Francis II, Duke of Brittany
E291698
Francis II, Duke of Brittany, was the late 15th-century ruler whose efforts to preserve Breton independence from the expanding French crown culminated in the conflicts that led to Brittany’s eventual union with France.
All labels observed (1)
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| Francis II, Duke of Brittany canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2457921 — 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: Francis II, Duke of Brittany Context triple: [Duke of Brittany, officeHolder, Francis II, Duke of Brittany]
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Francis I, Duke of Brittany
Francis I, Duke of Brittany was a 15th-century Breton noble who ruled the independent Duchy of Brittany and played a key role in its political struggles with the Kingdom of France.
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John III, Duke of Brittany
John III, Duke of Brittany was a 14th-century Breton ruler whose childless reign and succession disputes helped trigger the Breton War of Succession.
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John IV, Duke of Brittany
John IV, Duke of Brittany was a 14th-century Breton nobleman whose turbulent reign was marked by the Breton War of Succession and complex alliances with both England and France during the Hundred Years’ War.
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John II, Duke of Brittany
John II, Duke of Brittany was a 13th-century French nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Brittany and played a significant role in the politics of the Capetian kingdom.
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Conan IV, Duke of Brittany
Conan IV, Duke of Brittany was a 12th-century Breton nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Brittany and became a key figure in the complex dynastic struggles between the Angevin kings of England and the French crown.
- 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: Francis II, Duke of Brittany Target entity description: Francis II, Duke of Brittany, was the late 15th-century ruler whose efforts to preserve Breton independence from the expanding French crown culminated in the conflicts that led to Brittany’s eventual union with France.
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A.
Francis I, Duke of Brittany
Francis I, Duke of Brittany was a 15th-century Breton noble who ruled the independent Duchy of Brittany and played a key role in its political struggles with the Kingdom of France.
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B.
John III, Duke of Brittany
John III, Duke of Brittany was a 14th-century Breton ruler whose childless reign and succession disputes helped trigger the Breton War of Succession.
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C.
John IV, Duke of Brittany
John IV, Duke of Brittany was a 14th-century Breton nobleman whose turbulent reign was marked by the Breton War of Succession and complex alliances with both England and France during the Hundred Years’ War.
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D.
John II, Duke of Brittany
John II, Duke of Brittany was a 13th-century French nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Brittany and played a significant role in the politics of the Capetian kingdom.
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E.
Conan IV, Duke of Brittany
Conan IV, Duke of Brittany was a 12th-century Breton nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Brittany and became a key figure in the complex dynastic struggles between the Angevin kings of England and the French crown.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
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: Francis II, Duke of Brittany Description of subject: Francis II, Duke of Brittany, was the late 15th-century ruler whose efforts to preserve Breton independence from the expanding French crown culminated in the conflicts that led to Brittany’s eventual union with France.
Referenced by (5)
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