Perceval
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Perceval is a legendary knight of Arthurian romance best known for his quest for the Holy Grail and his role in medieval French and Welsh tales.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Perceval canonical | 14 |
| Parzival | 5 |
| Parsifal is a magician | 1 |
| Parzival (Perceval) | 1 |
| Perceval le Gallois | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8446387 — 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: Perceval Context triple: [Vulgate Cycle, notableCharacter, Perceval]
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A.
Perceval
Perceval is a surname most notably associated with Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to have been assassinated while in office.
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B.
Sir Yvain
Sir Yvain is a knight of Arthurian legend, best known as the hero of Chrétien de Troyes’ romance "Yvain, the Knight of the Lion," where he exemplifies chivalry, adventure, and a close bond with a loyal lion companion.
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C.
Gawain
Gawain is a legendary knight of King Arthur’s Round Table in Arthurian literature, renowned for his chivalry and central role in tales such as "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
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D.
Lancelot the Lute
Lancelot the Lute is the medieval-themed knight mascot representing Pacific Lutheran University at its athletic events and campus activities.
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E.
Lancelot
Lancelot is the codename of Roxy Morton, a skilled Kingsman agent in the "Kingsman" film series.
- 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: Perceval Target entity description: Perceval is a legendary knight of Arthurian romance best known for his quest for the Holy Grail and his role in medieval French and Welsh tales.
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A.
Perceval
Perceval is a surname most notably associated with Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to have been assassinated while in office.
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B.
Sir Yvain
Sir Yvain is a knight of Arthurian legend, best known as the hero of Chrétien de Troyes’ romance "Yvain, the Knight of the Lion," where he exemplifies chivalry, adventure, and a close bond with a loyal lion companion.
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C.
Gawain
Gawain is a legendary knight of King Arthur’s Round Table in Arthurian literature, renowned for his chivalry and central role in tales such as "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
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D.
Lancelot the Lute
Lancelot the Lute is the medieval-themed knight mascot representing Pacific Lutheran University at its athletic events and campus activities.
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E.
Lancelot
Lancelot is the codename of Roxy Morton, a skilled Kingsman agent in the "Kingsman" film series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arthurian character
ⓘ
Grail hero ⓘ legendary knight ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| alternativeSpelling |
Percival
ⓘ
Peredur ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Didot Perceval
ⓘ
Perceval, ou le Conte du Graal ⓘ
linked to:
Perceval, le Conte du Graal
Peredur son of Efrawg ⓘ
linked to:
Peredur
various Grail romances ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Holy Grail
ⓘ
King Arthur ⓘ Knights of the Round Table ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
innocence and experience
ⓘ
redemption ⓘ spiritual development ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
chivalrous
ⓘ
naive ⓘ pure-hearted ⓘ |
| createdBy | Chrétien de Troyes ⓘ |
| culture |
Arthurian legend
ⓘ
medieval French literature ⓘ medieval Welsh literature ⓘ |
| family | son of a widowed lady in the forest (in many versions) ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Perceval, ou le Conte du Graal
ⓘ
linked to:
Perceval, le Conte du Graal
|
| firstAppearanceDate | late 12th century ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
Arthurian romance
ⓘ
linked to:
Arthurian legend
chivalric romance ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Grail literature
ⓘ
modern Arthurian adaptations ⓘ |
| languageOfEarliestText | Old French ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| nameInEnglish | Percival ⓘ |
| nameInFrench |
Perceval
ⓘ
Perceval le Gallois ⓘ
linked to:
Perceval
|
| nameInWelsh | Peredur ⓘ |
| nationalityInLegend | Welsh (in many traditions) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Perceval, ou le Conte du Graal
ⓘ
linked to:
Perceval, le Conte du Graal
|
| quest | quest for the Holy Grail ⓘ |
| raisedIn | seclusion in the wilderness (in many versions) ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Fisher King
ⓘ
linked to:
The Fisher King
Grail Castle ⓘ |
| role |
Grail seeker
ⓘ
knight of the Round Table ⓘ |
| weapon | sword (various versions) ⓘ |
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: Perceval Description of subject: Perceval is a legendary knight of Arthurian romance best known for his quest for the Holy Grail and his role in medieval French and Welsh tales.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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