Helie of Semur
E773722
Helie of Semur was an 11th-century Burgundian noblewoman from the influential Semur family who became Duchess of Burgundy through her marriage to Duke Robert I.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Helie of Semur canonical | 4 |
| Helie de Semur | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9035348 — 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: Helie of Semur Context triple: [Robert I of Burgundy, spouse, Helie of Semur]
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A.
Jean d’Aire
Jean d’Aire is one of the six historical leaders of Calais famously portrayed as a self-sacrificing burgher in Auguste Rodin’s sculpture "The Burghers of Calais."
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B.
Aelinde of Amboise
Aelinde of Amboise was a medieval noblewoman known primarily as the wife of Ingelger, the founder of the House of Anjou.
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C.
Val Montjoie
Val Montjoie is a scenic alpine valley in the French Alps, known for its traditional villages, mountain landscapes, and access to the Mont Blanc massif.
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D.
Hugues
Hugues is a French given name, equivalent to the English name Hugh, historically borne by various nobles, clerics, and notable figures in French-speaking regions.
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E.
Mathilde de Garlande
Mathilde de Garlande was a medieval French noblewoman best known for founding the religious community that later became the influential Jansenist abbey of Port-Royal.
- 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: Helie of Semur Target entity description: Helie of Semur was an 11th-century Burgundian noblewoman from the influential Semur family who became Duchess of Burgundy through her marriage to Duke Robert I.
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A.
Jean d’Aire
Jean d’Aire is one of the six historical leaders of Calais famously portrayed as a self-sacrificing burgher in Auguste Rodin’s sculpture "The Burghers of Calais."
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B.
Aelinde of Amboise
Aelinde of Amboise was a medieval noblewoman known primarily as the wife of Ingelger, the founder of the House of Anjou.
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C.
Val Montjoie
Val Montjoie is a scenic alpine valley in the French Alps, known for its traditional villages, mountain landscapes, and access to the Mont Blanc massif.
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D.
Hugues
Hugues is a French given name, equivalent to the English name Hugh, historically borne by various nobles, clerics, and notable figures in French-speaking regions.
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E.
Mathilde de Garlande
Mathilde de Garlande was a medieval French noblewoman best known for founding the religious community that later became the influential Jansenist abbey of Port-Royal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Duchess consort of Burgundy
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medieval noble ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ |
| century | 11th century ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Burgundian ⓘ |
| familyName | of Semur ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Helie ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| language | Old French ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| marriedInto |
ducal house of Burgundy
ⓘ
linked to:
Capetian House of Burgundy
|
| nobleFamily | Semur family ⓘ |
| nobleRank | duchess ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being Duchess of Burgundy through marriage to Robert I
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membership in the influential Semur family ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Duchy of Burgundy ⓘ |
| region | Burgundy ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| spouse | Robert I, Duke of Burgundy ⓘ |
| title | Duchess of Burgundy ⓘ |
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: Helie of Semur Description of subject: Helie of Semur was an 11th-century Burgundian noblewoman from the influential Semur family who became Duchess of Burgundy through her marriage to Duke Robert I.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Helie of Semur