Woodville family
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The Woodville family was a prominent English noble house of the 15th century, best known for producing Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort to King Edward IV during the Wars of the Roses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Woodville family canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5151808 — 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: Woodville family Context triple: [Elizabeth Woodville, nobleFamily, Woodville family]
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A.
Towne family
The Towne family was a 17th-century New England family historically notable for several members, including Sarah Cloyce and her sisters, being accused during the Salem witch trials.
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B.
Wilf family
The Wilf family is a prominent American real estate and business family best known for owning the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings.
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C.
Hopwood family
The Hopwood family is a historically significant English lineage associated with and commemorated by Hopwood Hall.
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D.
Greg family
The Greg family was a prominent British industrialist and merchant dynasty influential in the development of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
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E.
Hill family
The Hill family was a prominent British landed family historically associated with and influential in the Shropshire region.
- 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: Woodville family Target entity description: The Woodville family was a prominent English noble house of the 15th century, best known for producing Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort to King Edward IV during the Wars of the Roses.
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A.
Towne family
The Towne family was a 17th-century New England family historically notable for several members, including Sarah Cloyce and her sisters, being accused during the Salem witch trials.
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B.
Wilf family
The Wilf family is a prominent American real estate and business family best known for owning the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings.
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C.
Hopwood family
The Hopwood family is a historically significant English lineage associated with and commemorated by Hopwood Hall.
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D.
Greg family
The Greg family was a prominent British industrialist and merchant dynasty influential in the development of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
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E.
Hill family
The Hill family was a prominent British landed family historically associated with and influential in the Shropshire region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English noble family
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medieval English dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Princes in the Tower controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedByMarriageTo |
English royal family
ⓘ
House of Tudor NERFINISHED ⓘ House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| decline | late 15th century ⓘ |
| facedOppositionFrom |
Richard III of England
NERFINISHED
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit | 15th century ⓘ |
| gainedInfluenceThrough | marriage of Elizabeth Woodville to Edward IV of England ⓘ |
| houseHead |
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers
NERFINISHED
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Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
court politics of Edward IV
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succession disputes after Edward IV ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| maritalAlliance |
marriage of Anne Woodville and William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier
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marriage of Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV ⓘ marriage of Katherine Woodville and Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham ⓘ marriage of Mary Woodville and William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ⓘ |
| notableCleric | Lionel Woodville, Bishop of Salisbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Anne Woodville
NERFINISHED
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Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacquetta of Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ John Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin | Grafton, Northamptonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronage | early English printing through Anthony Woodville ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
House of Lancaster
NERFINISHED
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House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedQueenConsort | Elizabeth Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Grafton Regis
NERFINISHED
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Northamptonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
House of Lancaster
NERFINISHED
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House of Tudor NERFINISHED ⓘ House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| roseInStatusUnder | Edward IV of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| titleHeld |
Baron Rivers
NERFINISHED
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Earl Rivers 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: Woodville family Description of subject: The Woodville family was a prominent English noble house of the 15th century, best known for producing Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort to King Edward IV during the Wars of the Roses.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.