Gartnait, Earl of Mar
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Gartnait, Earl of Mar, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and regional magnate who played a role in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gartnait, Earl of Mar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13189516 — 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: Gartnait, Earl of Mar Context triple: [Christina Bruce, spouse, Gartnait, Earl of Mar]
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A.
Domhnall I, Earl of Mar
Domhnall I, Earl of Mar was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who held the earldom of Mar and played a significant role in the politics of medieval Scotland.
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B.
John of Islay, Earl of Ross
John of Islay, Earl of Ross was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble who united the Earldom of Ross with the Lordship of the Isles, making him one of the most influential magnates in medieval Scotland.
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C.
Maclean of Duart
Maclean of Duart is the principal branch of the Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, historically associated with Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.
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D.
Maclean of Drimnin
Maclean of Drimnin is a notable cadet branch of the historic Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with lands around Drimnin on the west coast of Scotland.
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E.
Alexander, Earl of Menteith
Alexander, Earl of Menteith was a medieval Scottish nobleman who held the earldom of Menteith and played a role in the turbulent politics of the Scottish Highlands.
- 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: Gartnait, Earl of Mar Target entity description: Gartnait, Earl of Mar, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and regional magnate who played a role in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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A.
Domhnall I, Earl of Mar
Domhnall I, Earl of Mar was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who held the earldom of Mar and played a significant role in the politics of medieval Scotland.
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B.
John of Islay, Earl of Ross
John of Islay, Earl of Ross was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble who united the Earldom of Ross with the Lordship of the Isles, making him one of the most influential magnates in medieval Scotland.
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C.
Maclean of Duart
Maclean of Duart is the principal branch of the Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, historically associated with Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.
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D.
Maclean of Drimnin
Maclean of Drimnin is a notable cadet branch of the historic Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with lands around Drimnin on the west coast of Scotland.
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E.
Alexander, Earl of Menteith
Alexander, Earl of Menteith was a medieval Scottish nobleman who held the earldom of Menteith and played a role in the turbulent politics of the Scottish Highlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl of Mar
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Scottish nobleman ⓘ medieval Scottish magnate ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Scottish crown
ⓘ
Scottish nobility ⓘ |
| conflict | Scottish–English wars ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| feudalStatus | regional magnate ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
northeast Scotland
ⓘ
linked to:
Northeast Scotland
|
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Earls of Mar ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in the Wars of Scottish Independence ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Wars of Scottish Independence
ⓘ
linked to:
First War of Scottish Independence
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| politicalRole | Scottish magnate ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Earl of Mar ⓘ |
| realm | Scotland ⓘ |
| region | Mar ⓘ |
| residence | Mar, Scotland ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 14th century ⓘ |
| titleHolderOf | Earldom of Mar ⓘ |
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: Gartnait, Earl of Mar Description of subject: Gartnait, Earl of Mar, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and regional magnate who played a role in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.