Robert Stewart (grandson of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl)
E141043
Robert Stewart, grandson of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, was a Scottish noble involved in the 1437 conspiracy that led to the assassination of King James I of Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Stewart (grandson of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1233141 — 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: Robert Stewart (grandson of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl) Context triple: [James I of Scotland, assassinatedBy, Robert Stewart (grandson of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl)]
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A.
William Elphinstone
William Elphinstone was a Scottish bishop, statesman, and humanist scholar of the late 15th century who played a key role in the development of higher education in Scotland.
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B.
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer whose death without direct heirs led to the famous Douglas Cause inheritance dispute.
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C.
John Erskine, Earl of Mar
John Erskine, Earl of Mar, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician best known for initiating and commanding the Jacobite rising of 1715 in an effort to restore the Stuart monarchy.
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D.
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
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E.
Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale
Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, was a prominent 13th-century Scottish noble and claimant to the Scottish throne whose lineage led directly to King Robert the Bruce.
- 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: Robert Stewart (grandson of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl) Target entity description: Robert Stewart, grandson of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, was a Scottish noble involved in the 1437 conspiracy that led to the assassination of King James I of Scotland.
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A.
William Elphinstone
William Elphinstone was a Scottish bishop, statesman, and humanist scholar of the late 15th century who played a key role in the development of higher education in Scotland.
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B.
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer whose death without direct heirs led to the famous Douglas Cause inheritance dispute.
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C.
John Erskine, Earl of Mar
John Erskine, Earl of Mar, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician best known for initiating and commanding the Jacobite rising of 1715 in an effort to restore the Stuart monarchy.
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D.
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
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E.
Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale
Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, was a prominent 13th-century Scottish noble and claimant to the Scottish throne whose lineage led directly to King Robert the Bruce.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Scottish noble ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
1437 coup attempt against royal authority in Scotland
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Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| criminalCharge | treason ⓘ |
| dynasty | Stewart family ⓘ |
| era | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| eventDate | February 1437 ⓘ |
| grandfather | Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Medieval Scotland ⓘ |
| language | Scots ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
House of Stuart
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surface form:
House of Stewart
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| notableFor | involvement in the plot to kill King James I of Scotland ⓘ |
| opposed | James I of Scotland ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1437 conspiracy against James I of Scotland
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assassination of James I of Scotland ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Perth, Scotland ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | opposition to the rule of James I of Scotland ⓘ |
| punishment | execution for treason ⓘ |
| relative |
James I of Scotland
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Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| role | conspirator in the murder of James I of Scotland ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 15th 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: Robert Stewart (grandson of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl) Description of subject: Robert Stewart, grandson of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, was a Scottish noble involved in the 1437 conspiracy that led to the assassination of King James I of Scotland.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
James I of Scotland
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assassinatedBy
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Robert Stewart (grandson of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl)
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