Bigod
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Bigod is an Anglo-Norman noble family prominent in medieval England, particularly known for holding the earldom of Norfolk and playing key roles in royal politics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bigod canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6345464 — 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: Bigod Context triple: [Maud Bigod, familyName, Bigod]
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A.
Offa
Offa is a prominent town and local government area in Kwara State, Nigeria, known historically as a Yoruba cultural and commercial center.
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B.
Othain
Othain is a tributary river of the Chiers in northeastern France, contributing to the Meuse river basin.
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C.
Godfrey
Godfrey is the given name of the influential British mathematician G. H. Hardy, renowned for his work in number theory and mathematical analysis.
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D.
Godfrey
Godfrey is an American comedian and actor known for his stand-up work and film roles, including a prominent appearance in the comedy movie "Soul Plane."
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E.
Gunthamund
Gunthamund was a late 5th-century king of the Vandals and Alans in North Africa, known for his relatively moderate rule and efforts to stabilize the Vandal Kingdom after periods of internal strife.
- 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: Bigod Target entity description: Bigod is an Anglo-Norman noble family prominent in medieval England, particularly known for holding the earldom of Norfolk and playing key roles in royal politics.
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A.
Offa
Offa is a prominent town and local government area in Kwara State, Nigeria, known historically as a Yoruba cultural and commercial center.
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B.
Othain
Othain is a tributary river of the Chiers in northeastern France, contributing to the Meuse river basin.
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C.
Godfrey
Godfrey is the given name of the influential British mathematician G. H. Hardy, renowned for his work in number theory and mathematical analysis.
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D.
Godfrey
Godfrey is an American comedian and actor known for his stand-up work and film roles, including a prominent appearance in the comedy movie "Soul Plane."
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E.
Gunthamund
Gunthamund was a late 5th-century king of the Vandals and Alans in North Africa, known for his relatively moderate rule and efforts to stabilize the Vandal Kingdom after periods of internal strife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Norman noble family
ⓘ
medieval English noble house ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Anglo-Norman aristocracy
ⓘ
Plantagenet kings of England ⓘ
linked to:
House of Plantagenet
|
| coatOfArmsDescription | or, a cross gules (attributed to later Bigods of Norfolk) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Normandy ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Norman ⓘ |
| feudalStatus | major baronial family ⓘ |
| heldTitle |
Earl Marshal of England
ⓘ
linked to:
Earl Marshal
Earl of Norfolk ⓘ |
| hereditaryOffice |
Earl Marshal of England
ⓘ
linked to:
Earl Marshal
|
| historicalSignificance | influential in the governance and politics of medieval England ⓘ |
| knownFor |
holding the earldom of Norfolk
ⓘ
involvement in royal politics in medieval England ⓘ |
| landholdings |
estates in Suffolk
ⓘ
estates in other parts of eastern England ⓘ large estates in Norfolk ⓘ |
| language |
Anglo-Norman French
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglo-Norman
Latin ⓘ |
| laterVassalsOf | King of England ⓘ |
| nobleRank | earl ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk
ⓘ
linked to:
Hugh Bigod Earl of Norfolk
Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk ⓘ
linked to:
Hugh Bigod Earl of Norfolk
Ralph Bigod ⓘ Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk ⓘ Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk ⓘ Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk ⓘ William Bigod ⓘ |
| notableTitleHeld | Earl of Norfolk ⓘ |
| originatedAsVassalsOf | Duke of Normandy ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | often opposed to royal authority in the 13th century ⓘ |
| politicalRole | baronial leadership in conflicts with the English crown ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
England
ⓘ
Norfolk ⓘ |
| socialClass | high medieval nobility ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
11th century
ⓘ
12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ |
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: Bigod Description of subject: Bigod is an Anglo-Norman noble family prominent in medieval England, particularly known for holding the earldom of Norfolk and playing key roles in royal politics.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.