Perceval, le Conte du Graal

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Arthurian romance Old French literary work medieval poem

Perceval, le Conte du Graal is an unfinished 12th-century Arthurian romance by Chrétien de Troyes that introduces the Grail quest through the story of the naive knight Perceval.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Perceval, le Conte du Graal canonical	4
Perceval, ou le Conte du Graal	3
Perceval, the Story of the Grail	3
"Perceval, le Conte du Graal"	1
Chrétien de Troyes' "Perceval, le Conte du Graal"	1
Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval (for Parzival)	1
Chrétien de Troyes’ unfinished poem "Perceval, le Conte du Graal"	1
Perceval ou le Conte du Graal	1
Perceval’s encounter with the Fisher King	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8897668 — 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, le Conte du Graal
Context triple: [Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian romances, includesWork, Perceval, le Conte du Graal]

A. 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.
B. Lancelot, le Chevalier de la Charrette
Lancelot, le Chevalier de la Charrette is a 12th-century Arthurian romance by Chrétien de Troyes that recounts Sir Lancelot’s adventures and his illicit love for Queen Guinevere, helping to establish him as a central figure in the Arthurian legend.
C. Estoire de Merlin
Estoire de Merlin is a medieval French prose romance focusing on the wizard Merlin and the early life and reign of King Arthur, forming a key part of the Vulgate Cycle of Arthurian literature.
D. Erec et Enide
Erec et Enide is a 12th-century Arthurian romance by Chrétien de Troyes that tells the story of the knight Erec and his wife Enide, exploring themes of love, honor, and chivalric adventure.
E. Redcrosse Knight
Redcrosse Knight is the central chivalric hero of Book I of Edmund Spenser’s epic poem *The Faerie Queene*, symbolizing the virtue of Holiness in his allegorical quest against evil.
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, le Conte du Graal
Target entity description: Perceval, le Conte du Graal is an unfinished 12th-century Arthurian romance by Chrétien de Troyes that introduces the Grail quest through the story of the naive knight Perceval.

A. 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.
B. Lancelot, le Chevalier de la Charrette
Lancelot, le Chevalier de la Charrette is a 12th-century Arthurian romance by Chrétien de Troyes that recounts Sir Lancelot’s adventures and his illicit love for Queen Guinevere, helping to establish him as a central figure in the Arthurian legend.
C. Estoire de Merlin
Estoire de Merlin is a medieval French prose romance focusing on the wizard Merlin and the early life and reign of King Arthur, forming a key part of the Vulgate Cycle of Arthurian literature.
D. Erec et Enide
Erec et Enide is a 12th-century Arthurian romance by Chrétien de Troyes that tells the story of the knight Erec and his wife Enide, exploring themes of love, honor, and chivalric adventure.
E. Redcrosse Knight
Redcrosse Knight is the central chivalric hero of Book I of Edmund Spenser’s epic poem *The Faerie Queene*, symbolizing the virtue of Holiness in his allegorical quest against evil.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arthurian romance ⓘ Old French literary work ⓘ medieval poem ⓘ
alternateName	Conte du Graal ⓘ Perceval ou le Conte du Graal ⓘ linked to: Perceval, le Conte du Graal
associatedCycle	Matter of Britain ⓘ
author	Chrétien de Troyes ⓘ
canonicalStatus	foundational Grail text ⓘ
containsEpisode	Perceval’s encounter with the Fisher King ⓘ linked to: Perceval, le Conte du Graal Perceval’s visit to King Arthur’s court ⓘ
continuedBy	various anonymous continuators ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
dateWritten	12th century ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Gawain ⓘ King Arthur ⓘ
featuresMotif	Grail quest ⓘ linked to: Holy Grail legends
featuresObject	Holy Grail ⓘ
firstIntroduces	Grail into Arthurian literature ⓘ
genre	Arthurian literature ⓘ linked to: Arthurian legend chivalric romance ⓘ romance ⓘ
hasProtagonistRole	Perceval as Grail seeker ⓘ
incompleteAt	Chrétien de Troyes’s death ⓘ
influenced	Robert de Boron’s Grail romances ⓘ linked to: Estoire del Saint Graal Vulgate Cycle Grail narratives ⓘ linked to: Vulgate Cycle Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival ⓘ linked to: Wolfram von Eschenbach’s "Parzival" later Grail literature ⓘ
language	Old French ⓘ
literaryForm	verse narrative ⓘ
literaryInnovation	combines chivalric and spiritual themes ⓘ
literaryMovement	courtly literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod	High Middle Ages ⓘ
literaryTradition	courtly romance tradition ⓘ
mainCharacter	Perceval ⓘ
manuscriptTradition	survives in multiple medieval manuscripts ⓘ
narrativeFocus	Perceval’s education as a knight ⓘ Perceval’s spiritual development ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage	Old French ⓘ
plotElement	Perceval fails to ask about the Grail ⓘ Perceval visits the Grail Castle ⓘ
setting	Arthurian Britain ⓘ linked to: King Arthur's Britain
settingElement	Grail Castle ⓘ
status	unfinished ⓘ
structure	octosyllabic rhymed couplets ⓘ
theme	courtly behavior ⓘ naivety and learning ⓘ quest for spiritual knowledge ⓘ sin and repentance ⓘ