Sir Bedivere
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Sir Bedivere is a knight of Arthurian legend best known for returning King Arthur’s sword Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake after the Battle of Camlann.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sir Bedivere canonical | 7 |
| Sir Bedivere (in some versions) | 1 |
| Sir Bedivere from Arthurian legend | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1906076 — 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: Sir Bedivere Context triple: [King Arthur's court, hasMember, Sir Bedivere]
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A.
Mordred
Mordred is a treacherous knight of Arthurian legend, best known for betraying King Arthur and fatally wounding him at the Battle of Camlann.
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B.
Sir Lancelot
Sir Lancelot is one of the most famous Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, renowned for his unmatched prowess in battle and his tragic love affair with Queen Guinevere.
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C.
Gawain
Gawain is a legendary knight of King Arthur’s Round Table in Arthurian literature, renowned for his chivalry and central role in tales such as "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
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D.
Sir Gaerfyrddin
Sir Gaerfyrddin is the Welsh-language name for Carmarthenshire, a historic county in southwest Wales.
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E.
Knight of the Bath
The Knight of the Bath is a rank of knighthood within the British Order of the Bath, historically bestowed as a high honor for distinguished military or civil service.
- 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: Sir Bedivere Target entity description: Sir Bedivere is a knight of Arthurian legend best known for returning King Arthur’s sword Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake after the Battle of Camlann.
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A.
Mordred
Mordred is a treacherous knight of Arthurian legend, best known for betraying King Arthur and fatally wounding him at the Battle of Camlann.
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B.
Sir Lancelot
Sir Lancelot is one of the most famous Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, renowned for his unmatched prowess in battle and his tragic love affair with Queen Guinevere.
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C.
Gawain
Gawain is a legendary knight of King Arthur’s Round Table in Arthurian literature, renowned for his chivalry and central role in tales such as "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
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D.
Sir Gaerfyrddin
Sir Gaerfyrddin is the Welsh-language name for Carmarthenshire, a historic county in southwest Wales.
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E.
Knight of the Bath
The Knight of the Bath is a rank of knighthood within the British Order of the Bath, historically bestowed as a high honor for distinguished military or civil service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arthurian character
ⓘ
Knight of the Round Table ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Camelot
ⓘ
linked to:
King Arthur's court
King Arthur ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Historia Regum Britanniae
ⓘ
Le Morte d’Arthur ⓘ
linked to:
Le Morte d'Arthur
various Arthurian romances ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Arthurian legend
ⓘ
Excalibur ⓘ Lady of the Lake ⓘ
linked to:
The Lady of the Lake
Round Table ⓘ
linked to:
King Arthur's court
|
| battle | Battle of Camlann ⓘ |
| category |
Arthurian knight
ⓘ
Legendary British person ⓘ |
| culture | British ⓘ |
| family |
Griflet
ⓘ
Lucan the Butler ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | legendary figure ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageTradition |
French Arthurian romance tradition
ⓘ
Welsh tradition ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | symbol of loyalty at Arthur’s death ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Matter of Britain ⓘ |
| loyaltyTrait | loyal to King Arthur ⓘ |
| moralTrait |
dutiful
ⓘ
honorable ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Bedevere
ⓘ
Bedwyr ⓘ |
| narrativeEvent |
initially hesitated to throw Excalibur into the lake
ⓘ
tasked by dying Arthur to return Excalibur ⓘ ultimately obeyed Arthur and cast Excalibur into the lake ⓘ |
| notableAction | returned Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake ⓘ |
| occupation | knight ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | one of Arthur’s last surviving companions at Camlann ⓘ |
| relationship | knight of King Arthur ⓘ |
| relativeType |
brother of Lucan the Butler
ⓘ
kinsman of Griflet ⓘ |
| role |
Arthurian knight
ⓘ
companion of King Arthur ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae
ⓘ
linked to:
Historia Regum Britanniae
Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur ⓘ
linked to:
Le Morte d'Arthur
|
| timePeriod | mythic sub-Roman Britain ⓘ |
| weaponAssociation | Excalibur ⓘ |
| witnessed | hand rising from the lake to catch Excalibur ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sir Bedivere Description of subject: Sir Bedivere is a knight of Arthurian legend best known for returning King Arthur’s sword Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake after the Battle of Camlann.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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