Fergus Mac-Ivor
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Fergus Mac-Ivor is a charismatic Highland chieftain and Jacobite leader in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "Waverley."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fergus Mac-Ivor canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8767114 — 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: Fergus Mac-Ivor Context triple: [Waverley, mainCharacter, Fergus Mac-Ivor]
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A.
MacNeil of Barra
MacNeil of Barra is a historic Scottish clan from the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, traditionally led by the Clan Chief whose seat was at Kisimul Castle.
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B.
Maclean of Duart
Maclean of Duart is the principal branch of the Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, historically associated with Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.
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C.
Domnall Brecc
Domnall Brecc was a 7th-century king of Dál Riata in what is now western Scotland, known for his military defeats and the decline of his kingdom’s power during his reign.
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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.
Óengus mac Fergusa
Óengus mac Fergusa was an 8th-century king of the Picts who became one of the most powerful rulers in early medieval northern Britain.
- 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: Fergus Mac-Ivor Target entity description: Fergus Mac-Ivor is a charismatic Highland chieftain and Jacobite leader in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "Waverley."
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A.
MacNeil of Barra
MacNeil of Barra is a historic Scottish clan from the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, traditionally led by the Clan Chief whose seat was at Kisimul Castle.
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B.
Maclean of Duart
Maclean of Duart is the principal branch of the Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, historically associated with Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.
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C.
Domnall Brecc
Domnall Brecc was a 7th-century king of Dál Riata in what is now western Scotland, known for his military defeats and the decline of his kingdom’s power during his reign.
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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.
Óengus mac Fergusa
Óengus mac Fergusa was an 8th-century king of the Picts who became one of the most powerful rulers in early medieval northern Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Highland chieftain
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Jacobite leader ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Waverley ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | historical novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Clan Mac-Ivor ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambitious
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brave ⓘ charismatic ⓘ proud ⓘ |
| commands | Highland clan followers ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Walter Scott
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linked to:
Sir Walter Scott
|
| deathCause | execution ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Highlander ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1814 ⓘ |
| friendOf | Edward Waverley ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasThemeRelation |
clan allegiance
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honor ⓘ loyalty ⓘ political romanticism ⓘ |
| influences | Edward Waverley ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
contrast to Edward Waverley
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linked to:
Edward Waverley
embodiment of Jacobite cause ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Jacobite
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linked to:
Jacobitism
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| portrayedAs | idealized Highland chief ⓘ |
| roleInWork | major character in Waverley ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| sibling | Flora Mac-Ivor ⓘ |
| supports |
Charles Edward Stuart
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linked to:
Bonnie Prince Charlie
House of Stuart ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Jacobite Rising of 1745
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linked to:
Jacobite rising of 1745
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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: Fergus Mac-Ivor Description of subject: Fergus Mac-Ivor is a charismatic Highland chieftain and Jacobite leader in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "Waverley."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.