Master Walter of Durham
E246942
Master Walter of Durham was a 13th-century English royal carpenter and craftsman renowned for his work at the court of King Edward I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Master Walter of Durham canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2247162 — 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: Master Walter of Durham Context triple: [Coronation Chair, creator, Master Walter of Durham]
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A.
Walter de Merton
Walter de Merton was a 13th-century English bishop and royal official best known for pioneering the collegiate system at Oxford University.
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B.
Walter de Stapledon
Walter de Stapledon was a 14th-century English bishop of Exeter and royal administrator who played a significant role in both church and state during the reign of Edward II.
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C.
Richard of Manners, Abbot of Melrose
Richard of Manners was a medieval abbot of Melrose Abbey in Scotland, remembered as one of the monastery’s notable religious leaders and buried within its grounds.
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D.
Bishop William Van Mildert
Bishop William Van Mildert was a 19th-century Anglican bishop and theologian, notable as the last Prince-Bishop of Durham and a key figure in the establishment of Durham University.
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E.
William of Hatfield
William of Hatfield was a short-lived English prince of the 14th century, one of the younger sons of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault.
- 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: Master Walter of Durham Target entity description: Master Walter of Durham was a 13th-century English royal carpenter and craftsman renowned for his work at the court of King Edward I.
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A.
Walter de Merton
Walter de Merton was a 13th-century English bishop and royal official best known for pioneering the collegiate system at Oxford University.
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B.
Walter de Stapledon
Walter de Stapledon was a 14th-century English bishop of Exeter and royal administrator who played a significant role in both church and state during the reign of Edward II.
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C.
Richard of Manners, Abbot of Melrose
Richard of Manners was a medieval abbot of Melrose Abbey in Scotland, remembered as one of the monastery’s notable religious leaders and buried within its grounds.
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D.
Bishop William Van Mildert
Bishop William Van Mildert was a 19th-century Anglican bishop and theologian, notable as the last Prince-Bishop of Durham and a key figure in the establishment of Durham University.
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E.
William of Hatfield
William of Hatfield was a short-lived English prince of the 14th century, one of the younger sons of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English carpenter
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carpenter ⓘ medieval craftsman ⓘ person ⓘ royal servant ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
English monarchy
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court of Edward I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| employer |
Edward I of England
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English royal court ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
carpentry
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woodworking ⓘ |
| floruit | 13th century ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Master ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Middle English ⓘ |
| name | Walter of Durham ⓘ |
| notableFor |
royal carpentry
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work for King Edward I ⓘ |
| occupation |
carpenter
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craftsman ⓘ |
| positionHeld | royal carpenter ⓘ |
| residence | England ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
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: Master Walter of Durham Description of subject: Master Walter of Durham was a 13th-century English royal carpenter and craftsman renowned for his work at the court of King Edward I.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.