Lord Glenvarloch
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Lord Glenvarloch is the central noble protagonist of Walter Scott’s historical novel "The Fortunes of Nigel," navigating political intrigue and personal peril in the court of King James I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lord Glenvarloch canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8767711 — 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: Lord Glenvarloch Context triple: [The Fortunes of Nigel, mainCharacterTitle, Lord Glenvarloch]
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A.
Lord Balquhidder
Lord Balquhidder is a Scottish peerage title historically associated with the noble Murray family, including John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl.
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B.
Campbell of Glenorchy
Campbell of Glenorchy is a prominent cadet branch of the Scottish Clan Campbell historically associated with lands in Glenorchy and influential in Highland politics.
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C.
Lord Dundreary
Lord Dundreary is a comically foolish, lisping English nobleman from the 19th-century stage whose exaggerated mannerisms made him a popular caricature of the bumbling aristocrat.
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D.
Lord Lodore
Lord Lodore is the aristocratic protagonist of Mary Shelley’s 1835 novel "Lodore," whose troubled family relationships and eventual downfall explore themes of social constraint, gender roles, and personal responsibility in early 19th-century Britain.
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E.
Campbell of Inverawe
Campbell of Inverawe is a historic Highland branch of Clan Campbell, known for its ancestral seat at Inverawe House and its associated legends and military connections.
- 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: Lord Glenvarloch Target entity description: Lord Glenvarloch is the central noble protagonist of Walter Scott’s historical novel "The Fortunes of Nigel," navigating political intrigue and personal peril in the court of King James I.
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A.
Lord Balquhidder
Lord Balquhidder is a Scottish peerage title historically associated with the noble Murray family, including John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl.
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B.
Campbell of Glenorchy
Campbell of Glenorchy is a prominent cadet branch of the Scottish Clan Campbell historically associated with lands in Glenorchy and influential in Highland politics.
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C.
Lord Dundreary
Lord Dundreary is a comically foolish, lisping English nobleman from the 19th-century stage whose exaggerated mannerisms made him a popular caricature of the bumbling aristocrat.
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D.
Lord Lodore
Lord Lodore is the aristocratic protagonist of Mary Shelley’s 1835 novel "Lodore," whose troubled family relationships and eventual downfall explore themes of social constraint, gender roles, and personal responsibility in early 19th-century Britain.
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E.
Campbell of Inverawe
Campbell of Inverawe is a historic Highland branch of Clan Campbell, known for its ancestral seat at Inverawe House and its associated legends and military connections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Fortunes of Nigel ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Waverley Novels ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
English court
ⓘ
King James I of England ⓘ
linked to:
James VI and I
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| authorNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Walter Scott
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Walter Scott
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Walter Scott’s historical novels
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Walter Scott
|
| genre | historical fiction character ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Lord ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
personal peril
ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryWorkPublicationYear | 1822 ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
explores themes of court politics
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explores themes of honor ⓘ explores themes of loyalty ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| occupation | Scottish nobleman ⓘ |
| partOf | Scottish literature ⓘ |
| role |
central character
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | reign of James I of England ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
court of King James I ⓘ
linked to:
Court of James I of England
|
| socialClass | aristocracy ⓘ |
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: Lord Glenvarloch Description of subject: Lord Glenvarloch is the central noble protagonist of Walter Scott’s historical novel "The Fortunes of Nigel," navigating political intrigue and personal peril in the court of King James I.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.