Archibald Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
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Archibald Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who became the first to hold the ducal title of Hamilton in the Peerage of Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
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| Archibald Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6425714 — 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: Archibald Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton Context triple: [Archibald Hamilton, notableBearers, Archibald Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton]
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James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and Royalist leader during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms who played a key role in the political and military struggles surrounding King Charles I.
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William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of the highest-ranking titles in the Scottish aristocracy during a period of significant political upheaval.
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James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a key role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the complex power struggles surrounding Charles I.
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D.
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton was a prominent 17th–18th century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as a leading Jacobite supporter and died from wounds sustained in a famous duel with Lord Mohun in 1712.
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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: Archibald Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton Target entity description: Archibald Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who became the first to hold the ducal title of Hamilton in the Peerage of Scotland.
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A.
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and Royalist leader during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms who played a key role in the political and military struggles surrounding King Charles I.
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B.
William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of the highest-ranking titles in the Scottish aristocracy during a period of significant political upheaval.
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C.
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a key role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the complex power struggles surrounding Charles I.
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D.
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton was a prominent 17th–18th century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as a leading Jacobite supporter and died from wounds sustained in a famous duel with Lord Mohun in 1712.
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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 (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish nobleman
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitleRank |
duke
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earl ⓘ marquess ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scots ⓘ |
| familyName | Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Archibald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificPrefix | His Grace ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
Duke of Hamilton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Earl of Arran NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Aven NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquess of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
1st Duke of Hamilton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
1st Marquess of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Arran NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Aven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleIn | Scottish peerage ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Duke of Hamilton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Earl of Arran NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Aven NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquess of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first holder of the ducal title of Hamilton in the Peerage of Scotland ⓘ |
| notableRole | leading Scottish aristocrat in the 17th century ⓘ |
| occupation |
nobleman
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| peerage | Peerage of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSphere | Scottish politics ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Scottish peer
ⓘ
member of the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ |
| realm | Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Scotland ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| titleCreatedIn | Peerage of Scotland 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: Archibald Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton Description of subject: Archibald Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who became the first to hold the ducal title of Hamilton in the Peerage of Scotland.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.