James of Coimbra
E393409
James of Coimbra was a 15th-century Portuguese infante who became a cardinal of the Catholic Church and played a notable role in the religious and political affairs of his time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James of Coimbra canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3845538 — 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: James of Coimbra Context triple: [Peter, Duke of Coimbra, child, James of Coimbra]
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A.
Anthony of Lisbon
Anthony of Lisbon is a revered 13th-century Catholic saint and Doctor of the Church, famed as the patron of lost items and for his powerful preaching and miracles.
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B.
Peter, Duke of Coimbra
Peter, Duke of Coimbra was a 15th-century Portuguese infante, statesman, and regent who played a key role in the politics of the Kingdom of Portugal during the reign of his nephew Afonso V.
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C.
Denis of Portugal
Denis of Portugal was a 13th–14th century Portuguese king known for strengthening the kingdom’s administration, promoting agriculture and trade, and fostering the development of the Portuguese language and culture.
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D.
James de Salis
James de Salis was a mountaineer known for being among the earliest climbers to reach the summit of Mexico’s Iztaccíhuatl volcano.
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E.
Antonio, Prior of Crato
Antonio, Prior of Crato was a Portuguese claimant to the throne who, after being deposed by Spanish forces, continued to lead resistance against Spanish rule, including involvement in the English Armada of 1589.
- 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: James of Coimbra Target entity description: James of Coimbra was a 15th-century Portuguese infante who became a cardinal of the Catholic Church and played a notable role in the religious and political affairs of his time.
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A.
Anthony of Lisbon
Anthony of Lisbon is a revered 13th-century Catholic saint and Doctor of the Church, famed as the patron of lost items and for his powerful preaching and miracles.
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B.
Peter, Duke of Coimbra
Peter, Duke of Coimbra was a 15th-century Portuguese infante, statesman, and regent who played a key role in the politics of the Kingdom of Portugal during the reign of his nephew Afonso V.
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C.
Denis of Portugal
Denis of Portugal was a 13th–14th century Portuguese king known for strengthening the kingdom’s administration, promoting agriculture and trade, and fostering the development of the Portuguese language and culture.
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D.
James de Salis
James de Salis was a mountaineer known for being among the earliest climbers to reach the summit of Mexico’s Iztaccíhuatl volcano.
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E.
Antonio, Prior of Crato
Antonio, Prior of Crato was a Portuguese claimant to the throne who, after being deposed by Spanish forces, continued to lead resistance against Spanish rule, including involvement in the English Armada of 1589.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (22)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese infante
ⓘ
Roman Catholic cardinal ⓘ human ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
Portuguese royal court ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 15th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Aviz ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | infante of Portugal ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in 15th-century Portuguese political affairs
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role in 15th-century Portuguese religious affairs ⓘ |
| occupation |
cardinal
ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Coimbra ⓘ |
| playedRoleIn |
political affairs of 15th-century Portugal
ⓘ
religious policy of 15th-century Portugal ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
cardinal of the Catholic Church
ⓘ
infante of Portugal ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: James of Coimbra Description of subject: James of Coimbra was a 15th-century Portuguese infante who became a cardinal of the Catholic Church and played a notable role in the religious and political affairs of his time.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.