Viscount of Vila Maior
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The Viscount of Vila Maior is a noble title in the Portuguese aristocracy historically granted to distinguished members of the kingdom’s elite.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Visconde de Vila Maior | 1 |
| Viscount of Vila Maior canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11128582 — 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: Viscount of Vila Maior Context triple: [Portuguese peerage, includesTitle, Viscount of Vila Maior]
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A.
Marquess of Douro
The Marquess of Douro is a British noble title traditionally held by the heir apparent to the Duke of Wellington.
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B.
Marquess of Villafranca del Bierzo
The Marquess of Villafranca del Bierzo is a hereditary Spanish noble title historically associated with the powerful Álvarez de Toledo family, prominent grandees of Spain.
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C.
Marquess of Coria
The Marquess of Coria is a Spanish hereditary noble title historically associated with the powerful House of Alba and the town of Coria in Extremadura.
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D.
Marquess of Távara
The Marquess of Távara is a hereditary Spanish noble title historically associated with the powerful Álvarez de Toledo aristocratic lineage.
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E.
Duke of Abrantès
The Duke of Abrantès was a French noble title created by Napoleon for General Jean-Andoche Junot in recognition of his military service during the Napoleonic Wars.
- 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: Viscount of Vila Maior Target entity description: The Viscount of Vila Maior is a noble title in the Portuguese aristocracy historically granted to distinguished members of the kingdom’s elite.
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A.
Marquess of Douro
The Marquess of Douro is a British noble title traditionally held by the heir apparent to the Duke of Wellington.
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B.
Marquess of Villafranca del Bierzo
The Marquess of Villafranca del Bierzo is a hereditary Spanish noble title historically associated with the powerful Álvarez de Toledo family, prominent grandees of Spain.
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C.
Marquess of Coria
The Marquess of Coria is a Spanish hereditary noble title historically associated with the powerful House of Alba and the town of Coria in Extremadura.
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D.
Marquess of Távara
The Marquess of Távara is a hereditary Spanish noble title historically associated with the powerful Álvarez de Toledo aristocratic lineage.
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E.
Duke of Abrantès
The Duke of Abrantès was a French noble title created by Napoleon for General Jean-Andoche Junot in recognition of his military service during the Napoleonic Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese noble title
ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ |
| aristocraticOrder | Portuguese nobility system ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Portuguese peerage ⓘ |
| country | Portugal ⓘ |
| governingSystemContext | monarchy ⓘ |
| grantedBy |
Monarchy of Portugal
ⓘ
linked to:
Portuguese Crown
|
| grantedTo | members of the Portuguese elite ⓘ |
| hasHolderCharacteristic | distinguished service to the kingdom ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Vila Maior ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Visconde ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Portuguese ⓘ |
| nobilityRank | Viscount ⓘ |
| nobleRankOrder |
above Baron
ⓘ
below Count ⓘ |
| partOf | Portuguese aristocracy ⓘ |
| socialStatus | high nobility ⓘ |
| titleStyle |
Visconde de Vila Maior
ⓘ
linked to:
Viscount of Vila Maior
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| titleType | noble title ⓘ |
| usedIn | Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ |
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: Viscount of Vila Maior Description of subject: The Viscount of Vila Maior is a noble title in the Portuguese aristocracy historically granted to distinguished members of the kingdom’s elite.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Viscount of Vila Maior