Cawdor
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Cawdor is a historic village in the Scottish Highlands, best known for its association with Cawdor Castle and its ties to Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cawdor canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17539392 — 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: Cawdor Context triple: [Cawdor Castle (alterations), locatedInVillage, Cawdor]
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A.
Campbell of Cawdor
Campbell of Cawdor is a prominent Scottish Highland branch of Clan Campbell historically associated with the Cawdor estates and castle in Nairnshire.
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B.
Banquo
Banquo is a noble Scottish general in Shakespeare’s tragedy "Macbeth," known for his integrity, his role in the witches’ prophecy, and his haunting of Macbeth after being murdered.
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C.
MacDuff, Earl of Fife
MacDuff, Earl of Fife, was the hereditary mormaer of Fife and head of the powerful medieval Scottish clan MacDuff, traditionally regarded as the premier earl of the kingdom and a key figure in Scottish politics and royal inaugurations.
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D.
Richard MacDuff
Richard MacDuff is a central character in Douglas Adams's novel "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," portrayed as a somewhat hapless but intelligent software engineer entangled in the story's bizarre, time-twisting mysteries.
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E.
Laird of Dun
Laird of Dun was a Scottish feudal title associated with the Erskine family estate at Dun in Angus, historically held by prominent figures in the Scottish Reformation.
- 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: Cawdor Target entity description: Cawdor is a historic village in the Scottish Highlands, best known for its association with Cawdor Castle and its ties to Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
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A.
Campbell of Cawdor
Campbell of Cawdor is a prominent Scottish Highland branch of Clan Campbell historically associated with the Cawdor estates and castle in Nairnshire.
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B.
Banquo
Banquo is a noble Scottish general in Shakespeare’s tragedy "Macbeth," known for his integrity, his role in the witches’ prophecy, and his haunting of Macbeth after being murdered.
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C.
MacDuff, Earl of Fife
MacDuff, Earl of Fife, was the hereditary mormaer of Fife and head of the powerful medieval Scottish clan MacDuff, traditionally regarded as the premier earl of the kingdom and a key figure in Scottish politics and royal inaugurations.
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D.
Richard MacDuff
Richard MacDuff is a central character in Douglas Adams's novel "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," portrayed as a somewhat hapless but intelligent software engineer entangled in the story's bizarre, time-twisting mysteries.
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E.
Laird of Dun
Laird of Dun was a Scottish feudal title associated with the Erskine family estate at Dun in Angus, historically held by prominent figures in the Scottish Reformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.