William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale
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William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a significant role in the government of Scotland around the time of the 1707 Acts of Union.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12616350 — 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: William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale Context triple: [Secretary of State of Scotland, positionHeldBy, William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale]
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A.
1st Earl of Rosslyn
The 1st Earl of Rosslyn was a Scottish peerage title created in the late 18th century for Alexander Wedderburn, a prominent lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
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B.
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who played a significant role in the turbulent Jacobite and Union-era politics of Scotland.
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C.
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and military commander who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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D.
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 17th century, best known as the son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and a member of the extended Stuart royal family.
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E.
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, was a prominent Scottish soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.
- 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: William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale Target entity description: William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a significant role in the government of Scotland around the time of the 1707 Acts of Union.
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A.
1st Earl of Rosslyn
The 1st Earl of Rosslyn was a Scottish peerage title created in the late 18th century for Alexander Wedderburn, a prominent lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
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B.
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who played a significant role in the turbulent Jacobite and Union-era politics of Scotland.
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C.
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and military commander who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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D.
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 17th century, best known as the son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and a member of the extended Stuart royal family.
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E.
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, was a prominent Scottish soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Privy Counsellor
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Scottish nobleman ⓘ peer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1664 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1721 ⓘ |
| education | University of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
early 18th century
ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Johnstone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Parliament of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Privy Council of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Privy Council of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchServed |
George I of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queen Anne NERFINISHED ⓘ William III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Lady Henrietta Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Johnstone family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Earl of Annandale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord Johnstone of Lochwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquess of Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in Scottish government around the time of the Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
participation in negotiations surrounding the Acts of Union 1707
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support for the 1688 Glorious Revolution in Scotland ⓘ |
| peerage | Peerage of Scotland ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Scotland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| politicalAlignment | pro-Union (Acts of Union 1707) ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Extraordinary Lord of Session
ⓘ
Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ Lord of the Treasury of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the Privy Council of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary of State of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Raeberry Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Sophia Fairholm 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: William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale Description of subject: William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a significant role in the government of Scotland around the time of the 1707 Acts of Union.
Referenced by (1)
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