Simon II, Duke of Lorraine
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Simon II, Duke of Lorraine was a 12th-century French nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine and is noted for his conflicts with his brother Frederick and eventual abdication in favor of him.
All labels observed (1)
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| Simon II, Duke of Lorraine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10278943 — 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 II, Duke of Lorraine Context triple: [Duke of Lorraine, hasTitleHolder, Simon II, 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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Simon I, Duke of Lorraine
Simon 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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John II, Duke of Lorraine
John II, Duke of Lorraine was a late 15th- to early 16th-century French nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine and participated in the Italian Wars as an ally of the French crown.
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D.
Henry II, Duke of Lorraine
Henry II, Duke of Lorraine was a 17th-century French nobleman and military leader who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine during the turbulent period of the Thirty Years' War and its aftermath.
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E.
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine was a 16th-century French nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine and played a significant role in the politics and religious conflicts of his time.
- 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 II, Duke of Lorraine Target entity description: Simon II, Duke of Lorraine was a 12th-century French nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine and is noted for his conflicts with his brother Frederick and eventual abdication in favor of him.
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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.
Simon I, Duke of Lorraine
Simon 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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C.
John II, Duke of Lorraine
John II, Duke of Lorraine was a late 15th- to early 16th-century French nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine and participated in the Italian Wars as an ally of the French crown.
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D.
Henry II, Duke of Lorraine
Henry II, Duke of Lorraine was a 17th-century French nobleman and military leader who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine during the turbulent period of the Thirty Years' War and its aftermath.
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E.
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine was a 16th-century French nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine and played a significant role in the politics and religious conflicts of his time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
duke
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medieval ruler ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| conflict | succession dispute with his brother Frederick ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Duchy of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1140 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 4 January 1207 ⓘ |
| era |
12th century
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13th century ⓘ |
| event | abdication in favor of his brother Frederick ⓘ |
| father | Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudalAllegiance | Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| mother | Bertha of Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
abdication of the duchy in favor of his brother
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conflicts with his brother Frederick over the succession ⓘ ruling the Duchy of Lorraine in the late 12th century ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1205 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1176 ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
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| sibling | Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Ida of Mâcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryRuled | Duchy 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: Simon II, Duke of Lorraine Description of subject: Simon II, Duke of Lorraine was a 12th-century French nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine and is noted for his conflicts with his brother Frederick and eventual abdication in favor of him.
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