Dúngal mac Fergaile
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Dúngal mac Fergaile was a 9th-century Irish king of Osraige from the Dál Birn dynasty, noted as the father of the powerful ruler Cerball mac Dúnlainge.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dúngal mac Fergaile canonical | 2 |
| Dúngal mac Fergaill | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9337393 — 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: Dúngal mac Fergaile Context triple: [Dál Birn, hasNotableMember, Dúngal mac Fergaile]
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A.
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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B.
Flann Sinna
Flann Sinna was a 9th–10th century High King of Ireland from the Uí Néill dynasty, known for consolidating power and influencing the island’s early medieval politics.
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C.
Cennétig mac Lorcáin
Cennétig mac Lorcáin was a 10th-century Irish king of Thomond and patriarch of the Dál gCais dynasty, best known as the father of the High King Brian Boru.
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D.
Domnall mac Áedo
Domnall mac Áedo was a 7th-century Irish king of the Cenél Conaill branch of the Uí Néill dynasty who became High King of Ireland.
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E.
Niall of the Nine Hostages
Niall of the Nine Hostages is a legendary High King of Ireland, traditionally regarded as the ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties and a key figure in early Irish history and myth.
- 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: Dúngal mac Fergaile Target entity description: Dúngal mac Fergaile was a 9th-century Irish king of Osraige from the Dál Birn dynasty, noted as the father of the powerful ruler Cerball mac Dúnlainge.
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A.
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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B.
Flann Sinna
Flann Sinna was a 9th–10th century High King of Ireland from the Uí Néill dynasty, known for consolidating power and influencing the island’s early medieval politics.
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C.
Cennétig mac Lorcáin
Cennétig mac Lorcáin was a 10th-century Irish king of Thomond and patriarch of the Dál gCais dynasty, best known as the father of the High King Brian Boru.
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D.
Domnall mac Áedo
Domnall mac Áedo was a 7th-century Irish king of the Cenél Conaill branch of the Uí Néill dynasty who became High King of Ireland.
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E.
Niall of the Nine Hostages
Niall of the Nine Hostages is a legendary High King of Ireland, traditionally regarded as the ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties and a key figure in early Irish history and myth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish king
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King of Osraige ⓘ human ⓘ kingdom ⓘ medieval monarch ⓘ |
| child | Cerball mac Dúnlainge ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| dynasty | Dál Birn ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish ⓘ |
| father | Dúngal mac Fergaile ⓘ |
| floruit | 9th century ⓘ |
| genre | early medieval Irish history ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Leinster ⓘ |
| memberOf | Dál Birn ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Old Irish ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Cerball mac Dúnlainge ⓘ |
| notableWork | rule of Osraige ⓘ |
| occupation |
monarch
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ruler ⓘ |
| partOf | early medieval Ireland ⓘ |
| placeOfRule | Osraige ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Osraige ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| saidToBeTheSameAs |
Dúngal mac Fergaill
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linked to:
Dúngal mac Fergaile
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 9th century ⓘ |
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: Dúngal mac Fergaile Description of subject: Dúngal mac Fergaile was a 9th-century Irish king of Osraige from the Dál Birn dynasty, noted as the father of the powerful ruler Cerball mac Dúnlainge.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.