James of Cleves
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James of Cleves was a 15th-century nobleman of the House of La Marck, known primarily as a younger son in the ducal family of Cleves and brother to Catherine of Cleves, Duchess of Guelders.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James of Cleves canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7568928 — 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 Cleves Context triple: [Catherine of Cleves, sibling, James of Cleves]
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A.
Duke of Cleves
The Duke of Cleves was the sovereign ruler of the historic Duchy of Cleves in the Lower Rhine region, a title held by several prominent German princes within the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Charles Carter of Cleve
Charles Carter of Cleve was an 18th-century Virginia planter, politician, and prominent member of the influential Carter family, known for his extensive landholdings and role in colonial society.
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C.
Henry Brandon
Henry Brandon was a character actor best known for his villainous roles in classic Hollywood films, including his memorable portrayal of the Comanche chief Scar in "The Searchers."
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D.
Henry Brandon
Henry Brandon was an English nobleman, the son of Mary Tudor (sister of King Henry VIII) and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
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E.
John I, Duke of Cleves-Mark
John I, Duke of Cleves-Mark was a 15th-century German nobleman who significantly expanded and consolidated the territories of Cleves and Mark, strengthening their political and economic influence within the Holy Roman Empire.
- 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 Cleves Target entity description: James of Cleves was a 15th-century nobleman of the House of La Marck, known primarily as a younger son in the ducal family of Cleves and brother to Catherine of Cleves, Duchess of Guelders.
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A.
Duke of Cleves
The Duke of Cleves was the sovereign ruler of the historic Duchy of Cleves in the Lower Rhine region, a title held by several prominent German princes within the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Charles Carter of Cleve
Charles Carter of Cleve was an 18th-century Virginia planter, politician, and prominent member of the influential Carter family, known for his extensive landholdings and role in colonial society.
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C.
Henry Brandon
Henry Brandon was a character actor best known for his villainous roles in classic Hollywood films, including his memorable portrayal of the Comanche chief Scar in "The Searchers."
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D.
Henry Brandon
Henry Brandon was an English nobleman, the son of Mary Tudor (sister of King Henry VIII) and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
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E.
John I, Duke of Cleves-Mark
John I, Duke of Cleves-Mark was a 15th-century German nobleman who significantly expanded and consolidated the territories of Cleves and Mark, strengthening their political and economic influence within the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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nobleman ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitleHolder | nobleman of the House of La Marck ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | La Marck dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedWithTerritory | Cleves ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 15th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Duchy of Cleves ⓘ |
| floruit | 15th century ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | of Cleves ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | James ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of La Marck
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ducal family of Cleves ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of La Marck ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a younger son in the ducal family of Cleves
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being brother of Catherine of Cleves, Duchess of Guelders ⓘ |
| positionInFamily | younger son ⓘ |
| relative |
Catherine of Cleves, Duchess of Guelders
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linked to:
Catherine of Cleves
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| sibling |
Catherine of Cleves, Duchess of Guelders
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linked to:
Catherine of Cleves
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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 Cleves Description of subject: James of Cleves was a 15th-century nobleman of the House of La Marck, known primarily as a younger son in the ducal family of Cleves and brother to Catherine of Cleves, Duchess of Guelders.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.