Sir Percival
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Sir Percival is a legendary knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, best known for his role in the quest for the Holy Grail in Arthurian romance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sir Percival canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8897900 — 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: Sir Percival Context triple: [Matter of Britain, hasKeyCharacter, Sir Percival]
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A.
Sir Robin Janvrin
Sir Robin Janvrin is a British former diplomat and courtier best known for serving as Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II.
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B.
Sir Cedric Willingham
Sir Cedric Willingham is a dignified and traditional British courtier who serves as a key advisor and mentor to the unlikely monarch in the comedy film "King Ralph."
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C.
Lord Percival Graves
Lord Percival Graves is a fictional aristocratic figure who appears as a supporting character in the comedy film "King Ralph."
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D.
Lord William Vere
Lord William Vere is a central aristocratic figure in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Black Dwarf," whose romantic and social entanglements drive much of the story’s plot.
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E.
Sir Roderick Evans
Sir Roderick Evans is a distinguished British judge and legal figure who studied at Jesus College, Oxford.
- 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: Sir Percival Target entity description: Sir Percival is a legendary knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, best known for his role in the quest for the Holy Grail in Arthurian romance.
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A.
Sir Robin Janvrin
Sir Robin Janvrin is a British former diplomat and courtier best known for serving as Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II.
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B.
Sir Cedric Willingham
Sir Cedric Willingham is a dignified and traditional British courtier who serves as a key advisor and mentor to the unlikely monarch in the comedy film "King Ralph."
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C.
Lord Percival Graves
Lord Percival Graves is a fictional aristocratic figure who appears as a supporting character in the comedy film "King Ralph."
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D.
Lord William Vere
Lord William Vere is a central aristocratic figure in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Black Dwarf," whose romantic and social entanglements drive much of the story’s plot.
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E.
Sir Roderick Evans
Sir Roderick Evans is a distinguished British judge and legal figure who studied at Jesus College, Oxford.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arthurian legendary figure
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Knight of the Round Table ⓘ |
| affiliation | King Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Chrétien de Troyes’ unfinished poem "Perceval, le Conte du Graal"
NERFINISHED
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Middle Welsh tale "Peredur son of Efrawg" (as Peredur, a related figure) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Vulgate Cycle (Lancelot-Grail cycle) NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Malory’s "Le Morte d’Arthur" NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolfram von Eschenbach’s "Parzival" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Camelot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fisher King NERFINISHED ⓘ Grail Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Grail NERFINISHED ⓘ King Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Bors the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Galahad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Britain (legendary setting) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
chaste (in many versions)
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courageous ⓘ naive ⓘ pure-hearted ⓘ |
| culture | medieval European literature ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | possibly earlier Welsh hero Peredur (scholarly hypothesis) ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | medieval romance literature ⓘ |
| memberOf | Round Table NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentor | Gornemant (in some versions, knightly tutor) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Parzival
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Perceval NERFINISHED ⓘ Peredur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Arthurian romance
NERFINISHED
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quest for the Holy Grail ⓘ |
| occupation | knight ⓘ |
| quest |
Holy Grail
NERFINISHED
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healing of the Fisher King (in some versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| raisedIn | seclusion in the wilderness (in many versions) ⓘ |
| relative |
Aglovale (in some versions, brother)
NERFINISHED
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Dindrane (in some versions, sister) NERFINISHED ⓘ King Pellinore (in some versions, father) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lamorak (in some versions, brother) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity (legendary context) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInGrailQuest |
companion of Galahad and Bors in some versions
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one of the principal Grail knights ⓘ sometimes achiever of the Grail (depending on version) ⓘ |
| theme |
innocence and experience
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redemption through faith ⓘ spiritual enlightenment ⓘ |
| tradition | Arthurian legend ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sir Percival Description of subject: Sir Percival is a legendary knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, best known for his role in the quest for the Holy Grail in Arthurian romance.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.