Barristan Selmy
E352160
Kingsguard
Lord Commander of the Kingsguard
character in A Song of Ice and Fire
fictional character
knight
Barristan Selmy is a legendary knight of the Kingsguard in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, renowned for his honor, skill at arms, and long service to multiple kings.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barristan Selmy canonical | 5 |
| Ser Barristan Selmy | 4 |
| Barristan the Bold | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3285092 — 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: Barristan Selmy Context triple: [The Winds of Winter, announcedPOVCharacters, Barristan Selmy]
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A.
Petyr Baelish
Petyr Baelish is a cunning and manipulative political schemer in the Game of Thrones universe, known for his ambition, strategic plotting, and role in destabilizing the Seven Kingdoms.
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B.
Brynden Tully
Brynden Tully, known as "the Blackfish," is a seasoned and sharp-tongued knight and commander from House Tully in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.
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C.
Tyrion Lannister
Tyrion Lannister is a sharp-witted, sharp-tongued nobleman of House Lannister known for his intelligence, political savvy, and status as an underestimated outsider in the Game of Thrones universe.
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D.
Victarion Greyjoy
Victarion Greyjoy is a fierce and fanatical Ironborn warlord from House Greyjoy in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, known for his brutal martial prowess and rigid devotion to the Drowned God.
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E.
Oberyn Martell
Oberyn Martell is a charismatic and deadly Dornish prince and warrior, famed for his skill with a spear, sharp wit, and thirst for vengeance in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.
- 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: Barristan Selmy Target entity description: Barristan Selmy is a legendary knight of the Kingsguard in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, renowned for his honor, skill at arms, and long service to multiple kings.
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A.
Petyr Baelish
Petyr Baelish is a cunning and manipulative political schemer in the Game of Thrones universe, known for his ambition, strategic plotting, and role in destabilizing the Seven Kingdoms.
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B.
Brynden Tully
Brynden Tully, known as "the Blackfish," is a seasoned and sharp-tongued knight and commander from House Tully in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.
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C.
Tyrion Lannister
Tyrion Lannister is a sharp-witted, sharp-tongued nobleman of House Lannister known for his intelligence, political savvy, and status as an underestimated outsider in the Game of Thrones universe.
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D.
Victarion Greyjoy
Victarion Greyjoy is a fierce and fanatical Ironborn warlord from House Greyjoy in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, known for his brutal martial prowess and rigid devotion to the Drowned God.
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E.
Oberyn Martell
Oberyn Martell is a charismatic and deadly Dornish prince and warrior, famed for his skill with a spear, sharp wit, and thirst for vengeance in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
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: Barristan Selmy Description of subject: Barristan Selmy is a legendary knight of the Kingsguard in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, renowned for his honor, skill at arms, and long service to multiple kings.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Winds of Winter (unpublished novel by George R. R. Martin)
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