Percival
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Percival is the given name of British explorer Percy Fawcett, famed for his expeditions in the Amazon and the legend of the lost city of "Z."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Percival canonical | 3 |
| Sir Percival | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T597629 — 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: Percival Context triple: [Percy Fawcett, givenName, Percival]
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A.
Bertram
Bertram is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and later borne by various notable figures in arts, architecture, and literature.
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B.
Cecil
Cecil is a masculine given name most famously associated with pioneering American film director and producer Cecil B. DeMille.
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C.
Reginald
Reginald is a masculine given name of English origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including military officers, politicians, and artists.
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D.
Geoffrey
Geoffrey is a masculine given name of English origin, famously borne by pioneering computer scientist and AI researcher Geoffrey Hinton.
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E.
Ralph Stackpole
Ralph Stackpole was an American sculptor and painter associated with the San Francisco art scene, known for his public works and contributions to New Deal–era projects.
- 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: Percival Target entity description: Percival is the given name of British explorer Percy Fawcett, famed for his expeditions in the Amazon and the legend of the lost city of "Z."
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A.
Bertram
Bertram is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and later borne by various notable figures in arts, architecture, and literature.
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B.
Cecil
Cecil is a masculine given name most famously associated with pioneering American film director and producer Cecil B. DeMille.
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C.
Reginald
Reginald is a masculine given name of English origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including military officers, politicians, and artists.
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D.
Geoffrey
Geoffrey is a masculine given name of English origin, famously borne by pioneering computer scientist and AI researcher Geoffrey Hinton.
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E.
Ralph Stackpole
Ralph Stackpole was an American sculptor and painter associated with the San Francisco art scene, known for his public works and contributions to New Deal–era projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
ⓘ
explorer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Percy Fawcett ⓘ |
| conflict |
First World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War I
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employer | Royal Geographical Society ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Amazon exploration
ⓘ
exploration ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | exploration literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Percival ⓘ |
| hasParticularInterest |
ancient civilizations
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lost cities ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
The Lost City of Z
ⓘ
The Lost City of Z (2016 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Lost City of Z
various adventure novels and characters ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Geographical Society ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| notableFor |
disappearance during an Amazon expedition
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expeditions in the Amazon rainforest ⓘ search for the lost city of Z ⓘ |
| notableWork | Manuscripts and reports on Amazon expeditions ⓘ |
| occupation |
archaeologist
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cartographer ⓘ explorer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Amazon rainforest
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Brazil ⓘ South America ⓘ |
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: Percival Description of subject: Percival is the given name of British explorer Percy Fawcett, famed for his expeditions in the Amazon and the legend of the lost city of "Z."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Percival