Richard of Dover
E320181
Richard of Dover was a 12th-century English Benedictine monk who became Archbishop of Canterbury following the martyrdom of Thomas Becket.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard of Dover canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3010440 — 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: Richard of Dover Context triple: [Thomas Becket, successor, Richard of Dover]
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A.
John of Cornwall
John of Cornwall was a 13th-century English nobleman, the son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, and a member of the Plantagenet royal family.
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B.
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall was a 13th-century English prince, wealthy magnate, and elected King of the Romans who played a significant role in European politics during the reigns of his brother Henry III and beyond.
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C.
John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall
John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, was a 14th-century English prince, the second son of King Edward II and Isabella of France, who played a notable military role in the early stages of the Hundred Years’ War before his early death.
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D.
Robert Curthose
Robert Curthose was the eldest son of William the Conqueror, who became Duke of Normandy and played a key role in the politics and warfare of late 11th- and early 12th-century Western Europe.
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E.
Geoffrey V Plantagenet
Geoffrey V Plantagenet was a 12th-century French nobleman, husband of Empress Matilda and father of King Henry II of England, whose marriage helped lay the foundations of the Angevin Empire.
- 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: Richard of Dover Target entity description: Richard of Dover was a 12th-century English Benedictine monk who became Archbishop of Canterbury following the martyrdom of Thomas Becket.
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A.
John of Cornwall
John of Cornwall was a 13th-century English nobleman, the son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, and a member of the Plantagenet royal family.
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B.
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall was a 13th-century English prince, wealthy magnate, and elected King of the Romans who played a significant role in European politics during the reigns of his brother Henry III and beyond.
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C.
John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall
John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, was a 14th-century English prince, the second son of King Edward II and Isabella of France, who played a notable military role in the early stages of the Hundred Years’ War before his early death.
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D.
Robert Curthose
Robert Curthose was the eldest son of William the Conqueror, who became Duke of Normandy and played a key role in the politics and warfare of late 11th- and early 12th-century Western Europe.
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E.
Geoffrey V Plantagenet
Geoffrey V Plantagenet was a 12th-century French nobleman, husband of Empress Matilda and father of King Henry II of England, whose marriage helped lay the foundations of the Angevin Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Archbishop of Canterbury
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Benedictine monk ⓘ Roman Catholic archbishop ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Henry II of England ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 12th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| follows |
Thomas Becket
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linked to:
Saint Thomas Becket
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| memberOf |
Benedictine Order
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linked to:
Benedictines
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| notableFor |
being a 12th-century English Benedictine monk
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succeeding Thomas Becket as Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ |
| occupation |
archbishop
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monk ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholic Church
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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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: Richard of Dover Description of subject: Richard of Dover was a 12th-century English Benedictine monk who became Archbishop of Canterbury following the martyrdom of Thomas Becket.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Saint Thomas Becket