Lucan the Butler

E345573

Arthurian character Knight of the Round Table fictional knight

Lucan the Butler is a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, known for his loyalty and service to King Arthur.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lucan the Butler canonical	3
Sir Lucan the Butler	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3287824 — 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: Lucan the Butler
Context triple: [Bedivere, brotherOf, Lucan the Butler]

A. Mr. Furnival
Mr. Furnival is a prominent London barrister in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Orley Farm," known for his legal skill, social ambition, and complex personal life.
B. Felton
Felton is the middle name of legendary American basketball player and civil rights activist William Felton Russell.
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.
D. Pease Pottage
Pease Pottage is a small village in West Sussex, England, located just south of Crawley and known for its motorway service area and road junctions.
E. Giles
Giles is the given name of Lytton Strachey, the influential English writer and critic associated with the Bloomsbury Group.
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: Lucan the Butler
Target entity description: Lucan the Butler is a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, known for his loyalty and service to King Arthur.

A. Mr. Furnival
Mr. Furnival is a prominent London barrister in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Orley Farm," known for his legal skill, social ambition, and complex personal life.
B. Felton
Felton is the middle name of legendary American basketball player and civil rights activist William Felton Russell.
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.
D. Pease Pottage
Pease Pottage is a small village in West Sussex, England, located just south of Crawley and known for its motorway service area and road junctions.
E. Giles
Giles is the given name of Lytton Strachey, the influential English writer and critic associated with the Bloomsbury Group.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arthurian character ⓘ Knight of the Round Table ⓘ fictional knight ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sir Lucan ⓘ Lucan the Butler ⓘ surface form: Sir Lucan the Butler
appearsInTradition	Arthurian legend ⓘ
appearsWithCharacter	King Arthur ⓘ Sir Bedivere ⓘ Gawain ⓘ surface form: Sir Gawain Sir Lancelot ⓘ
associatedWithKing	King Arthur ⓘ surface form: Arthur Pendragon
associatedWithText	Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ surface form: Le Morte d’Arthur
causeOfDeath	internal injuries sustained in battle ⓘ
createdInTradition	medieval Arthurian romance ⓘ
diesAfter	Battle of Camlann ⓘ
diesInArmsOf	King Arthur ⓘ
family	brother of Sir Bedivere ⓘ
father	Sir Corneus ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	medieval romance ⓘ
knownFor	faithfulness in Arthur’s final battle ⓘ loyalty to King Arthur ⓘ service at Arthur’s court ⓘ
languageOfSources	Middle English ⓘ Old French ⓘ
literaryFunction	exemplar of chivalric loyalty ⓘ
loyalTo	King Arthur ⓘ
memberOf	Knights of the Round Table ⓘ
moralQuality	courageous ⓘ dutiful ⓘ loyal ⓘ
name	Lucan the Butler self-link ⓘ
nationalityInLegend	British ⓘ
occupation	butler ⓘ knight ⓘ
presentAtEvent	Battle of Camlann ⓘ
relative	Sir Bedivere ⓘ
role	Arthur’s butler ⓘ Arthur’s cupbearer ⓘ
sceneRole	one of the last knights remaining with Arthur after Camlann ⓘ
serves	King Arthur ⓘ
servesAt	King Arthur's court ⓘ surface form: Camelot
setting	King Arthur's Britain ⓘ surface form: Arthurian Britain
survivedEvent	Battle of Camlann ⓘ surface form: Battle of Camlann (initially)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bedivere → brotherOf → Lucan the Butler ⓘ

Sir Bedivere → family → Lucan the Butler ⓘ

Battle of Camlann → associatedWithCharacter → Lucan the Butler ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Lucan the Butler

Lucan the Butler → name → Lucan the Butler self-link ⓘ

Lucan the Butler → alsoKnownAs → Lucan the Butler ⓘ