Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond
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Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond, was an early 17th-century Irish nobleman and prominent member of the Butler dynasty who played a significant role in the political and land disputes of his time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11565875 — 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: Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond Context triple: [House of Butler, notableMember, Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond]
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Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent Anglo-Irish nobleman of the Tudor era, closely connected to the English court and influential in Irish political affairs.
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B.
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 16th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who played a key role in Tudor politics and the governance of Ireland.
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C.
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, was a prominent 17th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman, soldier, and statesman who played a leading role in Royalist politics and military campaigns in Ireland during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the Restoration era.
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D.
James FitzGerald, 20th Earl of Kildare
James FitzGerald, 20th Earl of Kildare, was an influential 18th-century Irish nobleman and politician who became Duke of Leinster and was one of the most prominent aristocrats in Ireland.
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E.
Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles
Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles was an Irish nobleman of the Butler dynasty and heir apparent to the Earldom of Ormond in the early 17th century.
- 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: Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond Target entity description: Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond, was an early 17th-century Irish nobleman and prominent member of the Butler dynasty who played a significant role in the political and land disputes of his time.
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A.
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent Anglo-Irish nobleman of the Tudor era, closely connected to the English court and influential in Irish political affairs.
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B.
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 16th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who played a key role in Tudor politics and the governance of Ireland.
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C.
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, was a prominent 17th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman, soldier, and statesman who played a leading role in Royalist politics and military campaigns in Ireland during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the Restoration era.
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D.
James FitzGerald, 20th Earl of Kildare
James FitzGerald, 20th Earl of Kildare, was an influential 18th-century Irish nobleman and politician who became Duke of Leinster and was one of the most prominent aristocrats in Ireland.
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E.
Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles
Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles was an Irish nobleman of the Butler dynasty and heir apparent to the Earldom of Ormond in the early 17th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl
ⓘ
Irish nobleman ⓘ member of the Butler dynasty ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitleTerritory | Ormond ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ |
| dynasticConnection | Butler of Ormond ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Anglo-Irish ⓘ |
| familyName | Butler ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| hasRole |
landowner
ⓘ
political figure ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Irish peerage
ⓘ
linked to:
Peerage of Ireland
|
| nobleFamily |
Butler dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Butler family
|
| nobleTitle | 11th Earl of Ormond ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in Irish political affairs
ⓘ
involvement in land disputes in Ireland ⓘ |
| partOf | Irish aristocracy ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Earl of Ormond ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Ireland ⓘ |
| residence | Ireland ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| sphereOfActivity |
Irish politics
ⓘ
land tenure and disputes ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
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: Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond Description of subject: Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond, was an early 17th-century Irish nobleman and prominent member of the Butler dynasty who played a significant role in the political and land disputes of his time.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.