Glendinning family
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The Glendinning family is a central fictional household in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Monastery," around whose domestic life and struggles much of the story’s plot and themes revolve.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Glendinning family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8767823 — 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: Glendinning family Context triple: [The Monastery, centralFamily, Glendinning family]
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A.
Colquhoun family
The Colquhoun family is a historic Scottish clan traditionally associated with the area around Loch Lomond and long-established as prominent landowners in the region.
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B.
Firth family
The Firth family is a notable lineage associated with individuals such as Giuseppe Firth, recognized for its prominence and influence in its social and historical context.
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C.
Nisbet family
The Nisbet family was a prominent Scottish noble lineage associated with East Lothian, known for its ownership of estates such as Dirleton Castle.
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D.
Barclay family
The Barclay family is a wealthy British family best known for its business interests in media, retail, and property, including long-term control of The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph.
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E.
Menteith family
The Menteith family was a medieval Scottish noble lineage associated with the earldom of Menteith and influential in the politics of central 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: Glendinning family Target entity description: The Glendinning family is a central fictional household in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Monastery," around whose domestic life and struggles much of the story’s plot and themes revolve.
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A.
Colquhoun family
The Colquhoun family is a historic Scottish clan traditionally associated with the area around Loch Lomond and long-established as prominent landowners in the region.
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B.
Firth family
The Firth family is a notable lineage associated with individuals such as Giuseppe Firth, recognized for its prominence and influence in its social and historical context.
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C.
Nisbet family
The Nisbet family was a prominent Scottish noble lineage associated with East Lothian, known for its ownership of estates such as Dirleton Castle.
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D.
Barclay family
The Barclay family is a wealthy British family best known for its business interests in media, retail, and property, including long-term control of The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph.
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E.
Menteith family
The Menteith family was a medieval Scottish noble lineage associated with the earldom of Menteith and influential in the politics of central Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional family ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Monastery ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | historical novel ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
domestic life
ⓘ
family loyalty ⓘ religious conflict ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| connectedToInstitution |
Monastery of Kennaquhair
ⓘ
linked to:
Kennaquhair monastery
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| countryOfFictionalOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| createdBy | Sir Walter Scott ⓘ |
| fictionalResidence | Glendearg ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Edward Glendinning
ⓘ
Elspeth Glendinning ⓘ Halbert Glendinning ⓘ Martin Glendinning ⓘ |
| hasWorkAsPartOfSeries | Tales from Benedictine Sources ⓘ |
| literaryMovementOfWorkWhereAppears | Romanticism ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central household in The Monastery ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfWorkWhereAppears | 1820 ⓘ |
| publisherOfWorkWhereAppears |
Archibald Constable and Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Archibald Constable & Co.
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| regionOfFictionalSetting | Scottish Borders ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Reformation era in Scotland ⓘ |
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: Glendinning family Description of subject: The Glendinning family is a central fictional household in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Monastery," around whose domestic life and struggles much of the story’s plot and themes revolve.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.