David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn
E277122
Earl
Scottish nobleman
medieval Scottish magnate
member of the House of Stewart
member of the Scottish nobility
David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman of the royal Stewart dynasty who held the earldom of Strathearn during the turbulent period of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2464906 — 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: David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn Context triple: [Euphemia de Ross, child, David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn]
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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.
John Stewart, Earl of Carrick
John Stewart, Earl of Carrick, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Robert II of Scotland who later reigned as King Robert III.
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C.
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.
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D.
Patrick Graham, Earl of Menteith
Patrick Graham, Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman and member of the influential Graham family who held the historic earldom of Menteith in the late medieval period.
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E.
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.
- 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: David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn Target entity description: David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman of the royal Stewart dynasty who held the earldom of Strathearn during the turbulent period of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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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.
John Stewart, Earl of Carrick
John Stewart, Earl of Carrick, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Robert II of Scotland who later reigned as King Robert III.
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C.
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.
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D.
Patrick Graham, Earl of Menteith
Patrick Graham, Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman and member of the influential Graham family who held the historic earldom of Menteith in the late medieval period.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl
ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ medieval Scottish magnate ⓘ member of the House of Stewart ⓘ member of the Scottish nobility ⓘ |
| activeDuring | 14th century ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 14th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| dynasty |
House of Stuart
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Stewart
|
| era |
First War of Scottish Independence
ⓘ
surface form:
Wars of Scottish Independence
|
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Perth and Kinross
ⓘ
surface form:
Perthshire
Strathearn ⓘ |
| houseOrClan | Clan Stewart ⓘ |
| language |
Scots
ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Stewart family
ⓘ
surface form:
Stewart dynasty
|
| nobleTitle | Earl ⓘ |
| notableFor | holding the earldom of Strathearn during the Wars of Scottish Independence ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
First War of Scottish Independence
ⓘ
surface form:
Wars of Scottish Independence
|
| partOf | Scottish peerage ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Earl of Strathearn ⓘ |
| realm | Strathearn ⓘ |
| region | Scotland ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| title | Earl of Strathearn ⓘ |
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: David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn Description of subject: David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman of the royal Stewart dynasty who held the earldom of Strathearn during the turbulent period of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Euphemia de Ross