Earl of Lincoln
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The Earl of Lincoln is a hereditary English noble title in the Peerage of England, historically held by several prominent aristocratic families involved in national politics and royal affairs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Earl of Lincoln canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T677040 — 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: Earl of Lincoln Context triple: [Thomas Dudley, employer, Earl of Lincoln]
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A.
Earl of Huntingdon
The Earl of Huntingdon was a prominent medieval English noble title often associated with members of the Scottish royal family, notably serving as a key link between Scottish kings and the English nobility.
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B.
Earl of Chester
The Earl of Chester is a historic English noble title traditionally associated with the heir apparent to the British throne and closely linked to the governance of the County Palatine of Chester.
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C.
Earl of Northesk
The Earl of Northesk is a Scottish peerage title historically held by the Carnegie family, notable for its long lineage and connections to British naval and political history.
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D.
Earl of Orford
The Earl of Orford is a British peerage title historically associated with Sir Robert Walpole, often regarded as the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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E.
Earl of Carrick
The Earl of Carrick was a medieval Scottish noble title associated with the ruling family of Carrick in southwestern Scotland, notably held by Robert the Bruce before he became King of Scots.
- 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: Earl of Lincoln Target entity description: The Earl of Lincoln is a hereditary English noble title in the Peerage of England, historically held by several prominent aristocratic families involved in national politics and royal affairs.
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A.
Earl of Huntingdon
The Earl of Huntingdon was a prominent medieval English noble title often associated with members of the Scottish royal family, notably serving as a key link between Scottish kings and the English nobility.
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B.
Earl of Chester
The Earl of Chester is a historic English noble title traditionally associated with the heir apparent to the British throne and closely linked to the governance of the County Palatine of Chester.
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C.
Earl of Northesk
The Earl of Northesk is a Scottish peerage title historically held by the Carnegie family, notable for its long lineage and connections to British naval and political history.
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D.
Earl of Orford
The Earl of Orford is a British peerage title historically associated with Sir Robert Walpole, often regarded as the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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E.
Earl of Carrick
The Earl of Carrick was a medieval Scottish noble title associated with the ruling family of Carrick in southwestern Scotland, notably held by Robert the Bruce before he became King of Scots.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
earldom
ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ peerage title ⓘ |
| associatedLocation | Lincolnshire ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British aristocracy
ⓘ
English nobility ⓘ House of Lords ⓘ |
| category |
Earls in the Peerage of England
ⓘ
Noble titles created in the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| followsInRank | Marquess in the Peerage of England ⓘ |
| governingSystemContext |
British monarchy
ⓘ
English monarchs ⓘ
surface form:
English monarchy
|
| hasFeudalOrigin | medieval England ⓘ |
| hasGender | male titleholder ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContinuity | title passed through multiple families ⓘ |
| hasHolderPrivilege | historical seat in the House of Lords ⓘ |
| hasHolderRole | member of the peerage ⓘ |
| hasStyle | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| hasTitleRank | Earl ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
involvement in national politics
ⓘ
involvement in royal affairs ⓘ |
| isHereditary | true ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | England ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
City of Lincoln
ⓘ
Lincoln ⓘ |
| nobleFamilyInvolved |
Clinton family
ⓘ
Fiennes family ⓘ Pelham family ⓘ
surface form:
Pelham-Clinton family
de Lacy family ⓘ de Quincy family ⓘ |
| notableFor |
links to major political figures in English history
ⓘ
longstanding aristocratic lineage ⓘ |
| partOf | Peerage of England ⓘ |
| precedesInRank | Viscount in the Peerage of England ⓘ |
| titleType | substantive peerage ⓘ |
| usedIn | British order of precedence ⓘ |
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: Earl of Lincoln Description of subject: The Earl of Lincoln is a hereditary English noble title in the Peerage of England, historically held by several prominent aristocratic families involved in national politics and royal affairs.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.