Sir Percival
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Sir Percival is a legendary knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, best known for his role in the quest for the Holy Grail in Arthurian romance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sir Percival canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8897900 — 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 Percival Context triple: [Matter of Britain, hasKeyCharacter, Sir Percival]
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A.
Sir Robin Janvrin
Sir Robin Janvrin is a British former diplomat and courtier best known for serving as Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II.
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B.
Sir Cedric Willingham
Sir Cedric Willingham is a dignified and traditional British courtier who serves as a key advisor and mentor to the unlikely monarch in the comedy film "King Ralph."
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C.
Lord Percival Graves
Lord Percival Graves is a fictional aristocratic figure who appears as a supporting character in the comedy film "King Ralph."
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D.
Lord William Vere
Lord William Vere is a central aristocratic figure in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Black Dwarf," whose romantic and social entanglements drive much of the story’s plot.
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E.
Sir Roderick Evans
Sir Roderick Evans is a distinguished British judge and legal figure who studied at Jesus College, Oxford.
- 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 Percival Target entity description: Sir Percival is a legendary knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, best known for his role in the quest for the Holy Grail in Arthurian romance.
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A.
Sir Robin Janvrin
Sir Robin Janvrin is a British former diplomat and courtier best known for serving as Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II.
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B.
Sir Cedric Willingham
Sir Cedric Willingham is a dignified and traditional British courtier who serves as a key advisor and mentor to the unlikely monarch in the comedy film "King Ralph."
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C.
Lord Percival Graves
Lord Percival Graves is a fictional aristocratic figure who appears as a supporting character in the comedy film "King Ralph."
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D.
Lord William Vere
Lord William Vere is a central aristocratic figure in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Black Dwarf," whose romantic and social entanglements drive much of the story’s plot.
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E.
Sir Roderick Evans
Sir Roderick Evans is a distinguished British judge and legal figure who studied at Jesus College, Oxford.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arthurian legendary figure
ⓘ
Knight of the Round Table ⓘ |
| affiliation | King Arthur ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Chrétien de Troyes’ unfinished poem "Perceval, le Conte du Graal"
ⓘ
linked to:
Perceval, le Conte du Graal
Middle Welsh tale "Peredur son of Efrawg" (as Peredur, a related figure) ⓘ
linked to:
Mabinogion
The Vulgate Cycle (Lancelot-Grail cycle) ⓘ
linked to:
Vulgate Cycle
Thomas Malory’s "Le Morte d’Arthur" ⓘ
linked to:
Le Morte d'Arthur
Wolfram von Eschenbach’s "Parzival" ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Camelot
ⓘ
Fisher King ⓘ Grail Castle ⓘ Holy Grail ⓘ King Arthur ⓘ Sir Bors the Younger ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Bors
Sir Galahad ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Britain (legendary setting)
ⓘ
linked to:
Britain (legendary)
|
| characterTrait |
chaste (in many versions)
ⓘ
courageous ⓘ naive ⓘ pure-hearted ⓘ |
| culture | medieval European literature ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | possibly earlier Welsh hero Peredur (scholarly hypothesis) ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| medium | medieval romance literature ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Round Table
ⓘ
linked to:
mythical Round Table of Camelot
|
| mentor | Gornemant (in some versions, knightly tutor) ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Parzival
ⓘ
linked to:
Perceval
Perceval ⓘ Peredur ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Arthurian romance
ⓘ
linked to:
Arthurian legend
quest for the Holy Grail ⓘ |
| occupation | knight ⓘ |
| quest |
Holy Grail
ⓘ
healing of the Fisher King (in some versions) ⓘ
linked to:
healing the Fisher King
|
| raisedIn | seclusion in the wilderness (in many versions) ⓘ |
| relative |
Aglovale (in some versions, brother)
ⓘ
Dindrane (in some versions, sister) ⓘ King Pellinore (in some versions, father) ⓘ
linked to:
King Pellinore
Lamorak (in some versions, brother) ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity (legendary context)
ⓘ
linked to:
Christianity (legendary)
|
| roleInGrailQuest |
companion of Galahad and Bors in some versions
ⓘ
one of the principal Grail knights ⓘ sometimes achiever of the Grail (depending on version) ⓘ |
| theme |
innocence and experience
ⓘ
redemption through faith ⓘ spiritual enlightenment ⓘ |
| tradition | Arthurian legend ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sir Percival Description of subject: Sir Percival is a legendary knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, best known for his role in the quest for the Holy Grail in Arthurian romance.
Referenced by (6)
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