Maclean of Drimnin
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Maclean of Drimnin is a notable cadet branch of the historic Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with lands around Drimnin on the west coast of Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maclean of Drimnin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3438548 — 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: Maclean of Drimnin Context triple: [Clan Maclean, notableBranch, Maclean of Drimnin]
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A.
Maclean of Duart
Maclean of Duart is the principal branch of the Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, historically associated with Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.
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B.
Maclean of Ardgour
Maclean of Ardgour is a prominent Highland Scottish clan branch historically associated with the Ardgour estate on the west coast of Scotland.
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C.
Maclean of Coll
Maclean of Coll is a prominent cadet branch of the historic Scottish Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides.
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D.
Macdonald of Sleat
Macdonald of Sleat is a prominent Scottish Highland clan and landowning family historically associated with the Isle of Skye and known for its significant role in the region’s social and economic history.
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E.
Maclean of Lochbuie
Maclean of Lochbuie is a historic Scottish Highland clan branch traditionally associated with the island of Mull and known for its own chiefs and territorial holdings distinct from the main Clan Maclean line.
- 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: Maclean of Drimnin Target entity description: Maclean of Drimnin is a notable cadet branch of the historic Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with lands around Drimnin on the west coast of Scotland.
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A.
Maclean of Duart
Maclean of Duart is the principal branch of the Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, historically associated with Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.
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B.
Maclean of Ardgour
Maclean of Ardgour is a prominent Highland Scottish clan branch historically associated with the Ardgour estate on the west coast of Scotland.
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C.
Maclean of Coll
Maclean of Coll is a prominent cadet branch of the historic Scottish Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides.
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D.
Macdonald of Sleat
Macdonald of Sleat is a prominent Scottish Highland clan and landowning family historically associated with the Isle of Skye and known for its significant role in the region’s social and economic history.
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E.
Maclean of Lochbuie
Maclean of Lochbuie is a historic Scottish Highland clan branch traditionally associated with the island of Mull and known for its own chiefs and territorial holdings distinct from the main Clan Maclean line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish clan branch
ⓘ
cadet branch ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hebridean coast
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebridean maritime region
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| associatedWithPlace | Drimnin ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | west coast of Scotland ⓘ |
| clanAffiliation |
Clan Maclean
ⓘ
surface form:
Clan Gillean (Clan Maclean)
|
| clanSystem | Scottish clan system ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| culture | Scottish Highland culture ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gaels ⓘ |
| hasClanName |
MacLean
ⓘ
surface form:
Maclean
|
| hasSurnameForm |
MacLean
ⓘ
McLean ⓘ |
| hasTerritorialDesignation | of Drimnin ⓘ |
| heraldicTradition | Scottish heraldry ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early modern Scotland
ⓘ
late medieval Scotland ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | minor landed family ⓘ |
| languageTradition | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| parentClan |
Clan Maclean
ⓘ
surface form:
Clan Maclean of Duart
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| partOf | Clan Maclean ⓘ |
| socialClass | Highland gentry ⓘ |
| traditionalSeat | Drimnin ⓘ |
| usesClanBadgesOf | Clan Maclean ⓘ |
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: Maclean of Drimnin Description of subject: Maclean of Drimnin is a notable cadet branch of the historic Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with lands around Drimnin on the west coast of Scotland.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.