Walter of Durham
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Walter of Durham was a 13th-century English royal painter and craftsman known for his work on the decoration of Westminster Palace and Westminster Abbey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter of Durham canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10471933 — 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: Walter of Durham Context triple: [Master Walter of Durham, name, Walter of Durham]
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A.
William of Hatfield
William of Hatfield was a short-lived English prince of the 14th century, one of the younger sons of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault.
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B.
William of Durham
William of Durham was a 13th-century English cleric and benefactor best known for endowing the funds that led to the creation of University College, Oxford, one of the university’s oldest colleges.
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C.
William fitz Duncan
William fitz Duncan was a 12th-century Scottish prince and military leader, notable as a powerful claimant to the Scottish throne and a key figure in the politics of the Kingdom of Alba.
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D.
Earl Gospatric
Earl Gospatric was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon noble and Earl of Northumbria who resisted William the Conqueror’s rule in northern England.
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E.
Theobald of Bec
Theobald of Bec was a 12th-century Archbishop of Canterbury and influential churchman who played a key role in English ecclesiastical politics before the time of Thomas Becket.
- 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: Walter of Durham Target entity description: Walter of Durham was a 13th-century English royal painter and craftsman known for his work on the decoration of Westminster Palace and Westminster Abbey.
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A.
William of Hatfield
William of Hatfield was a short-lived English prince of the 14th century, one of the younger sons of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault.
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B.
William of Durham
William of Durham was a 13th-century English cleric and benefactor best known for endowing the funds that led to the creation of University College, Oxford, one of the university’s oldest colleges.
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C.
William fitz Duncan
William fitz Duncan was a 12th-century Scottish prince and military leader, notable as a powerful claimant to the Scottish throne and a key figure in the politics of the Kingdom of Alba.
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D.
Earl Gospatric
Earl Gospatric was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon noble and Earl of Northumbria who resisted William the Conqueror’s rule in northern England.
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E.
Theobald of Bec
Theobald of Bec was a 12th-century Archbishop of Canterbury and influential churchman who played a key role in English ecclesiastical politics before the time of Thomas Becket.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English artist
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craftsman ⓘ painter ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| artisticMovement |
Gothic art
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medieval art ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 13th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| employer |
English monarchy
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linked to:
British monarchy
English royal court ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyNameDerivedFrom | Durham ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
church decoration
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decorative arts ⓘ wall painting ⓘ |
| floruit | 13th century ⓘ |
| genre |
religious art
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royal iconography ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Middle English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
decoration of Westminster Abbey
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decoration of Westminster Palace ⓘ interior decoration of royal buildings ⓘ royal painting ⓘ |
| notableWorkLocation |
Palace of Westminster
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Westminster Abbey ⓘ
linked to:
Westminster Abbey, London
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| occupation |
craftsman
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painter ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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How these facts were elicited
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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: Walter of Durham Description of subject: Walter of Durham was a 13th-century English royal painter and craftsman known for his work on the decoration of Westminster Palace and Westminster Abbey.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.