Castle of Tilly, Brabant
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The Castle of Tilly in Brabant is a historic noble residence in present-day Belgium, best known as the birthplace of the famed Catholic League general Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, during the Thirty Years' War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Castle of Tilly, Brabant canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5236339 — 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: Castle of Tilly, Brabant Context triple: [Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, birthPlace, Castle of Tilly, Brabant]
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Breda Castle
Breda Castle is a historic fortified palace in the Dutch city of Breda, long associated with the House of Nassau and the ancestors of the Dutch royal family.
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B.
Stuyvenberg Castle
Stuyvenberg Castle is a historic royal residence in Laeken, Brussels, long associated with the Belgian monarchy and used as a home for members of the royal family.
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C.
Heeze Castle
Heeze Castle is a historic moated castle in the village of Heeze in the Netherlands, long associated with the local nobility and known for its well-preserved architecture and surrounding estate.
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D.
Amerongen Castle
Amerongen Castle is a historic Dutch manor house and former noble residence in the village of Amerongen, known for its well-preserved architecture and landscaped gardens.
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E.
Maison des Ducs de Brabant
Maison des Ducs de Brabant is an ornate Baroque guildhouse complex on Brussels’ Grand Place, notable for its richly decorated façade and historical association with various trade guilds.
- 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: Castle of Tilly, Brabant Target entity description: The Castle of Tilly in Brabant is a historic noble residence in present-day Belgium, best known as the birthplace of the famed Catholic League general Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, during the Thirty Years' War.
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A.
Breda Castle
Breda Castle is a historic fortified palace in the Dutch city of Breda, long associated with the House of Nassau and the ancestors of the Dutch royal family.
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B.
Stuyvenberg Castle
Stuyvenberg Castle is a historic royal residence in Laeken, Brussels, long associated with the Belgian monarchy and used as a home for members of the royal family.
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C.
Heeze Castle
Heeze Castle is a historic moated castle in the village of Heeze in the Netherlands, long associated with the local nobility and known for its well-preserved architecture and surrounding estate.
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D.
Amerongen Castle
Amerongen Castle is a historic Dutch manor house and former noble residence in the village of Amerongen, known for its well-preserved architecture and landscaped gardens.
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E.
Maison des Ducs de Brabant
Maison des Ducs de Brabant is an ornate Baroque guildhouse complex on Brussels’ Grand Place, notable for its richly decorated façade and historical association with various trade guilds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
castle
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historic residence ⓘ military commander ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| affiliation | Catholic League ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly
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linked to:
Tilly (Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly)
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| birthPlace | Castle of Tilly, Brabant ⓘ |
| country |
Belgium
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Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brabant
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present-day Belgium ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the birthplace of Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly
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commanding forces of the Catholic League in the Thirty Years' War ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Thirty Years' War ⓘ |
| usedAs | noble residence ⓘ |
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: Castle of Tilly, Brabant Description of subject: The Castle of Tilly in Brabant is a historic noble residence in present-day Belgium, best known as the birthplace of the famed Catholic League general Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, during the Thirty Years' War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Tilly (Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly)
subject linked to:
Castle of Tilly, Brabant