Alan, Lord of Galloway
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Alan, Lord of Galloway was a powerful 13th-century Scottish nobleman and Constable of Scotland who controlled the lordship of Galloway and played a key role in the politics of the Scottish kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
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| Alan, Lord of Galloway canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15472929 — 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: Alan, Lord of Galloway Context triple: [Dervorguilla of Galloway, father, Alan, Lord of Galloway]
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A.
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.
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B.
Lord Crichton
Lord Crichton is a hereditary Scottish noble title historically associated with the influential Crichton family.
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C.
Laird of Dun
Laird of Dun was a Scottish feudal title associated with the Erskine family estate at Dun in Angus, historically held by prominent figures in the Scottish Reformation.
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D.
Sinclair of Caithness
Sinclair of Caithness is the principal noble family of the Scottish Clan Sinclair, historically associated with the Earldom of Caithness in the far north of Scotland.
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E.
Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney
Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, was a 14th-century Scottish-Norwegian nobleman and explorer traditionally associated with the Sinclair family and later legends of pre-Columbian voyages to North America.
- 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: Alan, Lord of Galloway Target entity description: Alan, Lord of Galloway was a powerful 13th-century Scottish nobleman and Constable of Scotland who controlled the lordship of Galloway and played a key role in the politics of the Scottish kingdom.
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A.
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.
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B.
Lord Crichton
Lord Crichton is a hereditary Scottish noble title historically associated with the influential Crichton family.
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C.
Laird of Dun
Laird of Dun was a Scottish feudal title associated with the Erskine family estate at Dun in Angus, historically held by prominent figures in the Scottish Reformation.
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D.
Sinclair of Caithness
Sinclair of Caithness is the principal noble family of the Scottish Clan Sinclair, historically associated with the Earldom of Caithness in the far north of Scotland.
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E.
Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney
Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, was a 14th-century Scottish-Norwegian nobleman and explorer traditionally associated with the Sinclair family and later legends of pre-Columbian voyages to North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.