Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
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Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow was a 16th-century German nobleman who ruled part of the Mecklenburg territory in northern Germany and belonged to the House of Mecklenburg.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5831868 — 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: Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Context triple: [Sophia of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, father, Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow]
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A.
Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg
Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg, was a 13th-century German prince of the Ascanian dynasty who co-ruled the Margraviate of Brandenburg and played a key role in its territorial consolidation and regional influence.
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B.
Ulrich, Duke of Holstein
Ulrich, Duke of Holstein was a 16th-century Danish prince and nobleman, the younger son of King Frederick II of Denmark who held ducal authority in the Holstein region.
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C.
Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg
Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg, was a prominent early 14th-century German prince who ruled the Margraviate of Brandenburg and became a legendary figure in regional medieval history.
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D.
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxony
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxony, was a 13th-century German prince of the Ascanian dynasty who ruled parts of Saxony during the fragmentation of the medieval duchy.
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E.
William II, Margrave of Meissen
William II, Margrave of Meissen, was a late 14th- and early 15th-century German nobleman of the House of Wettin who played a significant role in regional politics and patronage in central Germany.
- 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: Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Target entity description: Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow was a 16th-century German nobleman who ruled part of the Mecklenburg territory in northern Germany and belonged to the House of Mecklenburg.
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A.
Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg
Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg, was a 13th-century German prince of the Ascanian dynasty who co-ruled the Margraviate of Brandenburg and played a key role in its territorial consolidation and regional influence.
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B.
Ulrich, Duke of Holstein
Ulrich, Duke of Holstein was a 16th-century Danish prince and nobleman, the younger son of King Frederick II of Denmark who held ducal authority in the Holstein region.
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C.
Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg
Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg, was a prominent early 14th-century German prince who ruled the Margraviate of Brandenburg and became a legendary figure in regional medieval history.
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D.
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxony
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxony, was a 13th-century German prince of the Ascanian dynasty who ruled parts of Saxony during the fragmentation of the medieval duchy.
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E.
William II, Margrave of Meissen
William II, Margrave of Meissen, was a late 14th- and early 15th-century German nobleman of the House of Wettin who played a significant role in regional politics and patronage in central Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century German person
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German nobleman ⓘ duke ⓘ human ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitle | Duke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 16th century ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| era | Early Modern period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| governedUnder | Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Mecklenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Mecklenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | duke ⓘ |
| partOf |
German nobility
ⓘ
Mecklenburg nobility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalEntityWithin | Duchy of Mecklenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prince of Mecklenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Northern Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Lutheranism
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Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
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| residence |
Güstrow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mecklenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| territoryRuled |
Mecklenburg-Güstrow
NERFINISHED
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part of Mecklenburg ⓘ |
| title |
Duke
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Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Description of subject: Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow was a 16th-century German nobleman who ruled part of the Mecklenburg territory in northern Germany and belonged to the House of Mecklenburg.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.