Edward of Norfolk
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Edward of Norfolk was a 14th-century English nobleman, the son and heir of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, and a grandson of King Edward I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edward of Norfolk canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11602799 — 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: Edward of Norfolk Context triple: [Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, child, Edward of Norfolk]
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A.
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York was an English nobleman, military commander, and prominent figure in the late 14th and early 15th centuries who was killed fighting for the Lancastrians at the Battle of Agincourt.
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B.
John de la Pole
John de la Pole was a 15th-century English nobleman of the influential de la Pole family, connected by marriage to the Lancastrian royal line.
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C.
Humphrey of Lancaster
Humphrey of Lancaster, also known as Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, was a 15th-century English prince, soldier, and influential patron of learning who played a key role during the Hundred Years’ War and the minority of Henry VI.
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D.
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York was the younger son of King Edward IV of England and one of the two "Princes in the Tower" whose mysterious disappearance has long intrigued historians.
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E.
Edmund of Lancaster
Edmund of Lancaster was a 13th-century English prince, son of King Henry III, who became a powerful nobleman and military leader as Earl of Lancaster and Leicester.
- 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: Edward of Norfolk Target entity description: Edward of Norfolk was a 14th-century English nobleman, the son and heir of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, and a grandson of King Edward I.
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A.
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York was an English nobleman, military commander, and prominent figure in the late 14th and early 15th centuries who was killed fighting for the Lancastrians at the Battle of Agincourt.
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B.
John de la Pole
John de la Pole was a 15th-century English nobleman of the influential de la Pole family, connected by marriage to the Lancastrian royal line.
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C.
Humphrey of Lancaster
Humphrey of Lancaster, also known as Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, was a 15th-century English prince, soldier, and influential patron of learning who played a key role during the Hundred Years’ War and the minority of Henry VI.
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D.
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York was the younger son of King Edward IV of England and one of the two "Princes in the Tower" whose mysterious disappearance has long intrigued historians.
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E.
Edmund of Lancaster
Edmund of Lancaster was a 13th-century English prince, son of King Henry III, who became a powerful nobleman and military leader as Earl of Lancaster and Leicester.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English nobleman
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medieval English noble ⓘ |
| century | 14th century ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| father | Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk ⓘ |
| grandfather | Edward I of England ⓘ |
| grandmother | Margaret of France, Queen of England ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| mother | Alice de Hales ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Plantagenet dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Plantagenet
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| nobleRank | earl’s heir ⓘ |
| position | heir of the office of Earl Marshal of England ⓘ |
| realm |
Plantagenet England
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Plantagenet
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| relative |
Edward II of England
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Edward III of England ⓘ |
| sibling |
Alice of Norfolk
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Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| titleHeld | heir to the Earldom of Norfolk ⓘ |
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: Edward of Norfolk Description of subject: Edward of Norfolk was a 14th-century English nobleman, the son and heir of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, and a grandson of King Edward I.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.