James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres
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James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres, was a Scottish nobleman and member of the prominent Lindsay family who held the earldom of Balcarres in the 18th century.
All labels observed (1)
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| James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18767455 — 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 Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres Context triple: [Lindsay family, hasTitleHolder, James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres]
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James Erskine, 7th Earl of Buchan
James Erskine, 7th Earl of Buchan was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Earldom of Buchan as a prominent member of the Erskine family.
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B.
James Duff, 5th Earl Fife
James Duff, 5th Earl Fife, was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the earldom of Fife in the 19th century and was part of a prominent aristocratic family later connected to the British royal family.
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C.
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 17th century, best known as the son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and a member of the extended Stuart royal family.
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D.
Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres
Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and royalist who played a prominent role in the political and military affairs of Scotland during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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E.
James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon
James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon, was an Anglo-Irish peer and landowner who held a hereditary title in the Peerage of Ireland and belonged to a prominent aristocratic 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: James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres Target entity description: James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres, was a Scottish nobleman and member of the prominent Lindsay family who held the earldom of Balcarres in the 18th century.
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A.
James Erskine, 7th Earl of Buchan
James Erskine, 7th Earl of Buchan was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Earldom of Buchan as a prominent member of the Erskine family.
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B.
James Duff, 5th Earl Fife
James Duff, 5th Earl Fife, was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the earldom of Fife in the 19th century and was part of a prominent aristocratic family later connected to the British royal family.
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C.
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 17th century, best known as the son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and a member of the extended Stuart royal family.
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D.
Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres
Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and royalist who played a prominent role in the political and military affairs of Scotland during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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E.
James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon
James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon, was an Anglo-Irish peer and landowner who held a hereditary title in the Peerage of Ireland and belonged to a prominent aristocratic family.
- F. None of above. chosen
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