Donnchadh mac Crìonain
E423622
Donnchadh mac Crìonain, better known as Duncan I of Scotland, was an 11th-century king whose death at the hands of Macbeth later inspired Shakespeare’s tragedy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Donnchad mac Crínáin | 1 |
| Donnchadh mac Crìonain canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4227294 — 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: Donnchadh mac Crìonain Context triple: [Duncan I of Scotland, alsoKnownAs, Donnchadh mac Crìonain]
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A.
Domnall mac Donnchada
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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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.
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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D.
Máel Muire of Atholl
Máel Muire of Atholl was a medieval Scottish nobleman, likely Mormaer (Earl) of Atholl, and a member of the royal family of Scotland.
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E.
Donnchad mac Maíl Coluim
Donnchad mac Maíl Coluim, better known as Duncan II of Scotland, was a briefly reigning 11th-century Scottish king and son of Malcolm III who ruled during a turbulent period of dynastic conflict.
- 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: Donnchadh mac Crìonain Target entity description: Donnchadh mac Crìonain, better known as Duncan I of Scotland, was an 11th-century king whose death at the hands of Macbeth later inspired Shakespeare’s tragedy.
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A.
Domnall mac Donnchada
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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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.
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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D.
Máel Muire of Atholl
Máel Muire of Atholl was a medieval Scottish nobleman, likely Mormaer (Earl) of Atholl, and a member of the royal family of Scotland.
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E.
Donnchad mac Maíl Coluim
Donnchad mac Maíl Coluim, better known as Duncan II of Scotland, was a briefly reigning 11th-century Scottish king and son of Malcolm III who ruled during a turbulent period of dynastic conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Scotland
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mac Bethad mac Findláich
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | circa 1001 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Iona (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed by Mac Bethad mac Findláich ⓘ |
| child |
Domnall III of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Máel Coluim III of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| culture | medieval Scottish ⓘ |
| deathDate | 14 August 1040 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Moray
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Elgin ⓘ |
| dynasty | House of Dunkeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 11th century ⓘ |
| father | Crínán of Dunkeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfather | Máel Coluim II of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspired | Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| mother | Bethóc ingen Maíl Coluim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name |
Donnchad mac Crínáin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Donnchadh mac Crìonain NERFINISHED ⓘ Duncan I of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| notableEvent | death in battle against Macbeth at Pitgaveny (traditional location) ⓘ |
| notableWork | inspiration for character King Duncan in Shakespeare's Macbeth ⓘ |
| occupation | monarch ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Scots ⓘ |
| predecessor | Máel Coluim II of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1040 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1034 ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Dunkeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Suthen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Mac Bethad mac Findláich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Rí Alban ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Donnchadh mac Crìonain Description of subject: Donnchadh mac Crìonain, better known as Duncan I of Scotland, was an 11th-century king whose death at the hands of Macbeth later inspired Shakespeare’s tragedy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Donnchad mac Crínáin