William of Newburgh
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William of Newburgh was a 12th-century English historian and Augustinian canon best known for his chronicle "Historia rerum Anglicarum," which provides a detailed account of English history and marvels of his time.
All labels observed (1)
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| William of Newburgh canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12622993 — 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: William of Newburgh Context triple: [Green Children of Woolpit, describedBy, William of Newburgh]
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A.
Henry of Huntingdon
Henry of Huntingdon was a 12th-century English historian and archdeacon best known for his Latin chronicle "Historia Anglorum," which narrates the history of England from Roman times to his own day.
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B.
William of Malmesbury
William of Malmesbury was a 12th-century English historian and monk renowned for his Latin chronicles that blend Anglo-Saxon and Norman perspectives on England’s past.
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C.
Guibert of Ravenna
Guibert of Ravenna was an 11th-century Italian archbishop who became the imperial antipope Clement III during the Investiture Controversy against Pope Gregory VII.
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D.
William of Tyre
William of Tyre was a 12th-century archbishop and historian of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, best known for his detailed chronicle of the Crusades and the politics of the Crusader states.
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E.
Geoffrey de Charny
Geoffrey de Charny was a renowned 14th-century French knight and author celebrated for his chivalric ideals and military leadership during the Hundred Years' War.
- 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: William of Newburgh Target entity description: William of Newburgh was a 12th-century English historian and Augustinian canon best known for his chronicle "Historia rerum Anglicarum," which provides a detailed account of English history and marvels of his time.
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A.
Henry of Huntingdon
Henry of Huntingdon was a 12th-century English historian and archdeacon best known for his Latin chronicle "Historia Anglorum," which narrates the history of England from Roman times to his own day.
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B.
William of Malmesbury
William of Malmesbury was a 12th-century English historian and monk renowned for his Latin chronicles that blend Anglo-Saxon and Norman perspectives on England’s past.
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C.
Guibert of Ravenna
Guibert of Ravenna was an 11th-century Italian archbishop who became the imperial antipope Clement III during the Investiture Controversy against Pope Gregory VII.
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D.
William of Tyre
William of Tyre was a 12th-century archbishop and historian of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, best known for his detailed chronicle of the Crusades and the politics of the Crusader states.
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E.
Geoffrey de Charny
Geoffrey de Charny was a renowned 14th-century French knight and author celebrated for his chivalric ideals and military leadership during the Hundred Years' War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Green Children of Woolpit