Tighearnach mac Donnchada
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Tighearnach mac Donnchada was a medieval Irish king who ruled the kingdom of Osraige (Ossory) and belonged to its royal dynasty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tighearnach | 1 |
| Tighearnach mac Donnchada canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9448953 — 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: Tighearnach mac Donnchada Context triple: [Kings of Osraige, hasNotableMember, Tighearnach mac Donnchada]
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A.
Conall Corc
Conall Corc is a legendary early medieval Irish king regarded as the founding ancestor of the Eóganachta dynasty of Munster.
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B.
Eóganacht Airthir Cliach
Eóganacht Airthir Cliach was a regional branch of the early medieval Irish Eóganachta dynasty that held power in the eastern part of the territory known as Cliú in Munster.
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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.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Tighearnach mac Donnchada Target entity description: Tighearnach mac Donnchada was a medieval Irish king who ruled the kingdom of Osraige (Ossory) and belonged to its royal dynasty.
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A.
Conall Corc
Conall Corc is a legendary early medieval Irish king regarded as the founding ancestor of the Eóganachta dynasty of Munster.
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B.
Eóganacht Airthir Cliach
Eóganacht Airthir Cliach was a regional branch of the early medieval Irish Eóganachta dynasty that held power in the eastern part of the territory known as Cliú in Munster.
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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.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
medieval Irish king ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitle |
King of Osraige
ⓘ
linked to:
king of Osraige
|
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Osraige
ⓘ
Ossory ⓘ |
| culture | Gaelic Irish ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish ⓘ |
| father | Donnchad ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Tighearnach
ⓘ
linked to:
Tighearnach mac Donnchada
|
| language | Old Irish ⓘ |
| nobleRank | king ⓘ |
| notableFor | ruling the kingdom of Osraige ⓘ |
| occupation | king ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gaelic kingdoms of Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaelic Ireland
|
| patronymicName | mac Donnchada ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Osraige ⓘ |
| region | Leinster ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Osraige
ⓘ
Ossory ⓘ |
| royalDynasty |
Osraige royal dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Dál Birn dynasty
|
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
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: Tighearnach mac Donnchada Description of subject: Tighearnach mac Donnchada was a medieval Irish king who ruled the kingdom of Osraige (Ossory) and belonged to its royal dynasty.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tighearnach mac Donnchada