Prince and Great Steward of Scotland
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The Prince and Great Steward of Scotland is a historic Scottish royal title traditionally held by the heir apparent to the Scottish, and later British, throne, reflecting both princely rank and stewardship over the kingdom.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| High Steward of Scotland | 3 |
| Prince and Great Steward of Scotland canonical | 3 |
| Lord Great Steward of Scotland | 1 |
| Lord High Steward of Scotland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T728437 — 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: Prince and Great Steward of Scotland Context triple: [Duke of Rothesay, predecessorTitle, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland]
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A.
Scottish monarch
A Scottish monarch was the hereditary sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of Scotland, serving as its head of state and central authority until the 1707 union with England.
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B.
Lord Warden of the Stannaries
The Lord Warden of the Stannaries was a senior Crown official in Cornwall and Devon responsible for overseeing the tin-mining districts (stannaries), their courts, and related revenues.
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C.
Chancellor of the Order of the Garter
The Chancellor of the Order of the Garter is a senior ceremonial officer responsible for administrative and representational duties within England’s oldest and most prestigious order of chivalry.
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D.
Earl of Fife
The Earl of Fife was a prominent medieval Scottish noble title historically associated with great political influence and proximity to the Scottish crown.
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E.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a senior UK government ministerial post often given flexible responsibilities, frequently serving as a key adviser or coordinator within the Cabinet.
- 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: Prince and Great Steward of Scotland Target entity description: The Prince and Great Steward of Scotland is a historic Scottish royal title traditionally held by the heir apparent to the Scottish, and later British, throne, reflecting both princely rank and stewardship over the kingdom.
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A.
Scottish monarch
A Scottish monarch was the hereditary sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of Scotland, serving as its head of state and central authority until the 1707 union with England.
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B.
Lord Warden of the Stannaries
The Lord Warden of the Stannaries was a senior Crown official in Cornwall and Devon responsible for overseeing the tin-mining districts (stannaries), their courts, and related revenues.
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C.
Chancellor of the Order of the Garter
The Chancellor of the Order of the Garter is a senior ceremonial officer responsible for administrative and representational duties within England’s oldest and most prestigious order of chivalry.
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D.
Earl of Fife
The Earl of Fife was a prominent medieval Scottish noble title historically associated with great political influence and proximity to the Scottish crown.
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E.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a senior UK government ministerial post often given flexible responsibilities, frequently serving as a key adviser or coordinator within the Cabinet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish royal title
ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of Stuart
ⓘ
House of Windsor ⓘ |
| category |
British monarchy
ⓘ
Scottish monarch ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish monarchy
|
| ceremonialSignificance | represents continuity of Scottish royal tradition ⓘ |
| constitutionalStatus | courtesy and traditional title of the heir apparent ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
title Great Steward of Scotland
ⓘ
title Prince of Scotland ⓘ |
| heldBy |
heir apparent to the British throne
ⓘ
heir apparent to the Scottish throne ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
symbol of princely rank in Scotland
ⓘ
symbol of stewardship of the Scottish realm ⓘ |
| languageOfHistoricalForm | Scots ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| monarchGrantsTitle | reigning monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| officeHolder |
Prince William, Prince of Wales
ⓘ
surface form:
William, Prince of Wales
|
| partOf |
British Crown
ⓘ
Scottish crown ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish Crown
|
| region | Scotland ⓘ |
| relatedTitle |
Duke of Rothesay
ⓘ
Lord of the Isles ⓘ Prince of Wales ⓘ |
| scope | stewardship over the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| status | subsidiary title of the heir apparent ⓘ |
| titleHolderStyle | royal highness ⓘ |
| traditionalHolder |
eldest son of the reigning monarch of Scotland
ⓘ
eldest son of the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| usedIn | Scottish peerage context ⓘ |
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: Prince and Great Steward of Scotland Description of subject: The Prince and Great Steward of Scotland is a historic Scottish royal title traditionally held by the heir apparent to the Scottish, and later British, throne, reflecting both princely rank and stewardship over the kingdom.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Walter fitz Alan
this entity surface form:
High Steward of Scotland
this entity surface form:
High Steward of Scotland
this entity surface form:
Lord Great Steward of Scotland
this entity surface form:
High Steward of Scotland
Hereditary Master of the Household in Scotland
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relatedOffice
→
Prince and Great Steward of Scotland
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Lord High Steward of Scotland