Alba
E175945
Alba is the Gaelic name for the early medieval kingdom that evolved into the nation of Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alba canonical | 25 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1553765 — 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: Alba Context triple: [Kenneth MacAlpin, country, Alba]
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A.
Alba Regia
Alba Regia is the historical Latin name of the Hungarian city of Székesfehérvár, a former royal seat and coronation site.
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B.
ALBA
ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America) is a regional political and economic bloc founded by left-leaning Latin American and Caribbean countries to promote social, economic, and political integration as an alternative to U.S.-backed free trade agreements.
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C.
Alva
Alva is the middle name of the famed American inventor Thomas Edison, often used as part of his full name, Thomas Alva Edison.
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D.
Alva
Alva is a small town in central Scotland situated at the foot of the Ochil Hills in Clackmannanshire.
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E.
Silvana
Silvana is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often associated with meanings related to forests or woods.
- 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: Alba Target entity description: Alba is the Gaelic name for the early medieval kingdom that evolved into the nation of Scotland.
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A.
Alba Regia
Alba Regia is the historical Latin name of the Hungarian city of Székesfehérvár, a former royal seat and coronation site.
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B.
ALBA
ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America) is a regional political and economic bloc founded by left-leaning Latin American and Caribbean countries to promote social, economic, and political integration as an alternative to U.S.-backed free trade agreements.
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C.
Alva
Alva is the middle name of the famed American inventor Thomas Edison, often used as part of his full name, Thomas Alva Edison.
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D.
Alva
Alva is a small town in central Scotland situated at the foot of the Ochil Hills in Clackmannanshire.
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E.
Silvana
Silvana is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often associated with meanings related to forests or woods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early medieval kingdom
ⓘ
former monarchy ⓘ historical kingdom ⓘ pre-modern state ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Alba Regnum Scotorum
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Scotland
Kingdom of Alba ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Scotland
|
| borderedBy |
Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
ⓘ
Kingdom of Strathclyde ⓘ Norse-ruled islands ⓘ |
| capital | Scone ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| currency | silver penny (Scots and English issues) ⓘ |
| developedInto | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| endTime |
c. 1286 CE
ⓘ
late 13th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Britons
ⓘ
linked to:
English people
Gaels ⓘ Norse-Gaels ⓘ
linked to:
Gaels
Picts ⓘ
linked to:
Picts (early period)
|
| followed |
Dál Riata
ⓘ
Kingdom of the Picts ⓘ
linked to:
Pictland
|
| followedBy | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasKing |
Alexander III of Scotland
ⓘ
Constantine II of Scotland ⓘ David I of Scotland ⓘ Máel Coluim I of Scotland ⓘ
linked to:
Malcolm I of Scotland
Máel Coluim II of Scotland ⓘ
linked to:
Máel Coluim
|
| historicalRegion |
Highlands
ⓘ
Lowlands ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Old English (in border regions) ⓘ Pictish (early) ⓘ
linked to:
Pictish language
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern part of Great Britain ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Scotland ⓘ |
| nameInLanguage | Alba (Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland) ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Isles
ⓘ
medieval Europe ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Dál Riata
ⓘ
Kingdom of the Picts ⓘ
linked to:
Pictland
|
| religion |
Celtic Christianity (early phase)
ⓘ
linked to:
Celtic Christianity
Christianity ⓘ Latin Church ⓘ
linked to:
Latin Church worldwide
|
| startTime |
9th century
ⓘ
c. 900 CE ⓘ |
| usedScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Alba Description of subject: Alba is the Gaelic name for the early medieval kingdom that evolved into the nation of Scotland.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.