Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton
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Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, was a Scottish peer and hereditary nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and was active in public and ceremonial life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3828421 — 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: Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton Context triple: [Hamilton family (Dukes of Hamilton), notableMember, Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton]
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A.
Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton was an 18th-century Scottish peer and nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic society of his time.
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B.
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman, aviator, and politician known for his pioneering long-distance flights and controversial involvement in Rudolf Hess's 1941 flight to Britain during World War II.
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C.
William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton
William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton, was a 19th-century Scottish peer and politician who served as a prominent representative of one of Scotland’s most distinguished aristocratic families.
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D.
James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as a leading peer of Scotland and held prominent positions at the British court.
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E.
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic and political life of his time.
- 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: Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton Target entity description: Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, was a Scottish peer and hereditary nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and was active in public and ceremonial life.
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A.
Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton was an 18th-century Scottish peer and nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic society of his time.
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B.
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman, aviator, and politician known for his pioneering long-distance flights and controversial involvement in Rudolf Hess's 1941 flight to Britain during World War II.
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C.
William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton
William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton, was a 19th-century Scottish peer and politician who served as a prominent representative of one of Scotland’s most distinguished aristocratic families.
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D.
James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as a leading peer of Scotland and held prominent positions at the British court.
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E.
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic and political life of his time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Duke of Brandon
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Duke of Hamilton ⓘ Scottish peer ⓘ hereditary nobleman ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWithMonarchy | British monarchy ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Douglas-Hamilton ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Angus ⓘ |
| hasHereditaryOffice |
Hereditary Bearer of the Crown of Scotland
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Hereditary Keeper of the Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ |
| hasRole |
ceremonial figure in Scottish state occasions
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public figure in Scottish society ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Duke of Brandon
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Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | His Grace ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOfNobleFamily |
Douglas-Hamilton
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surface form:
Douglas-Hamilton family
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| nobleRank | duke ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Duke of Brandon
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surface form:
12th Duke of Brandon
15th Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
holding one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms
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participation in ceremonial life in Scotland ⓘ participation in public life in Scotland ⓘ |
| orderInSuccessionOfTitle | 15th holder of the Dukedom of Hamilton ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Hereditary Bearer of the Crown of Scotland
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Hereditary Keeper of the Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ Hereditary Keeper of the Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ
surface form:
Hereditary Keeper of the Palace of Holyroodhouse for the British monarch
Premier peer of Scotland ⓘ
surface form:
Premier Peer of Scotland
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| regionOfActivity | Scotland ⓘ |
| residence | Scotland ⓘ |
| socialStatus | nobility ⓘ |
| titleHeldInPeerage |
Peerage of Great Britain
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Peerage of Scotland ⓘ |
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: Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton Description of subject: Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, was a Scottish peer and hereditary nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and was active in public and ceremonial life.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Hamilton family (Dukes of Hamilton)
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notableMember
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Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton
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