Elaine of Corbenic
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Elaine of Corbenic is a figure in Arthurian legend best known as the Grail Maiden and the mother of the pure knight Sir Galahad.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elaine of Corbenic canonical | 8 |
| Elaine of Corbenic (distinct but sometimes conflated) | 1 |
| Elaine the Fair | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10086679 — 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: Elaine of Corbenic Context triple: [Sir Galahad, mother, Elaine of Corbenic]
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A.
Elaine of Benoic
Elaine of Benoic is a noblewoman in Arthurian legend best known as the mother of Sir Lancelot and the wife of King Ban of Benoic.
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B.
Elaine of Garlot
Elaine of Garlot is a lesser-known Arthurian noblewoman, traditionally depicted as one of Queen Igraine’s daughters and thus a half-sister to King Arthur.
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C.
Elaine of Astolat
Elaine of Astolat is a tragic maiden from Arthurian legend, renowned for her unrequited love for Sir Lancelot and her death of heartbreak.
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D.
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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E.
Rowena
Rowena is a noble Saxon lady and the primary love interest of the hero in Sir Walter Scott's historical novel "Ivanhoe."
- 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: Elaine of Corbenic Target entity description: Elaine of Corbenic is a figure in Arthurian legend best known as the Grail Maiden and the mother of the pure knight Sir Galahad.
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A.
Elaine of Benoic
Elaine of Benoic is a noblewoman in Arthurian legend best known as the mother of Sir Lancelot and the wife of King Ban of Benoic.
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B.
Elaine of Garlot
Elaine of Garlot is a lesser-known Arthurian noblewoman, traditionally depicted as one of Queen Igraine’s daughters and thus a half-sister to King Arthur.
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C.
Elaine of Astolat
Elaine of Astolat is a tragic maiden from Arthurian legend, renowned for her unrequited love for Sir Lancelot and her death of heartbreak.
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D.
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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E.
Rowena
Rowena is a noble Saxon lady and the primary love interest of the hero in Sir Walter Scott's historical novel "Ivanhoe."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arthurian legendary character
ⓘ
Grail Maiden ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| ancestorOf | Grail lineage ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Arthurian legend
ⓘ
Le Morte d’Arthur ⓘ
linked to:
Le Morte d'Arthur
Post-Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
linked to:
Vulgate Cycle
Vulgate Cycle ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Grail Castle
ⓘ
Holy Grail ⓘ King Pelles ⓘ |
| basedInTradition | medieval chivalric romance ⓘ |
| child | Sir Galahad ⓘ |
| childOf | Grail family ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Camelot
ⓘ
Round Table ⓘ
linked to:
mythical Round Table of Camelot
|
| culture | medieval European literature ⓘ |
| daughterOf | King Pelles ⓘ |
| disguisesHerselfAs |
Guinevere (in some versions)
ⓘ
linked to:
Queen Guinevere
|
| familyRole | Grail King’s daughter ⓘ |
| firstAttestedIn |
Old French Vulgate Cycle (early 13th century, approximate)
ⓘ
linked to:
Vulgate Cycle
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| goal |
to fulfill Grail prophecy through Galahad
ⓘ
to win Lancelot’s love ⓘ |
| granddaughterOf |
the Fisher King
ⓘ
linked to:
Fisher King
|
| hasChildWith |
Lancelot
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Lancelot
|
| knownFor |
being the mother of Sir Galahad
ⓘ
bringing about the conception of Galahad ⓘ role in the Grail quest ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Old French literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| loverOf |
Lancelot
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Lancelot
|
| motherOf |
Galahad the Pure
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Galahad
Sir Galahad ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
Grail bearer
ⓘ
catalyst for the birth of the perfect knight ⓘ |
| partOf | Matter of Britain ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
beautiful
ⓘ
devoted to Lancelot ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Elaine of Astolat (distinct character, sometimes confused)
ⓘ
linked to:
Elaine of Astolat
|
| religion |
Christianity (legendary context)
ⓘ
linked to:
Christianity (legendary)
|
| residesIn | Corbenic ⓘ |
| title |
Grail Maiden
ⓘ
Princess of Corbenic ⓘ |
| uses | love potion or enchantment on Lancelot (in some versions) ⓘ |
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: Elaine of Corbenic Description of subject: Elaine of Corbenic is a figure in Arthurian legend best known as the Grail Maiden and the mother of the pure knight Sir Galahad.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Elaine of Corbenic
linked to: Elaine of Corbenic