James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus
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James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus was a prominent late 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of the Douglas family and the Scottish crown.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5358573 — 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: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus Context triple: [Douglas family, notableMember, James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus]
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George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus
George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and influential member of the Douglas family who played a key role in the turbulent politics of late medieval Scotland.
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B.
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus was a powerful late 15th- and early 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman, known for his dominant influence over King James V of Scotland and his central role in the turbulent politics of the Douglas family.
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C.
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, was a powerful Scottish nobleman and regent who dominated Scottish politics in the early 16th century and was the second husband of Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII.
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D.
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus was a powerful Scottish nobleman and statesman of the early 16th century, known for his dominance over the young King James V and his central role in the turbulent politics of the Scottish court.
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E.
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader, prominent in the Wars of Scottish Independence and a key figure of the influential Black Douglas family.
- 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: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus Target entity description: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus was a prominent late 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of the Douglas family and the Scottish crown.
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A.
George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus
George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and influential member of the Douglas family who played a key role in the turbulent politics of late medieval Scotland.
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B.
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus was a powerful late 15th- and early 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman, known for his dominant influence over King James V of Scotland and his central role in the turbulent politics of the Douglas family.
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C.
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, was a powerful Scottish nobleman and regent who dominated Scottish politics in the early 16th century and was the second husband of Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII.
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D.
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus was a powerful Scottish nobleman and statesman of the early 16th century, known for his dominance over the young King James V and his central role in the turbulent politics of the Scottish court.
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E.
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader, prominent in the Wars of Scottish Independence and a key figure of the influential Black Douglas family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl
ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ magnate ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | late 15th century ⓘ |
| allegiance | Scottish monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aristocraticHouse | Red Douglas branch of the Douglas family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitle | Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of Douglas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scottish crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| era | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| familyName | Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudalRole | feudal lord in Scotland ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Earldom of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Lowlands of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfContext |
Middle English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Douglas family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Earl ⓘ |
| nobleStatus | peer of Scotland ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Lord of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | influence in late 15th-century Scottish politics ⓘ |
| ordinal | 2nd Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Douglas family politics
ⓘ
Scottish crown politics ⓘ |
| politicalRole | Scottish royal councillor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Scottish magnate
ⓘ
Scottish peer ⓘ |
| powerBase | Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Scotland ⓘ |
| socialClass |
aristocracy
ⓘ
landed gentry ⓘ |
| title | Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus Description of subject: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus was a prominent late 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of the Douglas family and the Scottish crown.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.