William d'Aubigny
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William d'Aubigny was a 13th-century English nobleman and rebel baron who played a prominent role in the conflicts against King John, including the events surrounding the siege of Rochester Castle.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William d'Aubigny canonical | 2 |
| William d’Aubigny | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4054535 — 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 d'Aubigny Context triple: [siege of Rochester Castle, hasParticipant, William d'Aubigny]
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A.
Ranulf le Meschin
Ranulf le Meschin was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and military leader of the early 12th century who became Earl of Chester and played a key role in consolidating Norman control in northern England.
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B.
Arnulf de Montgomery
Arnulf de Montgomery was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and marcher lord of the late 11th and early 12th centuries, known for his role in the Norman consolidation of power in Wales and the Welsh borderlands.
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C.
Henry de Montfort
Henry de Montfort was the eldest son of Simon de Montfort, a prominent supporter of the baronial cause against King Henry III during the Second Barons' War in 13th-century England.
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D.
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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E.
Aymer de Valence
Aymer de Valence was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and military commander who played a key role in Edward I and Edward II’s campaigns in Scotland during the early 14th century.
- 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 d'Aubigny Target entity description: William d'Aubigny was a 13th-century English nobleman and rebel baron who played a prominent role in the conflicts against King John, including the events surrounding the siege of Rochester Castle.
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A.
Ranulf le Meschin
Ranulf le Meschin was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and military leader of the early 12th century who became Earl of Chester and played a key role in consolidating Norman control in northern England.
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B.
Arnulf de Montgomery
Arnulf de Montgomery was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and marcher lord of the late 11th and early 12th centuries, known for his role in the Norman consolidation of power in Wales and the Welsh borderlands.
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C.
Henry de Montfort
Henry de Montfort was the eldest son of Simon de Montfort, a prominent supporter of the baronial cause against King Henry III during the Second Barons' War in 13th-century England.
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D.
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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E.
Aymer de Valence
Aymer de Valence was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and military commander who played a key role in Edward I and Edward II’s campaigns in Scotland during the early 14th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
13th-century English person
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English nobleman ⓘ rebel baron ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | siege of Rochester Castle ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 13th century ⓘ |
| conflict | baronial rebellion against King John ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| governedBy | feudal law of medieval England ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | reign of King John of England ⓘ |
| involvedIn | baronial opposition to royal authority ⓘ |
| language |
Anglo-Norman
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-Norman French
Middle English ⓘ |
| legalStatusDuringConflict | rebel subject of the king ⓘ |
| militaryCommand | defence of Rochester Castle ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | baron ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in the siege of Rochester Castle
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role in conflicts against King John ⓘ |
| occupation | nobleman ⓘ |
| opposed | King John of England ⓘ |
| participatedIn | First Barons' War ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | England ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | baronial faction against the king ⓘ |
| role | rebel leader ⓘ |
| socialClass | 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 d'Aubigny Description of subject: William d'Aubigny was a 13th-century English nobleman and rebel baron who played a prominent role in the conflicts against King John, including the events surrounding the siege of Rochester Castle.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
William d’Aubigny