Domnall mac Donnchada
E390949
Domnall mac Donnchada, better known as Donald III of Scotland, was a late 11th-century King of Scots whose turbulent reign was marked by dynastic struggles and repeated depositions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Donald mac Donnchada | 2 |
| Domnall Bán | 1 |
| Domnall mac Donnchada canonical | 1 |
| Donald Ban mac Donnchada | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3811340 — 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: Domnall mac Donnchada Context triple: [Donald III of Scotland, alsoKnownAs, Domnall mac Donnchada]
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A.
Domnall mac Ailpín
Domnall mac Ailpín was a 9th-century king of the Picts (often regarded as an early king of Scotland) and a member of the Alpin dynasty who ruled after Kenneth MacAlpin.
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B.
Ailpín mac Echdach
Ailpín mac Echdach was a 9th-century Scottish noble traditionally regarded as the father of Kenneth MacAlpin, the first king to unite the Picts and Scots.
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C.
Niall, Earl of Carrick
Niall, Earl of Carrick, was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman who held the earldom of Carrick and was the father of Marjorie, Countess of Carrick.
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D.
Finnghuala of Angus
Finnghuala of Angus was a medieval Scottish noblewoman, known primarily as the wife of Lulach, briefly King of Scots in the 11th century.
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E.
Conchobhar
Conchobhar is an ancient Irish given name, famously borne by legendary kings and heroes in early Irish mythology and literature.
- 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: Domnall mac Donnchada Target entity description: Domnall mac Donnchada, better known as Donald III of Scotland, was a late 11th-century King of Scots whose turbulent reign was marked by dynastic struggles and repeated depositions.
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A.
Domnall mac Ailpín
Domnall mac Ailpín was a 9th-century king of the Picts (often regarded as an early king of Scotland) and a member of the Alpin dynasty who ruled after Kenneth MacAlpin.
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B.
Ailpín mac Echdach
Ailpín mac Echdach was a 9th-century Scottish noble traditionally regarded as the father of Kenneth MacAlpin, the first king to unite the Picts and Scots.
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C.
Niall, Earl of Carrick
Niall, Earl of Carrick, was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman who held the earldom of Carrick and was the father of Marjorie, Countess of Carrick.
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D.
Finnghuala of Angus
Finnghuala of Angus was a medieval Scottish noblewoman, known primarily as the wife of Lulach, briefly King of Scots in the 11th century.
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E.
Conchobhar
Conchobhar is an ancient Irish given name, famously borne by legendary kings and heroes in early Irish mythology and literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Domnall mac Donnchada Description of subject: Domnall mac Donnchada, better known as Donald III of Scotland, was a late 11th-century King of Scots whose turbulent reign was marked by dynastic struggles and repeated depositions.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Donald III of Scotland
this entity surface form:
Domnall Bán
subject surface form:
Donald III of Scotland
this entity surface form:
Donald mac Donnchada
this entity surface form:
Donald mac Donnchada
this entity surface form:
Donald Ban mac Donnchada