Will Scarlet
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Will Scarlet is a legendary member of Robin Hood’s Merry Men, often portrayed as a dashing, hot-headed outlaw skilled with the sword.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Will Scarlet canonical | 19 |
| Will Scarlett | 5 |
| Will Scarlet in Robin Hood (2010 film) | 1 |
| Will Scarlet in The Adventures of Robin Hood | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T120223 — 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: Will Scarlet Context triple: [Robin Hood, ally, Will Scarlet]
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A.
Bertram
Bertram is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and later borne by various notable figures in arts, architecture, and literature.
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B.
Geoffrey Crayon
Geoffrey Crayon is the fictional narrator and persona created by Washington Irving, best known for presenting tales such as those in "The Sketch Book," including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
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C.
Hannibal Chau
Hannibal Chau is a flamboyant black-market dealer in kaiju organs from the film "Pacific Rim," known for his eccentric style and shady charisma.
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D.
Jax Teller
Jax Teller is the conflicted outlaw biker and eventual president of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club in the television series "Sons of Anarchy."
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E.
Degory Priest
Degory Priest was an English Pilgrim and early settler of Plymouth Colony who traveled on the Mayflower and participated in the founding governance of the colony.
- 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: Will Scarlet Target entity description: Will Scarlet is a legendary member of Robin Hood’s Merry Men, often portrayed as a dashing, hot-headed outlaw skilled with the sword.
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A.
Bertram
Bertram is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and later borne by various notable figures in arts, architecture, and literature.
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B.
Geoffrey Crayon
Geoffrey Crayon is the fictional narrator and persona created by Washington Irving, best known for presenting tales such as those in "The Sketch Book," including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
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C.
Hannibal Chau
Hannibal Chau is a flamboyant black-market dealer in kaiju organs from the film "Pacific Rim," known for his eccentric style and shady charisma.
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D.
Jax Teller
Jax Teller is the conflicted outlaw biker and eventual president of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club in the television series "Sons of Anarchy."
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E.
Degory Priest
Degory Priest was an English Pilgrim and early settler of Plymouth Colony who traveled on the Mayflower and participated in the founding governance of the colony.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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legendary figure ⓘ outlaw ⓘ |
| alignment | heroic outlaw ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Will Scadlock
ⓘ
linked to:
Will Scathelock
Will Scarlett ⓘ
linked to:
Will Scarlet
Will Scathelock ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Robin Hood legends
ⓘ
linked to:
Robin Hood
|
| associatedPlace | Nottinghamshire ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Friar Tuck
ⓘ
Little John ⓘ Maid Marian ⓘ Robin Hood ⓘ |
| characterRole | companion of Robin Hood ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
dashing
ⓘ
hot-headed ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| culture | English folklore ⓘ |
| genre | medieval English folklore ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Middle English ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Robin Hood ⓘ |
| medium |
ballads
ⓘ
film ⓘ literature ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ television ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Robin Hood’s Merry Men
ⓘ
linked to:
Merry Men
|
| moralAlignment | champion of the poor ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
comic relief in some versions
ⓘ
supporting hero ⓘ |
| notableAttribute |
often depicted wearing fine or colorful clothing
ⓘ
sometimes portrayed as Robin Hood’s relative ⓘ |
| opposes |
Prince John
ⓘ
Sheriff of Nottingham ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
skilled fighter
ⓘ
young man ⓘ |
| relativeOf | Robin Hood ⓘ |
| setting | Sherwood Forest ⓘ |
| skill | swordsmanship ⓘ |
| team | Merry Men ⓘ |
| theme |
rebellion against tyranny
ⓘ
social justice ⓘ |
| timeOfOrigin | medieval period ⓘ |
| weapon | sword ⓘ |
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: Will Scarlet Description of subject: Will Scarlet is a legendary member of Robin Hood’s Merry Men, often portrayed as a dashing, hot-headed outlaw skilled with the sword.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Will Scarlet
subject linked to:
the greenwood
subject linked to:
Robin Hood television series
linked to: Will Scarlet
subject linked to:
Robin Hood television series
linked to: Will Scarlet
subject linked to:
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991 film)
linked to: Will Scarlet
linked to: Will Scarlet
linked to: Will Scarlet
subject linked to:
Scott Grimes (seasons 10–15 of ER)
subject linked to:
Scott Grimes (seasons 10–15 of ER)
linked to: Will Scarlet
subject linked to:
Knave of Hearts