Bertrand de Born
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Bertrand de Born was a 12th-century Occitan nobleman and troubadour famed for his politically charged and warlike poetry, later depicted by Dante in the Inferno.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bertrand de Born canonical | 9 |
| Bertrand de Born the Younger | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T554770 — 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: Bertrand de Born Context triple: [Bertrand, hasNotableBearer, Bertrand de Born]
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A.
Jacques de Maleville
Jacques de Maleville was a French jurist and politician who played a key role as one of the principal drafters of France’s Civil Code under Napoleon.
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B.
Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons
Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons was a 17th-century French nobleman and military commander of the House of Savoy, notable as the father of the famed general Prince Eugene of Savoy.
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C.
Baron Olivier
Baron Olivier was the life peerage granted to the renowned English actor and director Laurence Olivier, recognizing his distinguished contributions to theatre and film.
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D.
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière was an 18th-century French aristocrat and influential patron of the arts known for supporting major Enlightenment-era artists and intellectuals.
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E.
Jehan Cauvin
Jehan Cauvin is the French-born theologian and reformer better known by his Latinized name John Calvin, a central figure in the Protestant Reformation and the development of Calvinism.
- 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: Bertrand de Born Target entity description: Bertrand de Born was a 12th-century Occitan nobleman and troubadour famed for his politically charged and warlike poetry, later depicted by Dante in the Inferno.
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A.
Jacques de Maleville
Jacques de Maleville was a French jurist and politician who played a key role as one of the principal drafters of France’s Civil Code under Napoleon.
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B.
Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons
Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons was a 17th-century French nobleman and military commander of the House of Savoy, notable as the father of the famed general Prince Eugene of Savoy.
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C.
Baron Olivier
Baron Olivier was the life peerage granted to the renowned English actor and director Laurence Olivier, recognizing his distinguished contributions to theatre and film.
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D.
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière was an 18th-century French aristocrat and influential patron of the arts known for supporting major Enlightenment-era artists and intellectuals.
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E.
Jehan Cauvin
Jehan Cauvin is the French-born theologian and reformer better known by his Latinized name John Calvin, a central figure in the Protestant Reformation and the development of Calvinism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Occitan nobleman
ⓘ
human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ poet ⓘ troubadour ⓘ |
| allegoricalRoleInInferno | sower of discord ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Plantagenet court politics
ⓘ
courtly culture of southern France ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of the sirventes form ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 12th century ⓘ |
| depictedBy | Dante Alighieri ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Inferno
ⓘ
surface form:
Dante's Inferno
|
| ethnicGroup | Occitan ⓘ |
| familyName | de Born ⓘ |
| fictionalAppearance | Inferno ⓘ |
| floruit |
12th century
ⓘ
c. 1180s ⓘ |
| genre |
political poetry
ⓘ
sirventes ⓘ war poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Bertrand ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | Dante Alighieri ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Occitan ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Occitan lyric poetry ⓘ |
| movement | troubadour tradition ⓘ |
| notableFor |
politically charged poetry
ⓘ
satirical attacks on rulers ⓘ warlike poetry ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
glorification of warfare
ⓘ
praise of chivalric violence ⓘ |
| notableWork | sirventes ⓘ |
| occupation |
nobleman
ⓘ
poet ⓘ troubadour ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Anglo-French aristocratic feuds
ⓘ
conflicts between Henry II of England and his sons ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hautefort ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Lord of Hautefort ⓘ |
| presentInWork |
Inferno
ⓘ
surface form:
Inferno, Canto XXVIII
|
| punishmentInInferno | carrying his severed head ⓘ |
| relative |
Bertrand de Born
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bertrand de Born the Younger
Constantia de Born ⓘ |
| religion | Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Hautefort ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workPreservationStatus | partially preserved corpus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bertrand de Born Description of subject: Bertrand de Born was a 12th-century Occitan nobleman and troubadour famed for his politically charged and warlike poetry, later depicted by Dante in the Inferno.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bertrand de Born the Younger
this entity surface form:
Bertrand de Born the Younger