Idulb mac Causantín
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Idulb mac Causantín was a 10th-century King of Alba (Scotland), remembered as an early ruler of the emerging Scottish kingdom and a member of the House of Alpin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Idulb mac Causantín canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8861844 — 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: Idulb mac Causantín Context triple: [Cuilén of Scotland, father, Idulb mac Causantín]
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A.
Causantín mac Fergusa
Causantín mac Fergusa was an early 9th-century king of the Picts whose reign marked a significant stage in the formation of the medieval kingdom that would become Scotland.
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B.
Áed Find
Áed Find was a king of Dál Riata in the 8th century, remembered in later tradition as an important ancestor of the Scottish royal line.
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C.
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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D.
Conchobar mac Nessa
Conchobar mac Nessa is a legendary king of Ulster in Irish mythology, best known as the ruler during the exploits of the hero Cú Chulainn in the Ulster Cycle.
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E.
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.
- 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: Idulb mac Causantín Target entity description: Idulb mac Causantín was a 10th-century King of Alba (Scotland), remembered as an early ruler of the emerging Scottish kingdom and a member of the House of Alpin.
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A.
Causantín mac Fergusa
Causantín mac Fergusa was an early 9th-century king of the Picts whose reign marked a significant stage in the formation of the medieval kingdom that would become Scotland.
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B.
Áed Find
Áed Find was a king of Dál Riata in the 8th century, remembered in later tradition as an important ancestor of the Scottish royal line.
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C.
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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D.
Conchobar mac Nessa
Conchobar mac Nessa is a legendary king of Ulster in Irish mythology, best known as the ruler during the exploits of the hero Cú Chulainn in the Ulster Cycle.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Alba
ⓘ
medieval Scottish monarch ⓘ member of the House of Alpin ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Idulb son of Constantine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indulf mac Causantín NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | emergence of the Scottish kingdom ⓘ |
| burialPlace | unknown ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 10th century ⓘ |
| chronicleMention |
Chronicle of the Kings of Alba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
later Scottish king-lists ⓘ |
| country |
Alba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in battle ⓘ |
| deathDate | 962 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Moray
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Cullen ⓘ |
| dynasty | Alpinid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Causantín mac Áeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of Alpin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Gaelic ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Alba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | unknown ⓘ |
| notableFor | early ruler of the emerging Scottish kingdom ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Máel Coluim I of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realmType | Kingdom of Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled | northern Britain ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 962 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 954 ⓘ |
| relative |
Dub mac Maíl Coluim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Máel Coluim I of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Alpin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Dub mac Maíl Coluim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorInHouse | Dub mac Maíl Coluim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | King of Scots ⓘ |
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: Idulb mac Causantín Description of subject: Idulb mac Causantín was a 10th-century King of Alba (Scotland), remembered as an early ruler of the emerging Scottish kingdom and a member of the House of Alpin.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.