Hoël III, Count of Nantes
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Hoël III, Count of Nantes was a 12th-century Breton nobleman of the House of Cornouaille who ruled the County of Nantes during a period of dynastic conflict in Brittany.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hoël III, Count of Nantes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11362114 — 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: Hoël III, Count of Nantes Context triple: [House of Cornouaille, notableMember, Hoël III, Count of Nantes]
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Louis de Brézé
Louis de Brézé was a prominent French nobleman and courtier of the early 16th century, best known as the much older husband of Diane de Poitiers and a high-ranking royal official under King Francis I.
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B.
Odo, Count of Penthièvre
Odo, Count of Penthièvre was an 11th-century Breton nobleman and powerful feudal lord who played a central role in the politics of Brittany as a member of its ruling ducal family.
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C.
Francis III, Duke of Brittany
Francis III, Duke of Brittany was a 16th-century French prince, heir to the Duchy of Brittany and eldest son of King Francis I of France and Queen Claude.
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D.
Olivier de Clisson
Olivier de Clisson was a prominent 14th-century Breton nobleman and military leader who became one of France’s most powerful constables during the Hundred Years’ War.
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E.
Gaston III, Count of Foix
Gaston III, Count of Foix was a powerful 14th-century French nobleman and military leader renowned for his role in the Hundred Years’ War and his cultured, chivalric court.
- 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: Hoël III, Count of Nantes Target entity description: Hoël III, Count of Nantes was a 12th-century Breton nobleman of the House of Cornouaille who ruled the County of Nantes during a period of dynastic conflict in Brittany.
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A.
Louis de Brézé
Louis de Brézé was a prominent French nobleman and courtier of the early 16th century, best known as the much older husband of Diane de Poitiers and a high-ranking royal official under King Francis I.
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B.
Odo, Count of Penthièvre
Odo, Count of Penthièvre was an 11th-century Breton nobleman and powerful feudal lord who played a central role in the politics of Brittany as a member of its ruling ducal family.
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C.
Francis III, Duke of Brittany
Francis III, Duke of Brittany was a 16th-century French prince, heir to the Duchy of Brittany and eldest son of King Francis I of France and Queen Claude.
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D.
Olivier de Clisson
Olivier de Clisson was a prominent 14th-century Breton nobleman and military leader who became one of France’s most powerful constables during the Hundred Years’ War.
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E.
Gaston III, Count of Foix
Gaston III, Count of Foix was a powerful 14th-century French nobleman and military leader renowned for his role in the Hundred Years’ War and his cultured, chivalric court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Breton noble
ⓘ
Count ⓘ medieval noble ⓘ member of nobility ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
County of Nantes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duchy of Brittany NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Cornouaille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictContext | dynastic conflict in Brittany ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Duchy of Brittany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Breton ⓘ |
| floruit | 12th century ⓘ |
| governmentFormOfRealm | feudal county ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Brittany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfEnvironment |
Breton
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | 12th century ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Cornouaille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | rule of the County of Nantes during dynastic struggles in Brittany ⓘ |
| partOf |
Breton nobility
ⓘ
medieval Brittany ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Count of Nantes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | County of Nantes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled | Brittany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
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| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| territoryRuled | County of Nantes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Count of Nantes 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: Hoël III, Count of Nantes Description of subject: Hoël III, Count of Nantes was a 12th-century Breton nobleman of the House of Cornouaille who ruled the County of Nantes during a period of dynastic conflict in Brittany.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.