Conchobar mac Nessa
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Conchobar mac Nessa is a legendary king of Ulster in Irish mythology, best known as the ruler during the exploits of the hero Cú Chulainn in the Ulster Cycle.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Conchobar mac Nessa canonical | 21 |
| Conchobar | 1 |
| Conchobar mac Nessa (legendary Ulster king, via earlier form) | 1 |
| Conchubhar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7591969 — 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: Conchobar mac Nessa Context triple: [Celtic mythology, hasHero, Conchobar mac Nessa]
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A.
Niall of the Nine Hostages
Niall of the Nine Hostages is a legendary High King of Ireland, traditionally regarded as the ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties and a key figure in early Irish history and myth.
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B.
Mac Cuinn
Mac Cuinn is an Irish Gaelic surname from which the Anglicised form "Quinn" is derived.
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C.
Áed Find
Áed Find was a king of Dál Riata in the 8th century, remembered in later tradition as an important ancestor of the Scottish royal line.
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D.
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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E.
Causantín mac Fergusa
Causantín mac Fergusa was an early 9th-century king of the Picts whose reign marked a significant stage in the formation of the medieval kingdom that would become Scotland.
- 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: Conchobar mac Nessa Target entity description: Conchobar mac Nessa is a legendary king of Ulster in Irish mythology, best known as the ruler during the exploits of the hero Cú Chulainn in the Ulster Cycle.
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A.
Niall of the Nine Hostages
Niall of the Nine Hostages is a legendary High King of Ireland, traditionally regarded as the ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties and a key figure in early Irish history and myth.
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B.
Mac Cuinn
Mac Cuinn is an Irish Gaelic surname from which the Anglicised form "Quinn" is derived.
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C.
Áed Find
Áed Find was a king of Dál Riata in the 8th century, remembered in later tradition as an important ancestor of the Scottish royal line.
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D.
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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E.
Causantín mac Fergusa
Causantín mac Fergusa was an early 9th-century king of the Picts whose reign marked a significant stage in the formation of the medieval kingdom that would become Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ulster Cycle character
ⓘ
legendary king ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| associatedHero |
Cú Chulainn
ⓘ
Deirdre ⓘ Fergus mac Róich ⓘ Medb ⓘ
linked to:
Queen Medb
Naoise ⓘ |
| associatedText |
Compert Conchobair
ⓘ
Longes mac nUislenn ⓘ Togail Bruidne Dá Derga ⓘ Táin Bó Cúailnge ⓘ |
| associatedWithCycle | Ulster Cycle ⓘ |
| birthplace | Emain Macha ⓘ |
| capital | Emain Macha ⓘ |
| child |
Ailill
ⓘ
linked to:
Ailill Aulom
Conall Cernach (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to:
Conall Cernach
Cormac Cond Longas ⓘ Cróeb Derg ⓘ Cróeb Ruad ⓘ Fiachnae ⓘ |
| culture | Irish ⓘ |
| deathCause | brain injury triggered by news of Christ’s crucifixion (in Christianized tradition) ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Emain Macha ⓘ |
| enemy |
Ailill mac Máta
ⓘ
Medb ⓘ
linked to:
Queen Medb
|
| father | Fachtna Fáthach ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfather | Rudraige mac Sithrigi ⓘ |
| language | Old Irish (literary tradition) ⓘ |
| mother | Ness ⓘ |
| mythology | Irish mythology ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
involvement in the exile of the sons of Uisliu
ⓘ
marriage arrangement with Deirdre ⓘ reign during the Táin Bó Cúailnge ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
cunning
ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ political shrewdness ⓘ |
| predecessor | Fachtna Fáthach ⓘ |
| realm | Ulster ⓘ |
| religion | pre-Christian Irish paganism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Deirdre
ⓘ
Eithne Aitenchaithrech ⓘ
linked to:
Eithne
Medb ⓘ
linked to:
Queen Medb
Mugain ⓘ |
| successor | Conall Cernach ⓘ |
| title | King of Ulster ⓘ |
| uncleOf | Cú Chulainn ⓘ |
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: Conchobar mac Nessa Description of subject: Conchobar mac Nessa is a legendary king of Ulster in Irish mythology, best known as the ruler during the exploits of the hero Cú Chulainn in the Ulster Cycle.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Conchobar mac Nessa
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