MacGregor
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MacGregor is a Scottish surname historically associated with Clan Gregor and borne by various notable figures in culture, politics, and sports.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5786264 — 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: MacGregor Context triple: [Neil MacGregor, familyName, MacGregor]
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A.
MacLeod
MacLeod is a Scottish surname historically associated with the Highlands and the Isle of Skye, borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and public life.
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B.
MacAndrew
MacAndrew is a Scottish surname, historically a variant of Anderson, associated with families and clans of Gaelic origin.
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C.
MacKay
MacKay is a Scottish surname historically associated with the Clan Mackay of the Scottish Highlands and borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, and sciences.
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D.
Kyle of Lochalsh
Kyle of Lochalsh is a village on the northwest coast of Scotland that serves as a gateway to the Isle of Skye via the Skye Bridge.
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E.
Dugald
Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
- 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: MacGregor Target entity description: MacGregor is a Scottish surname historically associated with Clan Gregor and borne by various notable figures in culture, politics, and sports.
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A.
MacLeod
MacLeod is a Scottish surname historically associated with the Highlands and the Isle of Skye, borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and public life.
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B.
MacAndrew
MacAndrew is a Scottish surname, historically a variant of Anderson, associated with families and clans of Gaelic origin.
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C.
MacKay
MacKay is a Scottish surname historically associated with the Clan Mackay of the Scottish Highlands and borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, and sciences.
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D.
Kyle of Lochalsh
Kyle of Lochalsh is a village on the northwest coast of Scotland that serves as a gateway to the Isle of Skye via the Skye Bridge.
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E.
Dugald
Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish clan
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Scottish surname ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Clan Gregor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Patronymic surnames
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Scottish surnames ⓘ Surnames of Scottish origin ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
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Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1671 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1734 ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Clan Gregor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName |
Burns
NERFINISHED
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MacGregor NERFINISHED ⓘ McGregor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
James
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Robert ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Alasdair MacGregor
NERFINISHED
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Ewan McGregor NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory MacGregor NERFINISHED ⓘ James MacGregor Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ John MacGregor (politician) NERFINISHED ⓘ Neil MacGregor NERFINISHED ⓘ Rob Roy MacGregor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Mac Gregor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
McGregor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaning | son of Gregor ⓘ |
| memberOf | Clan Gregor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Jacobite risings involvement
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Star Wars prequel trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ Trainspotting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Scottish outlaw
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actor ⓘ art historian ⓘ folk hero ⓘ footballer ⓘ historian ⓘ museum director ⓘ political scientist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| patronymicFrom | Gregor 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: MacGregor Description of subject: MacGregor is a Scottish surname historically associated with Clan Gregor and borne by various notable figures in culture, politics, and sports.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Macgregor
subject surface form:
Mac (Gaelic prefix)