Prose Tristan
E764915
Prose Tristan is a 13th-century French prose romance that expands the legend of Tristan and Iseult within the broader Arthurian tradition.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prose Tristan canonical | 5 |
| Eilhart von Oberg’s Tristrant | 1 |
| Prose Tristan traditions | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8897610 — 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: Prose Tristan Context triple: [Sir Tristan, appearsIn, Prose Tristan]
-
A.
The Vision of Sir Launfal
The Vision of Sir Launfal is a narrative poem by James Russell Lowell that reimagines the Holy Grail legend to explore themes of charity, humility, and spiritual awakening.
-
B.
Sir Tristan
Sir Tristan is a legendary knight of the Round Table in Arthurian romance, famed for his tragic love affair with Iseult and his prowess as a warrior.
-
C.
Le Morte d'Arthur
Le Morte d'Arthur is a 15th-century English prose compilation of Arthurian legends that became the most influential and enduring version of the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
-
D.
Stanzaic Morte Arthur
Stanzaic Morte Arthur is a Middle English verse romance that recounts the downfall of King Arthur’s court, focusing on betrayal, battle, and the tragic end of the Arthurian world.
-
E.
Estoire del Saint Graal
Estoire del Saint Graal is an Old French prose romance that serves as a prequel to the Arthurian legends, recounting the origins and early history of the Holy Grail and its coming to Britain.
- 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: Prose Tristan Target entity description: Prose Tristan is a 13th-century French prose romance that expands the legend of Tristan and Iseult within the broader Arthurian tradition.
-
A.
The Vision of Sir Launfal
The Vision of Sir Launfal is a narrative poem by James Russell Lowell that reimagines the Holy Grail legend to explore themes of charity, humility, and spiritual awakening.
-
B.
Sir Tristan
Sir Tristan is a legendary knight of the Round Table in Arthurian romance, famed for his tragic love affair with Iseult and his prowess as a warrior.
-
C.
Le Morte d'Arthur
Le Morte d'Arthur is a 15th-century English prose compilation of Arthurian legends that became the most influential and enduring version of the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
-
D.
Stanzaic Morte Arthur
Stanzaic Morte Arthur is a Middle English verse romance that recounts the downfall of King Arthur’s court, focusing on betrayal, battle, and the tragic end of the Arthurian world.
-
E.
Estoire del Saint Graal
Estoire del Saint Graal is an Old French prose romance that serves as a prequel to the Arthurian legends, recounting the origins and early history of the Holy Grail and its coming to Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tristan and Iseult narrative
ⓘ
medieval French prose romance ⓘ |
| approximateDate | mid-13th century ⓘ |
| basedOn | legend of Tristan and Iseult ⓘ |
| circulation | widely disseminated in late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| contains |
adventures of Tristan as Arthurian knight
ⓘ
courtly love motifs ⓘ love story of Tristan and Iseult ⓘ
linked to:
legend of Tristan and Iseult
material about the Round Table ⓘ tournaments and knightly exploits ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| expands | Tristan legend within Arthurian context ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Gawain
ⓘ
Iseult ⓘ
linked to:
Isolde
King Arthur ⓘ King Mark ⓘ
linked to:
King Marke
Lancelot ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Lancelot
Tristan ⓘ |
| featuresGroup | Knights of the Round Table ⓘ |
| genre |
chivalric literature
ⓘ
romance ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Renaissance Arthurian literature
ⓘ
later European Tristan adaptations ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
chivalry
ⓘ
conflict between love and duty ⓘ courtly love ⓘ loyalty and betrayal ⓘ |
| influenced |
Le Morte d’Arthur
ⓘ
linked to:
Le Morte d'Arthur
later Tristan romances ⓘ |
| inLanguage | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | cyclical romance ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Matter of Britain ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition | survives in multiple medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Old French ⓘ |
| partOf |
Arthurian literary tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Arthurian legend
|
| relatedWork |
Post-Vulgate Cycle
ⓘ
linked to:
Vulgate Cycle
Vulgate Cycle ⓘ |
| setting |
Arthurian Britain
ⓘ
linked to:
King Arthur's Britain
|
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: Prose Tristan Description of subject: Prose Tristan is a 13th-century French prose romance that expands the legend of Tristan and Iseult within the broader Arthurian tradition.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Prose Tristan
linked to: Prose Tristan