William of Egmond
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William of Egmond was a 15th-century Dutch nobleman from the influential House of Egmond, notable as a member of the high nobility in the Low Countries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William of Egmond canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11757954 — 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: William of Egmond Context triple: [Catherine of Cleves, child, William of Egmond]
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Arnold of Egmond
Arnold of Egmond was a 15th-century Duke of Guelders from the noble House of Egmond, known for his turbulent reign marked by internal conflicts and struggles with neighboring powers.
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B.
Charles of Egmond
Charles of Egmond was a late 15th- and early 16th-century Duke of Guelders known for his prolonged resistance to Habsburg domination in the Low Countries.
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C.
Peter of Dusburg
Peter of Dusburg was a 14th-century chronicler of the Teutonic Order, best known for his Latin chronicle documenting the history and Christianization of the Prussians and neighboring Baltic peoples.
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D.
Floris V, Count of Holland
Floris V, Count of Holland was a powerful 13th-century Dutch nobleman whose turbulent rule, expansion of territorial power, and eventual assassination made him a pivotal figure in the medieval history of the Low Countries.
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E.
Gijsbrecht van Aemstel
Gijsbrecht van Aemstel is a famous 17th-century Dutch tragedy by Joost van den Vondel, centered on the fall and exile of a medieval Amsterdam nobleman.
- 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: William of Egmond Target entity description: William of Egmond was a 15th-century Dutch nobleman from the influential House of Egmond, notable as a member of the high nobility in the Low Countries.
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A.
Arnold of Egmond
Arnold of Egmond was a 15th-century Duke of Guelders from the noble House of Egmond, known for his turbulent reign marked by internal conflicts and struggles with neighboring powers.
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B.
Charles of Egmond
Charles of Egmond was a late 15th- and early 16th-century Duke of Guelders known for his prolonged resistance to Habsburg domination in the Low Countries.
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C.
Peter of Dusburg
Peter of Dusburg was a 14th-century chronicler of the Teutonic Order, best known for his Latin chronicle documenting the history and Christianization of the Prussians and neighboring Baltic peoples.
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D.
Floris V, Count of Holland
Floris V, Count of Holland was a powerful 13th-century Dutch nobleman whose turbulent rule, expansion of territorial power, and eventual assassination made him a pivotal figure in the medieval history of the Low Countries.
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E.
Gijsbrecht van Aemstel
Gijsbrecht van Aemstel is a famous 17th-century Dutch tragedy by Joost van den Vondel, centered on the fall and exile of a medieval Amsterdam nobleman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch nobleman
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human ⓘ member of the high nobility of the Low Countries ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 15th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | County of Holland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Egmond ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Egmond ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a member of the influential House of Egmond
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status in the high nobility of the Low Countries ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Holland
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Low Countries ⓘ |
| positionHeld | noble in the Low Countries ⓘ |
| socialRank | high nobility ⓘ |
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: William of Egmond Description of subject: William of Egmond was a 15th-century Dutch nobleman from the influential House of Egmond, notable as a member of the high nobility in the Low Countries.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.