Elias II, Count of Maine
E596553
Elias II, Count of Maine was a 12th-century French nobleman and regional ruler in the historical province of Maine, connected to the powerful Angevin dynasty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elias II, Count of Maine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6471708 — 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: Elias II, Count of Maine Context triple: [Fulk V of Anjou, child, Elias II, Count of Maine]
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A.
Fulk III Nerra
Fulk III Nerra was an influential early 11th-century French nobleman renowned for his military campaigns, extensive castle-building, and role in strengthening the power of Anjou.
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B.
Jan Baudouin de Courtenay
Jan Baudouin de Courtenay was a pioneering Polish linguist and Slavist whose work on phonology and the theory of phonemes profoundly influenced modern linguistics.
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C.
William IX, Count of Poitiers
William IX, Count of Poitiers was the eldest son and heir of Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Louis VII of France, whose early death in childhood altered the succession of the Angevin and Aquitanian realms.
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D.
Thomas, Count of Perche
Thomas, Count of Perche was a French nobleman and military leader of the early 13th century who fought for the Capetian monarchy, notably dying in command at the Battle of Lincoln in 1217.
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E.
Stephen II, Count of Blois
Stephen II, Count of Blois was a prominent 11th-century French nobleman and crusader whose lineage included his son Stephen, later King of 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: Elias II, Count of Maine Target entity description: Elias II, Count of Maine was a 12th-century French nobleman and regional ruler in the historical province of Maine, connected to the powerful Angevin dynasty.
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A.
Fulk III Nerra
Fulk III Nerra was an influential early 11th-century French nobleman renowned for his military campaigns, extensive castle-building, and role in strengthening the power of Anjou.
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B.
Jan Baudouin de Courtenay
Jan Baudouin de Courtenay was a pioneering Polish linguist and Slavist whose work on phonology and the theory of phonemes profoundly influenced modern linguistics.
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C.
William IX, Count of Poitiers
William IX, Count of Poitiers was the eldest son and heir of Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Louis VII of France, whose early death in childhood altered the succession of the Angevin and Aquitanian realms.
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D.
Thomas, Count of Perche
Thomas, Count of Perche was a French nobleman and military leader of the early 13th century who fought for the Capetian monarchy, notably dying in command at the Battle of Lincoln in 1217.
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E.
Stephen II, Count of Blois
Stephen II, Count of Blois was a prominent 11th-century French nobleman and crusader whose lineage included his son Stephen, later King of England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French noble
ⓘ
count ⓘ medieval ruler ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Angevin rulers of western France ⓘ |
| century | 12th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| genre | medieval French nobility ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Angevin sphere of influence ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty | Angevin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | count ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Count of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | rule over the County of Maine in the 12th century ⓘ |
| occupation |
nobleman
ⓘ
regional ruler ⓘ |
| partOf | Angevin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Count of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwestern France ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| territoryRuled |
County of Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maine (historical province) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 12th century ⓘ |
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: Elias II, Count of Maine Description of subject: Elias II, Count of Maine was a 12th-century French nobleman and regional ruler in the historical province of Maine, connected to the powerful Angevin dynasty.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.