Igerna
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Igerna is an alternate name for Igraine, the mother of King Arthur in Arthurian legend.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Igerna canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8395028 — 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: Igerna Context triple: [Igraine, hasAlias, Igerna]
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A.
Riasti
Riasti is a regional dialect of the Saraiki language spoken primarily in parts of southern Punjab, Pakistan.
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B.
Ireby
Ireby is a small rural village in Cumbria, England, known for its traditional character and scenic surroundings near the Lake District.
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C.
Kretinga
Kretinga is a historic town in western Lithuania known for its Franciscan monastery, manor park, and role as a cultural center of the Samogitia region.
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D.
Velkua
Velkua is a former island municipality in southwestern Finland known for its coastal archipelago landscape in the Baltic Sea.
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E.
Ittigen
Ittigen is a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland that functions largely as a suburban community within the greater Bern urban region.
- 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: Igerna Target entity description: Igerna is an alternate name for Igraine, the mother of King Arthur in Arthurian legend.
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A.
Riasti
Riasti is a regional dialect of the Saraiki language spoken primarily in parts of southern Punjab, Pakistan.
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B.
Ireby
Ireby is a small rural village in Cumbria, England, known for its traditional character and scenic surroundings near the Lake District.
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C.
Kretinga
Kretinga is a historic town in western Lithuania known for its Franciscan monastery, manor park, and role as a cultural center of the Samogitia region.
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D.
Velkua
Velkua is a former island municipality in southwestern Finland known for its coastal archipelago landscape in the Baltic Sea.
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E.
Ittigen
Ittigen is a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland that functions largely as a suburban community within the greater Bern urban region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arthurian legend character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ygerna
ⓘ
Ygraine ⓘ
linked to:
Igraine
|
| alternateNameOf | Igraine ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Arthurian legend
ⓘ
Matter of Britain ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Tintagel Castle ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Gorlois
ⓘ
King Arthur ⓘ Merlin ⓘ Uther Pendragon ⓘ |
| culture | Celtic-inspired medieval literature ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Latinized forms of Igraine/Ygerna ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Arthurian Britain
ⓘ
linked to:
Arthurian legend
|
| genre | medieval romance ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Elaine (daughter of Gorlois and Igerna)
ⓘ
linked to:
Elaine of Garlot
King Arthur ⓘ Morgan le Fay ⓘ Morgause ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adultery (in some versions)
ⓘ
deception by magic ⓘ royal lineage ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Middle English
ⓘ
Middle Welsh ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widow of Gorlois (in some versions) ⓘ |
| motherOf | King Arthur ⓘ |
| nationality | Cornish (legendary) ⓘ |
| partnerIn | conception of Arthur with Uther Pendragon ⓘ |
| partOf |
Arthurian mythos
ⓘ
linked to:
Arthurian legend
|
| roleIn | mother of the prophesied king ⓘ |
| spouseOf |
Gorlois
ⓘ
Uther Pendragon ⓘ |
| title | Duchess of Cornwall ⓘ |
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: Igerna Description of subject: Igerna is an alternate name for Igraine, the mother of King Arthur in Arthurian legend.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.