Leicester Castle
E276848
Leicester Castle is a historic medieval stronghold in Leicester, England, notable as a royal residence and political center during the Middle Ages.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leicester Castle canonical | 14 |
| Great Hall at Leicester Castle | 3 |
| Leicester Castle complex | 3 |
| Castle of Leicester | 1 |
| Great Hall of Leicester Castle | 1 |
| Leicester Castle precinct | 1 |
| royal castle of Leicester | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2552148 — 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: Leicester Castle Context triple: [John of Gaunt, deathPlace, Leicester Castle]
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A.
Nottingham Castle
Nottingham Castle is a historic fortress and ducal mansion in Nottingham, England, famed for its links to the legend of Robin Hood and its commanding position overlooking the city.
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B.
Portland Castle
Portland Castle is a 16th-century coastal artillery fort on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England, built by Henry VIII to defend against French and Spanish invasion.
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C.
Norwich Castle
Norwich Castle is a historic Norman fortress and former royal palace in the city of Norwich, now serving as a museum and art gallery.
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D.
Wisbech Castle
Wisbech Castle is a historic former fortress and later Georgian mansion in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, known for its role as a prison for notable religious and political prisoners.
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E.
Lancaster Castle
Lancaster Castle is a historic medieval fortress in Lancaster, England, long used as a seat of power and a prison, and notable for its role in English legal and political history.
- 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: Leicester Castle Target entity description: Leicester Castle is a historic medieval stronghold in Leicester, England, notable as a royal residence and political center during the Middle Ages.
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A.
Nottingham Castle
Nottingham Castle is a historic fortress and ducal mansion in Nottingham, England, famed for its links to the legend of Robin Hood and its commanding position overlooking the city.
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B.
Portland Castle
Portland Castle is a 16th-century coastal artillery fort on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England, built by Henry VIII to defend against French and Spanish invasion.
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C.
Norwich Castle
Norwich Castle is a historic Norman fortress and former royal palace in the city of Norwich, now serving as a museum and art gallery.
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D.
Wisbech Castle
Wisbech Castle is a historic former fortress and later Georgian mansion in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, known for its role as a prison for notable religious and political prisoners.
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E.
Lancaster Castle
Lancaster Castle is a historic medieval fortress in Lancaster, England, long used as a seat of power and a prison, and notable for its role in English legal and political history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
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medieval castle ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | St Mary de Castro Church ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | medieval architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of Lancaster
ⓘ
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester ⓘ |
| category |
Castles in Leicestershire
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Royal residences in England ⓘ Tourist attractions in Leicester ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentUse |
event and ceremonial venue (Great Hall)
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heritage site ⓘ university teaching and conference space (Great Hall) ⓘ |
| hasCondition |
Great Hall substantially intact
ⓘ
earthworks and motte remain ⓘ partially surviving ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Castle Motte
ⓘ
Castle Yard ⓘ Great Hall of Leicester Castle ⓘ
linked to:
Leicester Guildhall
St Mary de Castro Church (adjacent complex) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Grade I listed building (Great Hall)
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Scheduled monument ⓘ |
| inception |
11th century
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shortly after the Norman Conquest of England ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
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Leicester ⓘ Leicestershire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Europe/London ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
River Soar (nearby)
ⓘ
linked to:
River Soar
|
| material |
stone
ⓘ
timber (original motte-and-bailey elements) ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | De Montfort University (Great Hall lease/use) ⓘ |
| originalFunction |
administrative center
ⓘ
fortified stronghold ⓘ royal residence ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
City of Leicester
ⓘ
linked to:
Leicester
Leicester City Council ⓘ |
| partOf |
City of Leicester
ⓘ
linked to:
Leicester
|
| significantEvent | Parliament of 1265 associated with Simon de Montfort ⓘ |
| usedAs |
assize courts
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county court ⓘ law courts ⓘ meeting place of the Great Council ⓘ political center in the Middle Ages ⓘ royal residence in the Middle Ages ⓘ seat of the Dukes of Lancaster ⓘ seat of the Earls of Leicester ⓘ venue for parliaments ⓘ |
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: Leicester Castle Description of subject: Leicester Castle is a historic medieval stronghold in Leicester, England, notable as a royal residence and political center during the Middle Ages.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Leicester Castle
linked to: Leicester Castle
linked to: Leicester Castle
linked to: Leicester Castle
linked to: Leicester Castle
subject linked to:
St Mary de Castro Church (adjacent complex)
linked to: Leicester Castle
subject linked to:
St Mary de Castro Church (adjacent complex)
subject linked to:
St Mary de Castro Church (adjacent complex)
subject linked to:
St Mary de Castro Church (adjacent complex)
linked to: Leicester Castle
linked to: Leicester Castle
linked to: Leicester Castle
linked to: Leicester Castle