Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine
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Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine was a 12th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine and played a significant role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
All labels observed (1)
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| Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10278925 — 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: Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine Context triple: [Duke of Lorraine, hasTitleHolder, Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine]
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René II, Duke of Lorraine
René II, Duke of Lorraine was a late 15th-century French noble best known for leading the forces that defeated Charles the Bold of Burgundy at the Battle of Nancy, helping to end Burgundian power in the region.
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Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine
Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine, was a 13th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine and played a significant role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire and northeastern France.
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Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine
Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine, was an early 11th-century nobleman of the House of Ardennes who ruled the Duchy of Upper Lorraine within the Holy Roman Empire.
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D.
Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
Otto-William, Count of Burgundy was a powerful late 10th- and early 11th-century noble who ruled the County of Burgundy and played a key role in the politics of the Kingdom of Burgundy and the early Capetian realm.
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E.
Duke of Lorraine
The Duke of Lorraine was the sovereign ruler of the historic Duchy of Lorraine in northeastern France, a title held by several prominent European nobles including future emperors.
- 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: Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine Target entity description: Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine was a 12th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine and played a significant role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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A.
René II, Duke of Lorraine
René II, Duke of Lorraine was a late 15th-century French noble best known for leading the forces that defeated Charles the Bold of Burgundy at the Battle of Nancy, helping to end Burgundian power in the region.
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B.
Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine
Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine, was a 13th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine and played a significant role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire and northeastern France.
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C.
Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine
Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine, was an early 11th-century nobleman of the House of Ardennes who ruled the Duchy of Upper Lorraine within the Holy Roman Empire.
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D.
Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
Otto-William, Count of Burgundy was a powerful late 10th- and early 11th-century noble who ruled the County of Burgundy and played a key role in the politics of the Kingdom of Burgundy and the early Capetian realm.
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E.
Duke of Lorraine
The Duke of Lorraine was the sovereign ruler of the historic Duchy of Lorraine in northeastern France, a title held by several prominent European nobles including future emperors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
duke
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medieval ruler ⓘ member of the House of Lorraine ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| allegiance | Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Alice of Lorraine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ Judith of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthias of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon II, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ Theoderic of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Duchy of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Nancy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 12th century ⓘ |
| father | Thierry II, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Old French ⓘ |
| mother | Gertrude of Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | duke ⓘ |
| partOf | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Thierry II, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Duchy of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled | Upper Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| significantEvent | participation in politics of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| spouse |
Bertha of Swabia
NERFINISHED
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Judith of Hohenstaufen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Simon II, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine Description of subject: Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine was a 12th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine and played a significant role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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