James of the Glens
E1040414
James of the Glens is a key character in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "Catriona," depicted as a Highland Jacobite involved in the political and legal intrigues surrounding the Appin Murder.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James of the Glens canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13437607 — 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: James of the Glens Context triple: [Catriona, hasCharacter, James of the Glens]
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A.
Alasdair MacColla
Alasdair MacColla was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Gaelic mercenary leader and Royalist commander known for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in Ireland and Scotland.
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B.
Pap of Glencoe
Pap of Glencoe is a prominent conical hill in the Scottish Highlands, known for its distinctive shape and panoramic views over Glencoe and Loch Leven.
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C.
Mac Leod
Mac Leod is a surname of Scottish origin commonly associated with the historic Clan MacLeod and its descendants.
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D.
Jock MacKenzie
Jock MacKenzie was a cinematographer known for his work on the 1933 adventure-fantasy film "Son of Kong," the sequel to the original "King Kong."
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E.
Kyle of Sutherland
Kyle of Sutherland is a tidal estuary in the Scottish Highlands formed by the confluence of several rivers before they flow into the Dornoch Firth.
- 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: James of the Glens Target entity description: James of the Glens is a key character in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "Catriona," depicted as a Highland Jacobite involved in the political and legal intrigues surrounding the Appin Murder.
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A.
Alasdair MacColla
Alasdair MacColla was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Gaelic mercenary leader and Royalist commander known for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in Ireland and Scotland.
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B.
Pap of Glencoe
Pap of Glencoe is a prominent conical hill in the Scottish Highlands, known for its distinctive shape and panoramic views over Glencoe and Loch Leven.
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C.
Mac Leod
Mac Leod is a surname of Scottish origin commonly associated with the historic Clan MacLeod and its descendants.
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D.
Jock MacKenzie
Jock MacKenzie was a cinematographer known for his work on the 1933 adventure-fantasy film "Son of Kong," the sequel to the original "King Kong."
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E.
Kyle of Sutherland
Kyle of Sutherland is a tidal estuary in the Scottish Highlands formed by the confluence of several rivers before they flow into the Dornoch Firth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Catriona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jacobitism
ⓘ
Scottish Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | James Stewart of the Glens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Robert Louis Stevenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedAs | Highland Jacobite ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Highlander ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Catriona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDateOfWork | 1893 ⓘ |
| genre | historical fiction ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Appin Murder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | major character ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| occupation | Jacobite ⓘ |
| partOf | Scottish literature ⓘ |
| publisherOfWork | Cassell & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Kidnapped NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
Appin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
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: James of the Glens Description of subject: James of the Glens is a key character in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "Catriona," depicted as a Highland Jacobite involved in the political and legal intrigues surrounding the Appin Murder.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.