Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset
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Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, was a prominent Lancastrian military commander and nobleman during the later stages of the Wars of the Roses in 15th-century England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4046850 — 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: Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset Context triple: [Beaufort family, hasNotableMember, Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset]
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Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman and military commander who played a leading role for the Lancastrian cause during the early stages of the Wars of the Roses.
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B.
Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset
Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, was a short-lived English prince of the early Tudor dynasty, known primarily as the younger son of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York.
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C.
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, was an English nobleman and legitimized son of John of Gaunt whose descendants played a key role in the Wars of the Roses and the rise of the Tudor dynasty.
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D.
Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English nobleman and politician who held high offices under King Charles II and Queen Anne and was influential in both court and regional affairs.
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E.
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, was an early 15th-century English nobleman, military commander, and half-uncle of King Henry V who played a prominent role in the Hundred Years’ War and royal government.
- 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: Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset Target entity description: Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, was a prominent Lancastrian military commander and nobleman during the later stages of the Wars of the Roses in 15th-century England.
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A.
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman and military commander who played a leading role for the Lancastrian cause during the early stages of the Wars of the Roses.
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B.
Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset
Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, was a short-lived English prince of the early Tudor dynasty, known primarily as the younger son of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York.
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C.
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, was an English nobleman and legitimized son of John of Gaunt whose descendants played a key role in the Wars of the Roses and the rise of the Tudor dynasty.
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D.
Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English nobleman and politician who held high offices under King Charles II and Queen Anne and was influential in both court and regional affairs.
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E.
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, was an early 15th-century English nobleman, military commander, and half-uncle of King Henry V who played a prominent role in the Hundred Years’ War and royal government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Duke of Somerset
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English nobleman ⓘ Lancastrian ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| allegiance | House of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 15th century ⓘ |
| conflict |
Battle of Hexham
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Wars of the Roses ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| familyName | Beaufort ⓘ |
| father | Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| mother | Eleanor Beauchamp ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Beaufort NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank |
duke
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earl ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in later stages of the Wars of the Roses ⓘ |
| position | Lancastrian military commander ⓘ |
| region | England ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Lancastrian side in the Wars of the Roses ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| title |
3rd Duke of Somerset
NERFINISHED
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Earl of Dorset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset Description of subject: Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, was a prominent Lancastrian military commander and nobleman during the later stages of the Wars of the Roses in 15th-century England.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.