Elaine of Benoic
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Elaine of Benoic is a noblewoman in Arthurian legend best known as the mother of Sir Lancelot and the wife of King Ban of Benoic.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elaine of Benoic canonical | 8 |
| Elaine (wife of King Ban) | 2 |
| Elaine (Arthurian) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1906184 — 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: Elaine of Benoic Context triple: [Sir Lancelot, mother, Elaine of Benoic]
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A.
Alice of Courtenay
Alice of Courtenay was a French noblewoman of the House of Courtenay, notable as a daughter of King Peter II of Courtenay and a member of the extended Capetian royal family.
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B.
Ingelberga of Aquitaine
Ingelberga of Aquitaine was a medieval noblewoman from the Aquitanian aristocracy, notable as the founder and patron of the influential Benedictine monastery of Cluny.
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C.
Euphemia de Ross
Euphemia de Ross was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman and queen consort as the second wife of King Robert II of Scotland.
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D.
Diane de Grandseigne
Diane de Grandseigne was a French noblewoman best known as the mother of Madame de Montespan, the influential mistress of King Louis XIV.
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E.
Herleva of Falaise
Herleva of Falaise was a Norman woman of modest origins best known as the mother of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king of England.
- 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: Elaine of Benoic Target entity description: Elaine of Benoic is a noblewoman in Arthurian legend best known as the mother of Sir Lancelot and the wife of King Ban of Benoic.
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A.
Alice of Courtenay
Alice of Courtenay was a French noblewoman of the House of Courtenay, notable as a daughter of King Peter II of Courtenay and a member of the extended Capetian royal family.
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B.
Ingelberga of Aquitaine
Ingelberga of Aquitaine was a medieval noblewoman from the Aquitanian aristocracy, notable as the founder and patron of the influential Benedictine monastery of Cluny.
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C.
Euphemia de Ross
Euphemia de Ross was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman and queen consort as the second wife of King Robert II of Scotland.
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D.
Diane de Grandseigne
Diane de Grandseigne was a French noblewoman best known as the mother of Madame de Montespan, the influential mistress of King Louis XIV.
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E.
Herleva of Falaise
Herleva of Falaise was a Norman woman of modest origins best known as the mother of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king of England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arthurian character
ⓘ
fictional noblewoman ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Arthurian legend ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
King Ban of Benoic
ⓘ
linked to:
King Ban of Benwick
Sir Lancelot ⓘ |
| category |
Queens in Arthurian legend
ⓘ
Women in Arthurian legend ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
King Arthur
ⓘ
Knights of the Round Table ⓘ
linked to:
King Arthur's court
|
| culture | medieval French literature ⓘ |
| family | House of Benoic ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Matter of Britain ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Old French ⓘ |
| motherOf | Sir Lancelot ⓘ |
| nationality | Benoic ⓘ |
| nobleRank | queen ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the mother of Sir Lancelot
ⓘ
being the wife of King Ban of Benoic ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lancelot-Grail cycle
ⓘ
linked to:
Estoire de Merlin
|
| relative |
King Ban of Benoic
ⓘ
linked to:
King Ban of Benwick
Sir Lancelot ⓘ |
| roleInLegend | mother of a major Round Table knight ⓘ |
| spouse |
King Ban of Benoic
ⓘ
linked to:
King Ban of Benwick
|
| title | Queen of Benoic ⓘ |
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: Elaine of Benoic Description of subject: Elaine of Benoic is a noblewoman in Arthurian legend best known as the mother of Sir Lancelot and the wife of King Ban of Benoic.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Elaine of Benoic
subject linked to:
infant Lancelot (through the Lady of the Lake episode context)
linked to: Elaine of Benoic
subject linked to:
infant Lancelot (through the Lady of the Lake episode context)
linked to: Elaine of Benoic