Gille Coemgáin of Moray
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Gille Coemgáin of Moray was an 11th-century Scottish nobleman and Mormaer of Moray, notable as the father of King Lulach of Scotland and a key figure in the power struggles of northern Scotland.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gille Coemgáin of Moray canonical | 3 |
| Mormaer of Moray | 2 |
| Máel Snechtai of Moray | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3035691 — 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: Gille Coemgáin of Moray Context triple: [Lulach, son of Gillicomgáin, father, Gille Coemgáin of Moray]
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A.
Donnchad I, Earl of Fife
Donnchad I, Earl of Fife, was a prominent 12th-century Scottish nobleman and mormaer of Fife who played a key role in the early medieval Kingdom of Scotland.
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B.
Donnchad III, Earl of Fife
Donnchad III, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate who held one of the kingdom’s most prestigious earldoms and played a significant role in the politics of his time.
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C.
Donnchad IV, Earl of Fife
Donnchad IV, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate who held one of the kingdom’s most prestigious earldoms and played a significant role in the politics of his time.
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D.
Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife
Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate who held one of the kingdom’s most prestigious earldoms and played a significant role in the politics of his time.
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E.
Donnchad VI, Earl of Fife
Donnchad VI, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate from the influential MacDuff family who played a significant role in the politics of the Kingdom of Scotland.
- 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: Gille Coemgáin of Moray Target entity description: Gille Coemgáin of Moray was an 11th-century Scottish nobleman and Mormaer of Moray, notable as the father of King Lulach of Scotland and a key figure in the power struggles of northern Scotland.
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A.
Donnchad I, Earl of Fife
Donnchad I, Earl of Fife, was a prominent 12th-century Scottish nobleman and mormaer of Fife who played a key role in the early medieval Kingdom of Scotland.
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B.
Donnchad III, Earl of Fife
Donnchad III, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate who held one of the kingdom’s most prestigious earldoms and played a significant role in the politics of his time.
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C.
Donnchad IV, Earl of Fife
Donnchad IV, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate who held one of the kingdom’s most prestigious earldoms and played a significant role in the politics of his time.
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D.
Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife
Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate who held one of the kingdom’s most prestigious earldoms and played a significant role in the politics of his time.
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E.
Donnchad VI, Earl of Fife
Donnchad VI, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate from the influential MacDuff family who played a significant role in the politics of the Kingdom of Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
11th-century person
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Mormaer ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 11th century ⓘ |
| conflict | power struggles in northern Scotland ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Moray ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gaels ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Lulach of Scotland ⓘ |
| language | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Moray dynasty ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being father of King Lulach of Scotland
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role in power struggles of northern Scotland ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Mormaer of Moray ⓘ |
| region | Moray ⓘ |
| relative |
Findláech mac Ruaidrí
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Mac Bethad mac Findláich ⓘ
surface form:
Mac Bethad mac Findlaích
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| spouse | Gruoch of Scotland ⓘ |
| title | Mormaer of Moray ⓘ |
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: Gille Coemgáin of Moray Description of subject: Gille Coemgáin of Moray was an 11th-century Scottish nobleman and Mormaer of Moray, notable as the father of King Lulach of Scotland and a key figure in the power struggles of northern Scotland.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Máel Snechtai of Moray
this entity surface form:
Mormaer of Moray