Tilly
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Tilly is the commonly used name for Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, a prominent general of the Catholic League during the early stages of the Thirty Years' War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tilly canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5236336 — 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: Tilly Context triple: [Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, alsoKnownAs, Tilly]
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A.
Tilley
Tilley is an English surname of Norman origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including early American colonists.
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B.
Tish
"Tish" is a 1942 American comedy film based on Mary Roberts Rinehart's stories, featuring Rags Ragland in a supporting role.
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C.
Lilly Belle
Lilly Belle is a steam locomotive that operates on the Walt Disney World Railroad at the Magic Kingdom theme park in Florida.
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D.
Ellies
The Ellies are annual awards recognizing excellence in magazine journalism and publishing, presented by the American Society of Magazine Editors.
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E.
Tilly Grosser
Tilly Grosser was the first wife of Austrian neurologist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl, who perished during the Holocaust.
- 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: Tilly Target entity description: Tilly is the commonly used name for Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, a prominent general of the Catholic League during the early stages of the Thirty Years' War.
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A.
Tilley
Tilley is an English surname of Norman origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including early American colonists.
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B.
Tish
"Tish" is a 1942 American comedy film based on Mary Roberts Rinehart's stories, featuring Rags Ragland in a supporting role.
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C.
Lilly Belle
Lilly Belle is a steam locomotive that operates on the Walt Disney World Railroad at the Magic Kingdom theme park in Florida.
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D.
Ellies
The Ellies are annual awards recognizing excellence in magazine journalism and publishing, presented by the American Society of Magazine Editors.
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E.
Tilly Grosser
Tilly Grosser was the first wife of Austrian neurologist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl, who perished during the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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military commander ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Catholic League
NERFINISHED
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Electorate of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Catholic Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1559-02-25 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Castle of Tilly, Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthRegion | Duchy of Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Ingolstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | wounds received in battle ⓘ |
| commanded | Catholic League army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Long Turkish War
NERFINISHED
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Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity |
Bavaria
NERFINISHED
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Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1632-04-30 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Ingolstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathRegion | Electorate of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | Jesuit education ⓘ |
| era | Early modern period ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Walloon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Tserclaes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Johann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
French
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German ⓘ |
| militaryRank | field marshal ⓘ |
| militaryServiceStart | late 16th century ⓘ |
| name | Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Count of Tilly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Stadtlohn NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of White Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Sack of Magdeburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defeat at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)
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leading Catholic League forces in the early Thirty Years' War ⓘ victory at the Battle of White Mountain ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II
NERFINISHED
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Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Catholic side in the Thirty Years' War ⓘ |
| woundedIn | Battle of Rain (Lech) 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: Tilly Description of subject: Tilly is the commonly used name for Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, a prominent general of the Catholic League during the early stages of the Thirty Years' War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly