Paladin
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A Paladin is a holy warrior archetype in fantasy settings, combining martial prowess with divine magic and a strict moral or religious code.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paladin canonical | 7 |
| Paladin of the Silver Hand | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11563523 — 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: Paladin Context triple: [Arthas Menethil, title, Paladin]
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A.
Paladin
Paladin is a playable class in Hearthstone themed around holy warriors who use healing, protective magic, and summoned minions to control the battlefield.
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B.
Paladin
The Paladin is a chivalrous knight figure often used as a school mascot to symbolize courage, honor, and protection.
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C.
Paladin
Paladin is the sophisticated, gun-for-hire protagonist of the Western television series "Have Gun – Will Travel," known for his black attire, calling card, and strict personal code of honor.
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D.
Paladin’s Strength
Paladin’s Strength is a fantasy romance novel by T. Kingfisher that blends adventure, humor, and heartfelt character development in a world of saints, magic, and monster hunters.
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E.
The Paladin
The Paladin is a contemporary espionage thriller novel by David Ignatius that follows a disgraced CIA officer seeking revenge and redemption in the age of cyber warfare and disinformation.
- 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: Paladin Target entity description: A Paladin is a holy warrior archetype in fantasy settings, combining martial prowess with divine magic and a strict moral or religious code.
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A.
Paladin
Paladin is the sophisticated, gun-for-hire protagonist of the Western television series "Have Gun – Will Travel," known for his black attire, calling card, and strict personal code of honor.
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B.
Paladin
Paladin is a playable class in Hearthstone themed around holy warriors who use healing, protective magic, and summoned minions to control the battlefield.
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C.
Paladin
The Paladin is a chivalrous knight figure often used as a school mascot to symbolize courage, honor, and protection.
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D.
Paladin’s Strength
Paladin’s Strength is a fantasy romance novel by T. Kingfisher that blends adventure, humor, and heartfelt character development in a world of saints, magic, and monster hunters.
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E.
The Paladin
The Paladin is a contemporary espionage thriller novel by David Ignatius that follows a disgraced CIA officer seeking revenge and redemption in the age of cyber warfare and disinformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character archetype
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fantasy character class ⓘ holy warrior archetype ⓘ |
| alignmentTendency | lawful good ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Dungeons & Dragons
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Pathfinder role-playing game ⓘ World of Warcraft ⓘ fantasy novels ⓘ fantasy video games ⓘ tabletop role-playing games ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
good alignment
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healing magic ⓘ holy powers ⓘ law and order ⓘ protective magic ⓘ righteousness ⓘ smite abilities ⓘ |
| combines |
divine spellcasting
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melee combat ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ |
| genre | fantasy ⓘ |
| grantsAbility |
aura of protection
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divine smite ⓘ lay on hands ⓘ turn undead ⓘ |
| guidedBy |
code of honor
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oaths ⓘ religious code ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
divine magic
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martial prowess ⓘ religious devotion ⓘ strict moral code ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Charlemagne’s paladins
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linked to:
Charlemagne cycle
Christian crusaders ⓘ
linked to:
Crusades
medieval knights ⓘ |
| opposes |
demons
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evil creatures ⓘ undead ⓘ |
| requires |
adherence to vows
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devotion to a deity ⓘ |
| typicalRole |
frontline combatant
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party protector ⓘ support caster ⓘ |
| usesArmor |
heavy armor
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shield ⓘ |
| usesWeapon |
lance
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sword ⓘ warhammer ⓘ |
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: Paladin Description of subject: A Paladin is a holy warrior archetype in fantasy settings, combining martial prowess with divine magic and a strict moral or religious code.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.