Donald mac Constantine
E1013384
9th-century Scottish person
House of Alpin member
King of Scotland
historical figure
medieval monarch
Donald mac Constantine, better known as Donald II of Scotland, was a late 9th-century king of the Scots whose short reign marked the early consolidation of the Scottish kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Donald mac Constantine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12845854 — 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: Donald mac Constantine Context triple: [Donald II of Scotland, alsoKnownAs, Donald mac Constantine]
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A.
Constantine I of Scotland
Constantine I of Scotland was a 9th-century king of the Picts and Scots whose reign was marked by persistent Viking incursions and the early consolidation of the Scottish kingdom.
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B.
Domnall mac Ailpín
Domnall mac Ailpín was a 9th-century king of the Picts (often regarded as an early king of Scotland) and a member of the Alpin dynasty who ruled after Kenneth MacAlpin.
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C.
Constantine II of Scotland
Constantine II of Scotland was a 10th-century king who ruled the Kingdom of Alba and played a key role in the early formation of the Scottish nation.
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D.
Causantín mac Cináeda
Causantín mac Cináeda was a 9th-century king of the Picts and early ruler of what became Scotland, noted for his role in the consolidation of the Scottish kingdom.
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E.
Donald I of Scotland
Donald I of Scotland was a 9th-century King of the Picts and Scots who succeeded his brother Kenneth MacAlpin and continued the early consolidation of the Scottish kingdom.
- 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: Donald mac Constantine Target entity description: Donald mac Constantine, better known as Donald II of Scotland, was a late 9th-century king of the Scots whose short reign marked the early consolidation of the Scottish kingdom.
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A.
Constantine I of Scotland
Constantine I of Scotland was a 9th-century king of the Picts and Scots whose reign was marked by persistent Viking incursions and the early consolidation of the Scottish kingdom.
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B.
Domnall mac Ailpín
Domnall mac Ailpín was a 9th-century king of the Picts (often regarded as an early king of Scotland) and a member of the Alpin dynasty who ruled after Kenneth MacAlpin.
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C.
Constantine II of Scotland
Constantine II of Scotland was a 10th-century king who ruled the Kingdom of Alba and played a key role in the early formation of the Scottish nation.
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D.
Causantín mac Cináeda
Causantín mac Cináeda was a 9th-century king of the Picts and early ruler of what became Scotland, noted for his role in the consolidation of the Scottish kingdom.
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E.
Donald I of Scotland
Donald I of Scotland was a 9th-century King of the Picts and Scots who succeeded his brother Kenneth MacAlpin and continued the early consolidation of the Scottish kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
9th-century Scottish person
ⓘ
House of Alpin member ⓘ King of Scotland ⓘ historical figure ⓘ medieval monarch ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Domnall mac Causantín
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Donald II of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | formation of the Kingdom of Alba ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 9th century ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of the Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 900 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Dunnottar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mearns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | House of Alpin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Constantine I of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Alba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| name | Donald mac Constantine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being among the first kings styled as rulers of Alba
ⓘ
early consolidation of the Scottish kingdom ⓘ |
| parent | Constantine I of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Alba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King of the Picts and Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Eochaid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Giric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Eochaid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Giric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 900 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 889 ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| royalHouse | Alpin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Constantine II of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Constantine II of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorState | Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territory | northern Britain ⓘ |
| title |
King of Alba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King of the Scots 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: Donald mac Constantine Description of subject: Donald mac Constantine, better known as Donald II of Scotland, was a late 9th-century king of the Scots whose short reign marked the early consolidation of the Scottish kingdom.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.