James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston
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James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and influential courtier who became head of the Livingston family and played a prominent role in the politics of the reign of James II of Scotland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston canonical | 2 |
| 1st Lord Livingston | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11637257 — 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: James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston Context triple: [Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar, child, James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston]
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A.
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and military commander who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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B.
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, was a prominent Scottish soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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C.
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn was a British soldier and Tory politician who served as Lord Privy Seal and played a prominent role in early 19th-century British government.
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D.
Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar
Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and guardian of King James II, notorious for his role in the events leading to the infamous Black Dinner.
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E.
James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores
James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who was elevated to the peerage as Lord Lindores and became a prominent member of the influential Leslie family.
- 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: James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston Target entity description: James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and influential courtier who became head of the Livingston family and played a prominent role in the politics of the reign of James II of Scotland.
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A.
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and military commander who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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B.
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, was a prominent Scottish soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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C.
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn was a British soldier and Tory politician who served as Lord Privy Seal and played a prominent role in early 19th-century British government.
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D.
Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar
Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and guardian of King James II, notorious for his role in the events leading to the infamous Black Dinner.
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E.
James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores
James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who was elevated to the peerage as Lord Lindores and became a prominent member of the influential Leslie family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lord of Parliament
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Scottish nobleman ⓘ courtier ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 15th century ⓘ |
| aristocraticFamily | Livingston family ⓘ |
| associatedWithReign | reign of James II of Scotland ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 15th century ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Scottish ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Scotland ⓘ |
| monarchServed | James II of Scotland ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Livingston family ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Lord ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence at the Scottish royal court
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role in the politics of the reign of James II of Scotland ⓘ |
| occupation |
courtier
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nobleman ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| politicalSphere | Scottish royal court ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Lord Livingston
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head of the Livingston family ⓘ |
| realm | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| title |
1st Lord Livingston
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linked to:
James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston
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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: James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston Description of subject: James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and influential courtier who became head of the Livingston family and played a prominent role in the politics of the reign of James II of Scotland.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston