John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford
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John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, was a prominent Lancastrian noble and military commander during the Wars of the Roses who played a key role in several major battles and later became a loyal supporter of Henry VII.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5499682 — 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: John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford Context triple: [Battle of Barnet, commandedBy, John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford]
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Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, was an 18th-century British peer, politician, and notable patron and collector of books and manuscripts whose library became foundational to the British Museum.
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B.
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, was a prominent early 18th-century English statesman and Tory leader who served as Queen Anne’s chief minister and played a key role in negotiating the Peace of Utrecht.
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C.
James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk
James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk was a prominent early 17th-century English nobleman and courtier who rose to high military and ceremonial authority under the Stuart monarchy.
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D.
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, was an English nobleman, politician, and courtier of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, notable as the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth I’s chief minister William Cecil, Lord Burghley.
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E.
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, was a 19th-century British politician, writer, and patron of the arts who played a significant role in public life and cultural patronage in Victorian England.
- 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: John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford Target entity description: John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, was a prominent Lancastrian noble and military commander during the Wars of the Roses who played a key role in several major battles and later became a loyal supporter of Henry VII.
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A.
Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, was an 18th-century British peer, politician, and notable patron and collector of books and manuscripts whose library became foundational to the British Museum.
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B.
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, was a prominent early 18th-century English statesman and Tory leader who served as Queen Anne’s chief minister and played a key role in negotiating the Peace of Utrecht.
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C.
James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk
James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk was a prominent early 17th-century English nobleman and courtier who rose to high military and ceremonial authority under the Stuart monarchy.
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D.
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, was an English nobleman, politician, and courtier of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, notable as the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth I’s chief minister William Cecil, Lord Burghley.
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E.
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, was a 19th-century British politician, writer, and patron of the arts who played a significant role in public life and cultural patronage in Victorian England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl
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English nobleman ⓘ Lancastrian supporter ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Henry VII of England
NERFINISHED
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House of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCounty | Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Hedingham Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1442 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Castle Hedingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1513 ⓘ |
| detainedAt | Calais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Late Middle Ages
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early Tudor period ⓘ |
| familyName | de Vere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldOffice |
Constable of the Tower of London
NERFINISHED
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Earl Marshal of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Great Chamberlain NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord High Admiral of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprisonedBy | Edward IV of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commander ⓘ |
| monarchServed |
Henry VII of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Elizabeth Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | de Vere family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | 13th Earl of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
key Lancastrian commander in the Wars of the Roses
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leading Henry Tudor’s vanguard at Bosworth Field ⓘ loyalty to Henry VII after his accession ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Barnet
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Bosworth Field NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Stoke Field NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Tewkesbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releasedBy | Henry VII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| spouse | Margery Golding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| successor | John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedClaimant |
Henry Tudor
NERFINISHED
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Henry VI of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleHeldFrom | 1462 ⓘ |
| titleHeldTo | 1513 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford Description of subject: John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, was a prominent Lancastrian noble and military commander during the Wars of the Roses who played a key role in several major battles and later became a loyal supporter of Henry VII.
Referenced by (3)
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