James II of Scotland
E26770
James II of Scotland was a 15th-century king whose turbulent reign was marked by efforts to curb the power of the great nobles and consolidate royal authority before his death in 1460.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James II of Scotland canonical | 81 |
| James II of Scotland’s government | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T171933 — 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 II of Scotland Context triple: [House of Stuart, hasMonarch, James II of Scotland]
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James I of Scotland
James I of Scotland was a 15th-century King of Scots whose turbulent reign was marked by his long English captivity, efforts to centralize royal authority, and eventual assassination in 1437.
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Alexander III of Scotland
Alexander III of Scotland was a 13th-century King of Scots whose reign is noted for relative peace, prosperity, and the consolidation of Scottish independence, particularly through the acquisition of the Western Isles.
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Robert II of Scotland
Robert II of Scotland was the first Stewart king of Scotland, whose accession in 1371 began the long-ruling Stuart dynasty that would later govern both Scotland and England.
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Robert III of Scotland
Robert III of Scotland was a late 14th- and early 15th-century king whose troubled reign was marked by internal strife, weakened royal authority, and the rising influence of powerful Scottish nobles.
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Alexander II of Scotland
Alexander II of Scotland was a 13th-century King of Scots (reigning from 1214 to 1249) known for consolidating royal authority, resolving conflicts with England, and expanding Scottish influence into the Western Isles.
- 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 II of Scotland Target entity description: James II of Scotland was a 15th-century king whose turbulent reign was marked by efforts to curb the power of the great nobles and consolidate royal authority before his death in 1460.
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A.
James I of Scotland
James I of Scotland was a 15th-century King of Scots whose turbulent reign was marked by his long English captivity, efforts to centralize royal authority, and eventual assassination in 1437.
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B.
Alexander III of Scotland
Alexander III of Scotland was a 13th-century King of Scots whose reign is noted for relative peace, prosperity, and the consolidation of Scottish independence, particularly through the acquisition of the Western Isles.
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C.
Robert II of Scotland
Robert II of Scotland was the first Stewart king of Scotland, whose accession in 1371 began the long-ruling Stuart dynasty that would later govern both Scotland and England.
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D.
Robert III of Scotland
Robert III of Scotland was a late 14th- and early 15th-century king whose troubled reign was marked by internal strife, weakened royal authority, and the rising influence of powerful Scottish nobles.
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E.
Alexander II of Scotland
Alexander II of Scotland was a 13th-century King of Scots (reigning from 1214 to 1249) known for consolidating royal authority, resolving conflicts with England, and expanding Scottish influence into the Western Isles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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 II of Scotland Description of subject: James II of Scotland was a 15th-century king whose turbulent reign was marked by efforts to curb the power of the great nobles and consolidate royal authority before his death in 1460.
Referenced by (82)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Alexander Stewart
subject linked to:
Alexander Stewart