Balian de Ibelin
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Balian de Ibelin was a 12th-century Frankish nobleman and knight of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, known for defending Jerusalem against Saladin in 1187.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Balian of Ibelin | 3 |
| Balian de Ibelin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2138164 — 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: Balian de Ibelin Context triple: [Orlando Bloom, portrayed, Balian de Ibelin]
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A.
Aymer of Lusignan
Aymer of Lusignan was a 13th-century French nobleman and bishop of Winchester, notable as a half-brother of King Henry III of England and a prominent member of the influential Lusignan family.
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B.
James of Jerusalem
James of Jerusalem is a key figure in early Christianity traditionally identified as Jesus’ brother and the leader of the Jerusalem church.
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C.
Elnathan of Jerusalem
Elnathan of Jerusalem was a Judean official mentioned in the Hebrew Bible during the late kingdom of Judah, known for his involvement in the political and prophetic events preceding the Babylonian exile.
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D.
Guy of Lusignan
Guy of Lusignan was a French nobleman of the early 13th century, notable as a younger son of Isabella of Angoulême, queen consort of England, and her second husband Hugh X of Lusignan.
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E.
Bohemond VI of Antioch
Bohemond VI of Antioch was a 13th-century prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli known for his role in the later Crusades and his alliances with the Mongols against Muslim powers in the Levant.
- 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: Balian de Ibelin Target entity description: Balian de Ibelin was a 12th-century Frankish nobleman and knight of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, known for defending Jerusalem against Saladin in 1187.
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A.
Aymer of Lusignan
Aymer of Lusignan was a 13th-century French nobleman and bishop of Winchester, notable as a half-brother of King Henry III of England and a prominent member of the influential Lusignan family.
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B.
James of Jerusalem
James of Jerusalem is a key figure in early Christianity traditionally identified as Jesus’ brother and the leader of the Jerusalem church.
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C.
Elnathan of Jerusalem
Elnathan of Jerusalem was a Judean official mentioned in the Hebrew Bible during the late kingdom of Judah, known for his involvement in the political and prophetic events preceding the Babylonian exile.
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D.
Guy of Lusignan
Guy of Lusignan was a French nobleman of the early 13th century, notable as a younger son of Isabella of Angoulême, queen consort of England, and her second husband Hugh X of Lusignan.
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E.
Bohemond VI of Antioch
Bohemond VI of Antioch was a 13th-century prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli known for his role in the later Crusades and his alliances with the Mongols against Muslim powers in the Levant.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
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: Balian de Ibelin Description of subject: Balian de Ibelin was a 12th-century Frankish nobleman and knight of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, known for defending Jerusalem against Saladin in 1187.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Balian de Ibelin