Malise IV, Earl of Strathearn
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Malise IV, Earl of Strathearn, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate whose loss of the Strathearn earldom and subsequent continental titles reflected the turbulent politics of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Malise IV, Earl of Strathearn canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7773977 — 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: Malise IV, Earl of Strathearn Context triple: [Earl of Strathearn, hasTitleHolder, Malise IV, Earl of Strathearn]
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Malise III, Earl of Strathearn
Malise III, Earl of Strathearn, was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of the Kingdom of Scotland during the reign of Alexander II and Alexander III.
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B.
Malise II, Earl of Strathearn
Malise II, Earl of Strathearn, was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of medieval Scotland as head of the powerful Strathearn earldom.
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C.
Malise, Earl of Strathearn and Menteith
Malise, Earl of Strathearn and Menteith, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman who held two prominent earldoms and played a significant role in the turbulent politics of medieval Scotland.
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D.
Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife
Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate who held one of the kingdom’s most prestigious earldoms and played a significant role in the politics of his time.
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E.
Máel Coluim II, Earl of Fife
Máel Coluim II, Earl of Fife, was a prominent medieval Scottish nobleman who held one of the kingdom’s most powerful earldoms and played a key role in the politics of the Scottish crown.
- 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: Malise IV, Earl of Strathearn Target entity description: Malise IV, Earl of Strathearn, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate whose loss of the Strathearn earldom and subsequent continental titles reflected the turbulent politics of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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A.
Malise III, Earl of Strathearn
Malise III, Earl of Strathearn, was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of the Kingdom of Scotland during the reign of Alexander II and Alexander III.
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B.
Malise II, Earl of Strathearn
Malise II, Earl of Strathearn, was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of medieval Scotland as head of the powerful Strathearn earldom.
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C.
Malise, Earl of Strathearn and Menteith
Malise, Earl of Strathearn and Menteith, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman who held two prominent earldoms and played a significant role in the turbulent politics of medieval Scotland.
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D.
Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife
Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate who held one of the kingdom’s most prestigious earldoms and played a significant role in the politics of his time.
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E.
Máel Coluim II, Earl of Fife
Máel Coluim II, Earl of Fife, was a prominent medieval Scottish nobleman who held one of the kingdom’s most powerful earldoms and played a key role in the politics of the Scottish crown.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl of Strathearn
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Scottish nobleman ⓘ medieval magnate ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 14th century ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Kingdom of Norway
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Northern Isles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Perthshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Agnes of Strathearn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isabella of Strathearn NERFINISHED ⓘ Johanna of Strathearn NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary of Strathearn NERFINISHED ⓘ Matilda of Strathearn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 13th century ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 14th century ⓘ |
| father | Malise III, Earl of Strathearn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governed |
Earldom of Caithness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Earldom of Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ Earldom of Strathearn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldTitle |
Earl of Caithness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Earl of Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ Jarl of Orkney ⓘ Lord of Zetland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Latin
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Scots ⓘ |
| lostTitle | Earl of Strathearn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Agnes, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Orkney and Caithness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Strathearn family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl of Strathearn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
holding earldoms in both Scotland and the Norse earldom of Orkney
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loss of the Strathearn earldom ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Wars of Scottish Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalContext | turbulent politics following the Wars of Scottish Independence ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Earl of Strathearn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForLossOfTitle | confiscation by the Scottish crown ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Johanna Menteith
NERFINISHED
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Margaret, daughter of John de Argyll NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria, daughter of Maol Íosa, Earl of Mar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsEarlOfStrathearn | Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territorialBase |
Caithness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ Shetland NERFINISHED ⓘ Strathearn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleConfiscatedBy | David II of Scotland 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: Malise IV, Earl of Strathearn Description of subject: Malise IV, Earl of Strathearn, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate whose loss of the Strathearn earldom and subsequent continental titles reflected the turbulent politics of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Referenced by (1)
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