Simon of Burgundy
E773723
Simon of Burgundy was a lesser-known medieval French nobleman from the ducal House of Burgundy, active in the 11th century as part of the influential Capetian-era Burgundian lineage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Simon of Burgundy canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9035354 — 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: Simon of Burgundy Context triple: [Robert I of Burgundy, child, Simon of Burgundy]
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A.
David of Burgundy
David of Burgundy was a 15th-century Burgundian prince and bishop who played a key role in consolidating Burgundian influence over the ecclesiastical and political affairs of the Low Countries.
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B.
Robert of Arbrissel
Robert of Arbrissel was an 11th–12th century French itinerant preacher and reformer best known for founding the double monastery of Fontevraud and promoting radical ideals of poverty and mixed-gender religious life.
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C.
Hugh of Baux
Hugh of Baux was a medieval nobleman from the influential Provençal House of Baux, known for his role in the regional politics and feudal conflicts of southern France.
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D.
Raoul d’Harcourt
Raoul d’Harcourt was a French nobleman and ecclesiastic of the influential Harcourt family, known for his role in founding the medieval Collège d’Harcourt in Paris.
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E.
Hugh of Chalon
Hugh of Chalon was a medieval French nobleman of the House of Chalon, associated with the lordship of Chalon-Arlay in the region of Franche-Comté.
- 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: Simon of Burgundy Target entity description: Simon of Burgundy was a lesser-known medieval French nobleman from the ducal House of Burgundy, active in the 11th century as part of the influential Capetian-era Burgundian lineage.
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A.
David of Burgundy
David of Burgundy was a 15th-century Burgundian prince and bishop who played a key role in consolidating Burgundian influence over the ecclesiastical and political affairs of the Low Countries.
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B.
Robert of Arbrissel
Robert of Arbrissel was an 11th–12th century French itinerant preacher and reformer best known for founding the double monastery of Fontevraud and promoting radical ideals of poverty and mixed-gender religious life.
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C.
Hugh of Baux
Hugh of Baux was a medieval nobleman from the influential Provençal House of Baux, known for his role in the regional politics and feudal conflicts of southern France.
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D.
Raoul d’Harcourt
Raoul d’Harcourt was a French nobleman and ecclesiastic of the influential Harcourt family, known for his role in founding the medieval Collège d’Harcourt in Paris.
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E.
Hugh of Chalon
Hugh of Chalon was a medieval French nobleman of the House of Chalon, associated with the lordship of Chalon-Arlay in the region of Franche-Comté.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval French noble
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nobleman ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Capetian dynasty ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Burgundian ducal line
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linked to:
Capetian House of Burgundy
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| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| languageOfCommunication | Old French ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Burgundy ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Burgundy ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a lesser-known member of the ducal House of Burgundy ⓘ |
| partOf | Capetian-era Burgundian lineage ⓘ |
| positionHeld | noble title (unspecified) ⓘ |
| region | Burgundy ⓘ |
| socialClass | aristocracy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 11th century ⓘ |
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: Simon of Burgundy Description of subject: Simon of Burgundy was a lesser-known medieval French nobleman from the ducal House of Burgundy, active in the 11th century as part of the influential Capetian-era Burgundian lineage.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.