Bertilak's castle

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fictional castle location in literature

Bertilak's castle is the grand, remote stronghold in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" where Sir Gawain stays as a guest and undergoes a series of moral and chivalric tests.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bertilak’s castle	2
Bertilak's castle canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3203171 — 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: Bertilak's castle
Context triple: [Lady Bertilak, settingOfEncounters, Bertilak's castle]

A. Drakensteyn Castle
Drakensteyn Castle is a 17th-century moated country house in the Netherlands best known as the private residence of former Queen Beatrix.
B. Valère Castle
Valère Castle is a historic fortified complex overlooking the town of Sion in the Swiss canton of Valais, notable for its medieval architecture and hilltop basilica.
C. Rockelstad Castle
Rockelstad Castle is a historic lakeside manor in Sweden known for its grand architecture and association with prominent early 20th-century figures.
D. Grandson Castle
Grandson Castle is a well-preserved medieval fortress in the municipality of Grandson in Switzerland, renowned for its historical significance and imposing lakeside setting.
E. Persenbeug Castle
Persenbeug Castle is a historic riverside castle in Lower Austria best known as the birthplace of the last Emperor of Austria, Charles I.
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: Bertilak's castle
Target entity description: Bertilak's castle is the grand, remote stronghold in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" where Sir Gawain stays as a guest and undergoes a series of moral and chivalric tests.

A. Drakensteyn Castle
Drakensteyn Castle is a 17th-century moated country house in the Netherlands best known as the private residence of former Queen Beatrix.
B. Valère Castle
Valère Castle is a historic fortified complex overlooking the town of Sion in the Swiss canton of Valais, notable for its medieval architecture and hilltop basilica.
C. Rockelstad Castle
Rockelstad Castle is a historic lakeside manor in Sweden known for its grand architecture and association with prominent early 20th-century figures.
D. Grandson Castle
Grandson Castle is a well-preserved medieval fortress in the municipality of Grandson in Switzerland, renowned for its historical significance and imposing lakeside setting.
E. Persenbeug Castle
Persenbeug Castle is a historic riverside castle in Lower Austria best known as the birthplace of the last Emperor of Austria, Charles I.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional castle ⓘ location in literature ⓘ
appearsIn	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
associatedWithCharacterAlias	the Green Knight (Bertilak) ⓘ linked to: Lord Bertilak
associatedWithTheme	chivalry ⓘ hospitality ⓘ temptation ⓘ testing of knights ⓘ truth and honesty ⓘ
connectedNarrativelyTo	the Green Chapel ⓘ linked to: Green Chapel
contrastedWith	Camelot ⓘ linked to: King Arthur's court
controlledBy	Morgan le Fay (behind the scenes) ⓘ linked to: Morgan le Fay
describedAs	grand ⓘ remote ⓘ stronghold ⓘ
firstDescribedIn	14th-century Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ linked to: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
functionInPlot	location where Gawain receives the green girdle ⓘ place of refuge for Gawain before his meeting at the Green Chapel ⓘ site of the exchange-of-winnings agreement between Gawain and Bertilak ⓘ
hasFeature	chapel ⓘ fortified walls ⓘ great hall ⓘ richly furnished chambers ⓘ
hasHospitalityCustom	gift-giving ⓘ lavish feasting ⓘ
hasResident	Bertilak's household knights and servants ⓘ Bertilak's hunting retinue ⓘ
hostsCharacter	Lady Bertilak ⓘ Sir Gawain ⓘ linked to: Gawain an old lady later revealed as Morgan le Fay ⓘ
languageOfWork	Middle English ⓘ
locatedInFictionalRegion	Hautdesert ⓘ
narrativeRole	primary secondary setting after King Arthur's court ⓘ
ownedBy	Bertilak de Hautdesert ⓘ
partOfFictionalWorld	Arthurian legend cycle ⓘ linked to: Arthurian legend
ruledBy	Bertilak de Hautdesert ⓘ
settingFor	Sir Gawain's chivalric tests ⓘ Sir Gawain's moral tests ⓘ the bedroom temptation scenes ⓘ the exchange-of-winnings game ⓘ
symbolizes	courtly civilization contrasted with the wild Green Chapel ⓘ the deceptive comfort of hospitality ⓘ
timeOfEvents	Christmas season ⓘ New Year period ⓘ
visitedBy	Sir Gawain ⓘ linked to: Gawain
workGenre	Arthurian romance ⓘ alliterative poem ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lady Bertilak → settingOfEncounters → Bertilak's castle ⓘ

Hautdesert → alsoKnownAs → Bertilak’s castle ⓘ

linked to: Bertilak's castle

Green Chapel → nearFictionalLocation → Bertilak’s castle ⓘ