Robertson tartan
E1038546
The Robertson tartan is the distinctive traditional Scottish plaid pattern associated with Clan Robertson, featuring characteristic colors and sett used in kilts and other Highland dress.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robertson tartan canonical | 4 |
| Robertson Hunting tartan | 2 |
| Robertson Ancient tartan | 1 |
| Robertson Dress tartan | 1 |
| Robertson Modern tartan | 1 |
| Robertson Red tartan | 1 |
| Robertson Weathered tartan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13095578 — 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: Robertson tartan Context triple: [Clan Robertson, tartan, Robertson tartan]
-
A.
Sinclair tartan
The Sinclair tartan is the distinctive woven pattern of colored checks and stripes traditionally associated with Scotland’s Clan Sinclair and used in their kilts and other Highland dress.
-
B.
Graham tartan
Graham tartan is the distinctive plaid pattern traditionally associated with Scotland’s Clan Graham, used in their kilts and other clan regalia.
-
C.
MacKenzie tartan
The MacKenzie tartan is a traditional Scottish plaid pattern historically associated with Clan MacKenzie and adopted by various Highland regiments, including Canadian units.
-
D.
Douglas tartan
Douglas tartan is the distinctive woven pattern of colored checks and stripes traditionally associated with Scotland’s historic Clan Douglas.
-
E.
Clan Gordon tartan
The Clan Gordon tartan is a traditional Scottish plaid pattern that represents the historic Highland clan Gordon and is worn to signify allegiance to the family.
- 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: Robertson tartan Target entity description: The Robertson tartan is the distinctive traditional Scottish plaid pattern associated with Clan Robertson, featuring characteristic colors and sett used in kilts and other Highland dress.
-
A.
Sinclair tartan
The Sinclair tartan is the distinctive woven pattern of colored checks and stripes traditionally associated with Scotland’s Clan Sinclair and used in their kilts and other Highland dress.
-
B.
Graham tartan
Graham tartan is the distinctive plaid pattern traditionally associated with Scotland’s Clan Graham, used in their kilts and other clan regalia.
-
C.
MacKenzie tartan
The MacKenzie tartan is a traditional Scottish plaid pattern historically associated with Clan MacKenzie and adopted by various Highland regiments, including Canadian units.
-
D.
Douglas tartan
Douglas tartan is the distinctive woven pattern of colored checks and stripes traditionally associated with Scotland’s historic Clan Douglas.
-
E.
Clan Gordon tartan
The Clan Gordon tartan is a traditional Scottish plaid pattern that represents the historic Highland clan Gordon and is worn to signify allegiance to the family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish clan tartan
ⓘ
tartan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Clan Donnachaidh
ⓘ
Clan Robertson ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Highland dress tartan
ⓘ
clan tartan of the Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Scottish Gaelic culture
ⓘ
Scottish clan system ⓘ |
| hasColor |
black
ⓘ
blue ⓘ green ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| hasDesignAuthority |
Clan Robertson society
ⓘ
linked to:
Clan Donnachaidh Society
|
| hasFeature |
overchecking stripes
ⓘ
repeating check pattern ⓘ symmetrical sett ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Robertson Ancient tartan
ⓘ
linked to:
Robertson tartan
Robertson Dress tartan ⓘ
linked to:
Robertson tartan
Robertson Hunting tartan ⓘ
linked to:
Robertson tartan
Robertson Modern tartan ⓘ
linked to:
Robertson tartan
Robertson Weathered tartan ⓘ
linked to:
Robertson tartan
|
| material | wool ⓘ |
| patternType | sett ⓘ |
| registeredWith | Scottish Register of Tartans ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Highland regalia
ⓘ
Scottish tartan tradition ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Highland tradition
ⓘ
clan identity ⓘ family heritage ⓘ |
| typicalUsePeriod |
ceremonial events
ⓘ
clan gatherings ⓘ formal occasions ⓘ weddings ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Scottish heritage organizations
ⓘ
members of Clan Robertson ⓘ people with the surname Robertson ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Highland dress
ⓘ
clan accessories ⓘ kilt ⓘ plaids ⓘ trews ⓘ |
| visualMotif | criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands ⓘ |
| weaveStructure | twill weave ⓘ |
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: Robertson tartan Description of subject: The Robertson tartan is the distinctive traditional Scottish plaid pattern associated with Clan Robertson, featuring characteristic colors and sett used in kilts and other Highland dress.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Robertson tartan
linked to: Robertson tartan
linked to: Robertson tartan
linked to: Robertson tartan
linked to: Robertson tartan
linked to: Robertson tartan
linked to: Robertson tartan