Lulach
E320256
Lulach was a short-reigned 11th-century King of Scots, known as the stepson and successor of Macbeth who was quickly deposed by Malcolm III.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lulach canonical | 2 |
| Lulach the Simple | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3035690 — 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: Lulach Context triple: [Lulach, son of Gillicomgáin, givenName, Lulach]
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A.
Gaheris
Gaheris is a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, known as one of King Arthur’s nephews and a member of the Orkney clan.
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B.
Gilian
Gilian is a given name that serves as an alternative spelling of the more common name Gillian.
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C.
Odilon
Odilon is the nickname of Odilon Redon, a French Symbolist painter and printmaker known for his dreamlike, often fantastical imagery.
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D.
Manceau
Manceau is the French term used to refer to an inhabitant or native of the city of Le Mans.
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E.
Aduard
Aduard is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen, known historically for its medieval Cistercian monastery and its location near the city of Groningen.
- 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: Lulach Target entity description: Lulach was a short-reigned 11th-century King of Scots, known as the stepson and successor of Macbeth who was quickly deposed by Malcolm III.
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A.
Gaheris
Gaheris is a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, known as one of King Arthur’s nephews and a member of the Orkney clan.
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B.
Gilian
Gilian is a given name that serves as an alternative spelling of the more common name Gillian.
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C.
Odilon
Odilon is the nickname of Odilon Redon, a French Symbolist painter and printmaker known for his dreamlike, often fantastical imagery.
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D.
Manceau
Manceau is the French term used to refer to an inhabitant or native of the city of Le Mans.
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E.
Aduard
Aduard is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen, known historically for its medieval Cistercian monastery and its location near the city of Groningen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
11th-century monarch
ⓘ
King of Scots ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 11th century ⓘ |
| child | Máel Snechtai of Moray ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1058 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Essie in Strathbogie ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Gaels
ⓘ
surface form:
Gael
|
| father | Gille Coemgáin of Moray ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Medieval Scotland ⓘ |
| language | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| monarchOf | Scotland ⓘ |
| mother | Gruoch of Scotland ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being deposed by Malcolm III
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being stepson and successor of Macbeth ⓘ short reign as King of Scots ⓘ |
| otherName |
Lulach of Scotland
ⓘ
surface form:
Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin
Lulach the Simple ⓘ
surface form:
Lulach the Fool
Lulach the Simple ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Scots ⓘ |
| predecessor | Macbeth ⓘ |
| region | Moray ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1058 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1057 ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| spouse | Finnghuala of Angus ⓘ |
| stepfather | Macbeth ⓘ |
| successor | Malcolm III of Scotland ⓘ |
| title |
Gille Coemgáin of Moray
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surface form:
Mormaer of Moray
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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: Lulach Description of subject: Lulach was a short-reigned 11th-century King of Scots, known as the stepson and successor of Macbeth who was quickly deposed by Malcolm III.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lulach the Simple