Roet
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Roet is the surname of a medieval English family best known for Philippa Roet, wife of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, and her sister Katherine Swynford, later Duchess of Lancaster.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7182104 — 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: Roet Context triple: [Philippa Roet, familyName, Roet]
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A.
Roat
Roat is the menacing criminal mastermind and primary antagonist in the thriller film "Wait Until Dark."
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B.
Roderesch
Roderesch is a small village in the municipality of Noordenveld in the province of Drenthe in the northeastern Netherlands.
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C.
Royat
Royat is a spa town in central France known for its thermal springs and Belle Époque architecture.
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D.
Rüttenen
Rüttenen is a municipality in the canton of Solothurn in northwestern Switzerland.
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E.
Rote
Rote is an Indonesian island in the southernmost part of the country, known for its traditional culture, distinctive sasando music instrument, and popular surf spots.
- 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: Roet Target entity description: Roet is the surname of a medieval English family best known for Philippa Roet, wife of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, and her sister Katherine Swynford, later Duchess of Lancaster.
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A.
Roat
Roat is the menacing criminal mastermind and primary antagonist in the thriller film "Wait Until Dark."
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B.
Roderesch
Roderesch is a small village in the municipality of Noordenveld in the province of Drenthe in the northeastern Netherlands.
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C.
Royat
Royat is a spa town in central France known for its thermal springs and Belle Époque architecture.
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D.
Rüttenen
Rüttenen is a municipality in the canton of Solothurn in northwestern Switzerland.
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E.
Rote
Rote is an Indonesian island in the southernmost part of the country, known for its traditional culture, distinctive sasando music instrument, and popular surf spots.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English family name
ⓘ
English noble family ⓘ knight ⓘ medieval English family ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| allegiance | Philippa of Hainault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Elizabeth Roet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry IV of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine Swynford NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippa Roet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| employer |
John of Gaunt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philippa of Hainault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName |
Roet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roet NERFINISHED ⓘ Roet NERFINISHED ⓘ Roet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadChild |
Henry Beaufort
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joan Beaufort NERFINISHED ⓘ John Beaufort NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Beaufort NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maidenName | Roet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
House of Plantagenet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Plantagenet NERFINISHED ⓘ Roet family NERFINISHED ⓘ Roet family NERFINISHED ⓘ Roet family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Katherine Swynford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philippa Roet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
governess
ⓘ
lady-in-waiting ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | relationship of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford ⓘ |
| partner | Katherine Swynford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hainaut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
governess to the children of John of Gaunt
ⓘ
lady-in-waiting to John of Gaunt ⓘ lady-in-waiting to Philippa of Hainault ⓘ |
| relative |
Elizabeth Roet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elizabeth Roet NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine Swynford NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine Swynford NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippa Roet NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippa Roet NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter de Roet NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter de Roet NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter de Roet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Blanche of Lancaster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Constance of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ John of Gaunt NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine Swynford NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippa Roet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
14th century
ⓘ
14th century ⓘ |
| title |
Duchess of Lancaster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke of Lancaster 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: Roet Description of subject: Roet is the surname of a medieval English family best known for Philippa Roet, wife of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, and her sister Katherine Swynford, later Duchess of Lancaster.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.