Alexander Stewart of Bonkyll
E1046257
Alexander Stewart of Bonkyll was a 13th–14th century Scottish nobleman of the Stewart family, notable as an early ancestor of the royal House of Stewart.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexander Stewart of Bonkyll canonical | 1 |
| John Stewart of Bonkyl | 1 |
| Sir Alexander Stewart of Bonkyll | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12721712 — 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: Alexander Stewart of Bonkyll Context triple: [Elizabeth Stewart of Bonkyll, father, Alexander Stewart of Bonkyll]
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A.
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan—known as the "Wolf of Badenoch"—was a notoriously lawless 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II, infamous for his brutal raids and destruction in the Highlands.
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B.
Walter Bailloch Stewart
Walter Bailloch Stewart was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman of the Stewart family who held the earldom of Menteith through marriage and played a role in the turbulent politics of medieval Scotland.
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C.
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, was a Scottish nobleman who played a leading role in the conspiracy that resulted in the assassination of King James I of Scotland in 1437.
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D.
Archibald Stirling of Keir
Archibald Stirling of Keir was a Scottish laird and landowner from the prominent Stirling family, known as the father of SAS founder David Stirling.
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E.
Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl
Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl, was a Scottish nobleman best known for his role in the 1437 plot that led to the murder of King James I 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: Alexander Stewart of Bonkyll Target entity description: Alexander Stewart of Bonkyll was a 13th–14th century Scottish nobleman of the Stewart family, notable as an early ancestor of the royal House of Stewart.
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A.
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan—known as the "Wolf of Badenoch"—was a notoriously lawless 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II, infamous for his brutal raids and destruction in the Highlands.
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B.
Walter Bailloch Stewart
Walter Bailloch Stewart was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman of the Stewart family who held the earldom of Menteith through marriage and played a role in the turbulent politics of medieval Scotland.
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C.
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, was a Scottish nobleman who played a leading role in the conspiracy that resulted in the assassination of King James I of Scotland in 1437.
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D.
Archibald Stirling of Keir
Archibald Stirling of Keir was a Scottish laird and landowner from the prominent Stirling family, known as the father of SAS founder David Stirling.
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E.
Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl
Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl, was a Scottish nobleman best known for his role in the 1437 plot that led to the murder of King James I of Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish nobleman
ⓘ
medieval noble ⓘ member of the Stewart family ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bonkyll
ⓘ
linked to:
Bonkyl
|
| birthPlace | Scotland ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Scotland ⓘ |
| era |
High Middle Ages
ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Scottish ⓘ |
| father | Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland ⓘ |
| floruit |
13th century
ⓘ
14th century ⓘ |
| house |
House of Stewart
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Stuart
|
| language | Scots ⓘ |
| mother | Jean of Bute ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
House of Stewart
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Stuart
Stewart family ⓘ |
| nobleRank | lord ⓘ |
| notableFor | being an early ancestor of the royal House of Stewart ⓘ |
| position | Scottish feudal baron ⓘ |
| region |
Lowlands of Scotland
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Lowlands of Scotland
|
| sibling | James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland ⓘ |
| title | Lord of Bonkyll ⓘ |
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: Alexander Stewart of Bonkyll Description of subject: Alexander Stewart of Bonkyll was a 13th–14th century Scottish nobleman of the Stewart family, notable as an early ancestor of the royal House of Stewart.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Alexander Stewart of Bonkyll
linked to: Alexander Stewart of Bonkyll