Arkinholm
E306711
Arkinholm is a historic site in southern Scotland best known as the location of a decisive 1455 battle that helped end the power of the Black Douglas family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arkinholm canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2887965 — 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: Arkinholm Context triple: [Battle of Arkinholm, location, Arkinholm]
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A.
Ardlethan
Ardlethan is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known historically for tin mining and as a Merino sheep and grain farming community.
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B.
Torphichen
Torphichen is a historic village in central Scotland known for its medieval preceptory of the Knights Hospitaller and its picturesque rural setting.
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C.
Heamoor
Heamoor is a village in Cornwall, England, situated just outside the town of Penzance.
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D.
Inchmoan
Inchmoan is a low-lying, sandy island in Loch Lomond, Scotland, known for its natural beauty, wildlife, and popular beaches.
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E.
Boghall
Boghall is a residential area and former mining community located near Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland.
- 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: Arkinholm Target entity description: Arkinholm is a historic site in southern Scotland best known as the location of a decisive 1455 battle that helped end the power of the Black Douglas family.
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A.
Ardlethan
Ardlethan is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known historically for tin mining and as a Merino sheep and grain farming community.
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B.
Torphichen
Torphichen is a historic village in central Scotland known for its medieval preceptory of the Knights Hospitaller and its picturesque rural setting.
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C.
Heamoor
Heamoor is a village in Cornwall, England, situated just outside the town of Penzance.
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D.
Inchmoan
Inchmoan is a low-lying, sandy island in Loch Lomond, Scotland, known for its natural beauty, wildlife, and popular beaches.
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E.
Boghall
Boghall is a residential area and former mining community located near Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
battlefield ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| aftermath |
forfeiture of Douglas lands
ⓘ
strengthening of Scottish crown authority ⓘ |
| captured | Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde ⓘ |
| combatant |
Black Douglas family forces
ⓘ
forces loyal to James II of Scotland ⓘ |
| commander |
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray
ⓘ
George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus ⓘ Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde ⓘ |
| conflictIn | reign of James II of Scotland ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| date | 1455-05-01 ⓘ |
| defeatedAt | Battle of Arkinholm ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 15th century Scotland ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | site of decisive defeat of the Black Douglas family ⓘ |
| killedInAction | Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray ⓘ |
| knownFor | Battle of Arkinholm ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arkinholm
ⓘ
Eskdale ⓘ southern Scotland ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Langholm ⓘ |
| locatedOn | River Esk ⓘ |
| opponent |
Black Douglas family
ⓘ
linked to:
Clan Douglas
|
| partOf | Douglas rebellion ⓘ |
| result |
collapse of Black Douglas power
ⓘ
decisive royalist victory ⓘ |
| securedPowerBy | Battle of Arkinholm ⓘ |
| year | 1455 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Arkinholm Description of subject: Arkinholm is a historic site in southern Scotland best known as the location of a decisive 1455 battle that helped end the power of the Black Douglas family.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.