William of York (died young)
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William of York was a short-lived son of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, and a member of the 15th-century English royal House of York.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William of York (died young) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6725623 — 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: William of York (died young) Context triple: [Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, child, William of York (died young)]
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A.
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York was the younger son of King Edward IV of England and one of the two "Princes in the Tower" whose mysterious disappearance has long intrigued historians.
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B.
Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence
Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, was an English prince and military commander, the second son of King Henry IV, who played a prominent role in the early stages of the Hundred Years’ War under his brother Henry V.
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C.
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, was a 14th-century English prince and nobleman whose lineage played a key role in the later Wars of the Roses through the Yorkist claim to the throne.
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D.
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York was a key 15th-century English noble and claimant to the throne whose dynastic struggle with the Lancastrians helped ignite the Wars of the Roses and paved the way for the Yorkist kings.
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E.
Edmund of Lancaster
Edmund of Lancaster was a 13th-century English prince, son of King Henry III, who became a powerful nobleman and military leader as Earl of Lancaster and Leicester.
- 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: William of York (died young) Target entity description: William of York was a short-lived son of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, and a member of the 15th-century English royal House of York.
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A.
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York was the younger son of King Edward IV of England and one of the two "Princes in the Tower" whose mysterious disappearance has long intrigued historians.
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B.
Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence
Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, was an English prince and military commander, the second son of King Henry IV, who played a prominent role in the early stages of the Hundred Years’ War under his brother Henry V.
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C.
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, was a 14th-century English prince and nobleman whose lineage played a key role in the later Wars of the Roses through the Yorkist claim to the throne.
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D.
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York was a key 15th-century English noble and claimant to the throne whose dynastic struggle with the Lancastrians helped ignite the Wars of the Roses and paved the way for the Yorkist kings.
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E.
Edmund of Lancaster
Edmund of Lancaster was a 13th-century English prince, son of King Henry III, who became a powerful nobleman and military leader as Earl of Lancaster and Leicester.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English noble
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member of the House of York ⓘ |
| centuryOfBirth | 15th century ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 15th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| diedYoung | true ⓘ |
| dynasty | House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | of York ⓘ |
| father | Richard, 3rd Duke of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| houseOf | Plantagenet dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother |
Cecily Neville
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cecily Neville, Duchess of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Prince of the House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a short-lived son of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York ⓘ |
| relative |
Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter
NERFINISHED
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Edmund, Earl of Rutland NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward IV of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
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: William of York (died young) Description of subject: William of York was a short-lived son of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, and a member of the 15th-century English royal House of York.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.