Idelette de Bure
E39109
Idelette de Bure was the wife of Protestant Reformer John Calvin, a former Anabaptist widow who supported his ministry in Strasbourg and Geneva.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Idelette de Bure canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T303162 — 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: Idelette de Bure Context triple: [John Calvin, spouse, Idelette de Bure]
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A.
Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse
Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse was a French Huguenot noblewoman who became Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and is remembered as the mother of Sophia Dorothea of Celle, the repudiated wife of King George I of Great Britain.
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B.
Préféte Duffaut
Préféte Duffaut was a renowned Haitian painter celebrated for his imaginative, dreamlike cityscapes and significant contributions to Haitian naïve art.
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C.
Marie de Esy
Marie de Esy was the birth name of Marie Mosquini, an American silent film actress best known for her work in Hal Roach comedies.
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D.
Marie-Pierre Kœnig
Marie-Pierre Kœnig was a prominent French general and Resistance leader during World War II, renowned for his role in the Free French Forces and the Battle of Bir Hakeim.
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E.
Marie
Marie is a widely used European given name, especially common in French-speaking countries, derived from the Hebrew name Miryam (Mary).
- 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: Idelette de Bure Target entity description: Idelette de Bure was the wife of Protestant Reformer John Calvin, a former Anabaptist widow who supported his ministry in Strasbourg and Geneva.
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A.
Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse
Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse was a French Huguenot noblewoman who became Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and is remembered as the mother of Sophia Dorothea of Celle, the repudiated wife of King George I of Great Britain.
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B.
Préféte Duffaut
Préféte Duffaut was a renowned Haitian painter celebrated for his imaginative, dreamlike cityscapes and significant contributions to Haitian naïve art.
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C.
Marie de Esy
Marie de Esy was the birth name of Marie Mosquini, an American silent film actress best known for her work in Hal Roach comedies.
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D.
Marie-Pierre Kœnig
Marie-Pierre Kœnig was a prominent French general and Resistance leader during World War II, renowned for his role in the Free French Forces and the Battle of Bir Hakeim.
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E.
Marie
Marie is a widely used European given name, especially common in French-speaking countries, derived from the Hebrew name Miryam (Mary).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century person
ⓘ
Protestant ⓘ Reformer’s spouse ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Protestant Reformation
ⓘ
linked to:
Reformation
Reformed tradition ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Geneva
ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ |
| maritalStatusBeforeCalvin | widow ⓘ |
| marriedTo | John Calvin ⓘ |
| name | Idelette de Bure ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the wife of John Calvin
ⓘ
supporting John Calvin’s ministry in Strasbourg and Geneva ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Protestantism ⓘ |
| religiousBackground | Anabaptism ⓘ |
| role |
pastor’s wife
ⓘ
supporter of Calvin’s pastoral work ⓘ |
| spouse | John Calvin ⓘ |
| spouseName | John Calvin ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | Protestant Reformer ⓘ |
| supportedMinistryIn |
Geneva
ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ |
| supportedMinistryOf | John Calvin ⓘ |
| was | former Anabaptist ⓘ |
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: Idelette de Bure Description of subject: Idelette de Bure was the wife of Protestant Reformer John Calvin, a former Anabaptist widow who supported his ministry in Strasbourg and Geneva.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.