Conall Corc
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Conall Corc is a legendary early medieval Irish king regarded as the founding ancestor of the Eóganachta dynasty of Munster.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Conall Corc canonical | 2 |
| Eógan mac Ailella | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9401186 — 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: Conall Corc Context triple: [Eóganachta, hasAncestralFigure, Conall Corc]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Dúngal mac Fergaile
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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D.
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.
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E.
Cerball mac Dúnlainge
Cerball mac Dúnlainge was a powerful 9th-century Irish king renowned for his military prowess and complex alliances with both Viking forces and neighboring Irish kingdoms.
- 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: Conall Corc Target entity description: Conall Corc is a legendary early medieval Irish king regarded as the founding ancestor of the Eóganachta dynasty of Munster.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Dúngal mac Fergaile
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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D.
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.
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E.
Cerball mac Dúnlainge
Cerball mac Dúnlainge was a powerful 9th-century Irish king renowned for his military prowess and complex alliances with both Viking forces and neighboring Irish kingdoms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early medieval person
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figure of Irish legend ⓘ founding ancestor ⓘ legendary Irish king ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eóganachta
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Munster kingship ⓘ |
| category |
Early medieval Irish kings
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Eóganachta ⓘ Kings of Munster ⓘ
linked to:
King of Munster
Legendary Irish people ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| culture | Gaelic ⓘ |
| describedAs | legendary early medieval Irish king ⓘ |
| dynastyFounded | Eóganachta ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Irish ⓘ |
| foundingAncestorOf | Eóganachta dynasty ⓘ |
| historicity | partly legendary ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Old Irish ⓘ |
| mythology | Irish legendary history ⓘ |
| notableFor | being founding ancestor of the Eóganachta of Munster ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Munster ⓘ |
| realm | Munster ⓘ |
| regionRuled | Munster ⓘ |
| roleInTradition | progenitor of Munster royal line ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early medieval Ireland ⓘ |
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: Conall Corc Description of subject: Conall Corc is a legendary early medieval Irish king regarded as the founding ancestor of the Eóganachta dynasty of Munster.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Conall Corc