Angus mac Somairle
E1037967
Angus mac Somairle was a 12th-century Scottish-Gaelic nobleman of the Isles, known as a son of Somerled and an early member of the powerful Clann Somhairle dynasty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Angus mac Somairle canonical | 2 |
| Somairle mac Gille Brigte | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13253138 — 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: Angus mac Somairle Context triple: [Somerset mac Gillabrigte, hasDescendant, Angus mac Somairle]
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A.
Ranald mac Somairle
Ranald mac Somairle was a 12th-century Norse-Gaelic lord who founded the powerful Clanranald branch of the Lords of the Isles in western Scotland.
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B.
Dougall mac Somairle
Dougall mac Somairle was a 12th-century Scottish-Gaelic nobleman and son of Somerled, recognized as the progenitor of the Clan MacDougall of Argyll.
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C.
Óengus of Moray
Óengus of Moray was a 12th-century Scottish noble and ruler of the province of Moray who played a significant role in the turbulent politics of medieval Scotland.
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D.
Donnchad III, Earl of Fife
Donnchad III, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate who held one of the kingdom’s most prestigious earldoms and played a significant role in the politics of his time.
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E.
Donnchad I, Earl of Fife
Donnchad I, Earl of Fife, was a prominent 12th-century Scottish nobleman and mormaer of Fife who played a key role in the early medieval Kingdom of Scotland.
- 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: Angus mac Somairle Target entity description: Angus mac Somairle was a 12th-century Scottish-Gaelic nobleman of the Isles, known as a son of Somerled and an early member of the powerful Clann Somhairle dynasty.
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A.
Ranald mac Somairle
Ranald mac Somairle was a 12th-century Norse-Gaelic lord who founded the powerful Clanranald branch of the Lords of the Isles in western Scotland.
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B.
Dougall mac Somairle
Dougall mac Somairle was a 12th-century Scottish-Gaelic nobleman and son of Somerled, recognized as the progenitor of the Clan MacDougall of Argyll.
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C.
Óengus of Moray
Óengus of Moray was a 12th-century Scottish noble and ruler of the province of Moray who played a significant role in the turbulent politics of medieval Scotland.
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D.
Donnchad III, Earl of Fife
Donnchad III, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate who held one of the kingdom’s most prestigious earldoms and played a significant role in the politics of his time.
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E.
Donnchad I, Earl of Fife
Donnchad I, Earl of Fife, was a prominent 12th-century Scottish nobleman and mormaer of Fife who played a key role in the early medieval Kingdom of Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gaelic lord
ⓘ
medieval Scottish nobleman ⓘ member of Clann Somhairle ⓘ nobleman of the Isles ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Inner Hebrides
ⓘ
Outer Hebrides ⓘ western seaboard of Scotland ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Clann Somhairle ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hebridean sea-lords
ⓘ
Kingdom of the Isles ⓘ Norse-Gaelic maritime lordship ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 12th century ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | post-Viking Age Scotland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| culture | Scottish-Gaelic ⓘ |
| describedAs | Scottish-Gaelic nobleman of the Isles ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Gael
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaels
|
| familyRelation | member of Somerled’s descendants ⓘ |
| father | Somerled ⓘ |
| floruit | 12th century ⓘ |
| givenName | Angus ⓘ |
| heritage | Norse-Gaelic ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| memberOf | Clann Somhairle ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Clann Somhairle ⓘ |
| notableFamily | Clann Somhairle ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a son of Somerled
ⓘ
being an early member of Clann Somhairle dynasty ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gaelic nobility of medieval Scotland
ⓘ
Lordship of the Isles ⓘ |
| patronymicName | mac Somairle ⓘ |
| politicalRole | regional power-holder in the Isles ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Lord in the Isles
ⓘ
linked to:
Lord of the Isles
|
| region |
Hebrides
ⓘ
Isles ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| title | lord ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Angus mac Somairle Description of subject: Angus mac Somairle was a 12th-century Scottish-Gaelic nobleman of the Isles, known as a son of Somerled and an early member of the powerful Clann Somhairle dynasty.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Somerset mac Gillabrigte (Somhairle mac Gille Brighde, Somerled)
subject linked to:
Saddell
linked to: Angus mac Somairle