John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl
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John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the Stewart dynasty who played a significant role in the politics of late medieval Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7503480 — 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: John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl Context triple: [Earl of Atholl, hasTitleHolder, John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl]
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John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who played a significant role in the turbulent Jacobite and Union-era politics of Scotland.
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B.
John Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith
John Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who held significant regional power and influence in the central Highlands.
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George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose marriage into the Douglas family founded the influential “Red Douglas” line.
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D.
John Graham, 6th Earl of Menteith
John Graham, 6th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late medieval period who held significant regional power and influence in the Menteith area of the Scottish Highlands.
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John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl, was an 18th-century Scottish peer and politician known for his role in British public life and as a prominent member of the influential Murray 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: John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl Target entity description: John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the Stewart dynasty who played a significant role in the politics of late medieval Scotland.
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A.
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who played a significant role in the turbulent Jacobite and Union-era politics of Scotland.
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B.
John Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith
John Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who held significant regional power and influence in the central Highlands.
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C.
George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose marriage into the Douglas family founded the influential “Red Douglas” line.
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D.
John Graham, 6th Earl of Menteith
John Graham, 6th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late medieval period who held significant regional power and influence in the Menteith area of the Scottish Highlands.
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E.
John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl, was an 18th-century Scottish peer and politician known for his role in British public life and as a prominent member of the influential Murray family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish nobleman
ⓘ
earl ⓘ member of the Stewart dynasty ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Atholl region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Dunkeld Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
15th century
ⓘ
16th century ⓘ |
| child | John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1440 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 15 September 1512 ⓘ |
| era | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scots ⓘ |
| father | James I of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudalTitle | Lord of Balveny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Robert III of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandmother | Anabella Drummond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late medieval Scotland ⓘ |
| house | Stewart dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Scots
ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| maternalGrandfather | John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maternalGrandmother | Margaret Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchServed |
James II of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James III of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ James IV of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitleFrom | Earl of Atholl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in Scottish noble politics ⓘ |
| notableWork | participation in late medieval Scottish politics ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Scotland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalRole | Scottish magnate ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Earl of Atholl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | creation of the Earldom of Atholl for him ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Highlands of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Perthshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sibling |
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James II of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Eleanor Sinclair
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Margaret Douglas, Lady of Galloway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Lord Balveny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territorialDesignation | Atholl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | 1st Earl of Atholl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl Description of subject: John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the Stewart dynasty who played a significant role in the politics of late medieval Scotland.
Referenced by (1)
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