historical province of Guyenne
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The historical province of Guyenne was a former region of southwestern France, centered around Bordeaux, that played a key role in medieval Franco-English conflicts, especially during the Hundred Years’ War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Province of Guyenne | 1 |
| historical province of Guyenne canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10662623 — 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: historical province of Guyenne Context triple: [La Brède, locatedIn, historical province of Guyenne]
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A.
historic province of Gascony
The historic province of Gascony was a former region in southwestern France known for its distinct Gascon culture, language, and traditions, encompassing areas between the Pyrenees and the Atlantic.
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B.
historical province of Languedoc
The historical province of Languedoc was a large and influential region in southern France, known for its distinct Occitan culture, language, and role as a major center of medieval trade and politics.
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C.
historical province of Poitou
The historical province of Poitou was a former region in western France, centered around cities like Poitiers and Niort, known for its medieval political importance and distinctive rural landscapes.
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D.
historical province of Quercy
The historical province of Quercy was a former region of southwestern France centered around the city of Cahors, known for its limestone plateaus, medieval towns, and role within the old province of Guyenne.
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E.
historical province of Anjou
The historical province of Anjou was a prominent medieval region in western France, centered on the city of Angers and ruled by powerful counts who played a key role in the Plantagenet dynasty and European politics.
- 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: historical province of Guyenne Target entity description: The historical province of Guyenne was a former region of southwestern France, centered around Bordeaux, that played a key role in medieval Franco-English conflicts, especially during the Hundred Years’ War.
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A.
historic province of Gascony
The historic province of Gascony was a former region in southwestern France known for its distinct Gascon culture, language, and traditions, encompassing areas between the Pyrenees and the Atlantic.
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B.
historical province of Languedoc
The historical province of Languedoc was a large and influential region in southern France, known for its distinct Occitan culture, language, and role as a major center of medieval trade and politics.
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C.
historical province of Poitou
The historical province of Poitou was a former region in western France, centered around cities like Poitiers and Niort, known for its medieval political importance and distinctive rural landscapes.
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D.
historical province of Quercy
The historical province of Quercy was a former region of southwestern France centered around the city of Cahors, known for its limestone plateaus, medieval towns, and role within the old province of Guyenne.
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E.
historical province of Anjou
The historical province of Anjou was a prominent medieval region in western France, centered on the city of Angers and ruled by powerful counts who played a key role in the Plantagenet dynasty and European politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former administrative region
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historical province of France ⓘ |
| absorbedInto | French royal domain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTitle |
Duchy of Aquitaine
NERFINISHED
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Duchy of Guyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borders |
Atlantic Ocean
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Basque Country (historical region) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gascony NERFINISHED ⓘ Limousin NERFINISHED ⓘ Périgord NERFINISHED ⓘ Saintonge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Bordeaux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centeredOn | Bordeaux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | Bordeaux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contestedBetween |
Kingdom of England
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| endOfEnglishRule | 1453 ⓘ |
| historicalLanguage |
French
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Gascon ⓘ Occitan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOf | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
maritime trade
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wine production ⓘ |
| linkedToEvent |
Battle of Castillon (1453)
NERFINISHED
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Treaty of Brétigny (1360) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Paris (1259) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Troyes (1420) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southwestern France ⓘ |
| majorCity |
Agen
NERFINISHED
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Bayonne NERFINISHED ⓘ Bordeaux NERFINISHED ⓘ Dax NERFINISHED ⓘ Libourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Aquitaine (historical region)
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus |
English possession in France
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French crown land ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| ruledBy |
Kings of England
NERFINISHED
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Kings of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Plantagenet dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantIn | Hundred Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Guyenne-et-Gascogne (French province)
NERFINISHED
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modern region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Ancien Régime
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Middle Ages ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Dordogne River
NERFINISHED
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Garonne River NERFINISHED ⓘ Gironde estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: historical province of Guyenne Description of subject: The historical province of Guyenne was a former region of southwestern France, centered around Bordeaux, that played a key role in medieval Franco-English conflicts, especially during the Hundred Years’ War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
President à mortier of the Parlement of Bordeaux
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locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
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historical province of Guyenne
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this entity surface form:
Province of Guyenne