Herman III of Swabia
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Herman III of Swabia was a 10th-century German nobleman who served as Duke of Swabia and played a role in the early Salian dynasty’s regional power struggles within the Holy Roman Empire.
All labels observed (1)
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| Herman III of Swabia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9552489 — 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: Herman III of Swabia Context triple: [Gisela of Swabia, sibling, Herman III of Swabia]
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Herman IV, Duke of Swabia
Herman IV, Duke of Swabia, was an 11th-century German nobleman and short-reigning duke from the influential Swabian dynasty, notable as a member of the imperial family of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Herman II, Duke of Swabia
Herman II, Duke of Swabia was a prominent early 11th-century German nobleman and regional ruler within the Holy Roman Empire, noted for his influential position among the Swabian ducal line.
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Burchard III, Duke of Swabia
Burchard III, Duke of Swabia, was a 10th-century German nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Swabia and played a key military role in defending the Ottonian realm.
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Berthold II, Duke of Swabia
Berthold II, Duke of Swabia, was an 11th-century German nobleman and prominent supporter of the Gregorian Reform who played a key role in the power struggles of the Holy Roman Empire during the Investiture Controversy.
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Otto III, Duke of Swabia
Otto III, Duke of Swabia was an 11th-century German nobleman of the Salian dynasty who held the ducal title in the important duchy of Swabia within the Holy Roman Empire.
- 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: Herman III of Swabia Target entity description: Herman III of Swabia was a 10th-century German nobleman who served as Duke of Swabia and played a role in the early Salian dynasty’s regional power struggles within the Holy Roman Empire.
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A.
Herman IV, Duke of Swabia
Herman IV, Duke of Swabia, was an 11th-century German nobleman and short-reigning duke from the influential Swabian dynasty, notable as a member of the imperial family of the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Herman II, Duke of Swabia
Herman II, Duke of Swabia was a prominent early 11th-century German nobleman and regional ruler within the Holy Roman Empire, noted for his influential position among the Swabian ducal line.
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C.
Burchard III, Duke of Swabia
Burchard III, Duke of Swabia, was a 10th-century German nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Swabia and played a key military role in defending the Ottonian realm.
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D.
Berthold II, Duke of Swabia
Berthold II, Duke of Swabia, was an 11th-century German nobleman and prominent supporter of the Gregorian Reform who played a key role in the power struggles of the Holy Roman Empire during the Investiture Controversy.
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E.
Otto III, Duke of Swabia
Otto III, Duke of Swabia was an 11th-century German nobleman of the Salian dynasty who held the ducal title in the important duchy of Swabia within the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Duke of Swabia
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duke ⓘ medieval German noble ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| associatedWith | early Salian dynasty power politics ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfBirth | 10th century ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 11th century ⓘ |
| child |
Gisela of Swabia
NERFINISHED
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Herman II of Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ Matilda of Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Duchy of Swabia
NERFINISHED
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East Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 940 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 4 April 1003 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| father | Gebhard II, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit |
early 11th century
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late 10th century ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Stem duchies of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| house | House of Conradines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Latin
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Old High German NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Matilda of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Conradines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | duke ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
power struggles in the Holy Roman Empire
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regional conflicts in Swabia ⓘ |
| partOf |
German nobility
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Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Duke of Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Otto I, Duke of Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Duchy of Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1003 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 997 ⓘ |
| relative |
Conrad the Red
NERFINISHED
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Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| spouse | Gerberga of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Herman II, Duke of Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Duke of Swabia 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: Herman III of Swabia Description of subject: Herman III of Swabia was a 10th-century German nobleman who served as Duke of Swabia and played a role in the early Salian dynasty’s regional power struggles within the Holy Roman Empire.
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