17th-century English courtier and patron of the arts, notably honored as one of the dedicatees of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
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C.
John Perceval
John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, was an 18th-century British politician and nobleman who served in various governmental roles, including as First Lord of the Admiralty.
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D.
George Talbot
George Talbot is a notable member of the historically prominent Talbot family, an English noble lineage influential in medieval and early modern Britain.
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E.
Walter Montagu
Walter Montagu was a 17th-century English courtier, diplomat, and writer who became a Catholic priest and abbot, known for his political influence and religious conversions during the reigns of Charles I and Charles II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Crown official
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English nobleman ⓘ medieval knight ⓘ military officer ⓘ naval commander ⓘ |
| activeIn | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| allegiance | English Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 14th century ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Courtenay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Philip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | English navy ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | Hundred Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Sir ⓘ |
| notableFor |
holding prominent administrative posts
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holding prominent military posts ⓘ service in the Hundred Years' War ⓘ |
| occupation |
administrator
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soldier ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
military commander
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naval commander ⓘ royal administrator ⓘ |
| realm | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder | English monarch ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
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: Sir Philip Courtenay Description of subject: Sir Philip Courtenay was a 14th-century English naval commander and nobleman who served the Crown in the Hundred Years’ War and held prominent administrative and military posts.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Philip Courtenay of Powderham