Adam of Kilconquhar
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Adam of Kilconquhar was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman and knight who became Earl of Carrick through his marriage to Marjorie, Countess of Carrick, and died on crusade in the Holy Land.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adam of Kilconquhar canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2916886 — 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: Adam of Kilconquhar Context triple: [Marjorie, Countess of Carrick, spouse, Adam of Kilconquhar]
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A.
Cuilén of Scotland
Cuilén of Scotland was a 10th-century King of Alba from the House of Alpin, whose short and turbulent reign ended with his death in battle around 971.
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B.
Alasdair MacColla
Alasdair MacColla was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Gaelic mercenary leader and Royalist commander known for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in Ireland and Scotland.
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C.
Edmund Breon
Edmund Breon was a Scottish character actor of the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in British and American films, particularly during the silent and early sound eras.
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D.
Dugald
Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
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E.
Thorold
Thorold is a small city in Ontario, Canada, located in the Niagara Region and known for its historic Welland Canal infrastructure.
- 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: Adam of Kilconquhar Target entity description: Adam of Kilconquhar was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman and knight who became Earl of Carrick through his marriage to Marjorie, Countess of Carrick, and died on crusade in the Holy Land.
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A.
Cuilén of Scotland
Cuilén of Scotland was a 10th-century King of Alba from the House of Alpin, whose short and turbulent reign ended with his death in battle around 971.
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B.
Alasdair MacColla
Alasdair MacColla was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Gaelic mercenary leader and Royalist commander known for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in Ireland and Scotland.
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C.
Edmund Breon
Edmund Breon was a Scottish character actor of the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in British and American films, particularly during the silent and early sound eras.
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D.
Dugald
Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
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E.
Thorold
Thorold is a small city in Ontario, Canada, located in the Niagara Region and known for its historic Welland Canal infrastructure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl of Carrick
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Scottish nobleman ⓘ medieval knight ⓘ |
| acquiredTitleThrough | marriage to Marjorie, Countess of Carrick ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
County of Carrick
ⓘ
Scottish nobility ⓘ
linked to:
Peerage of Scotland
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| centuryOfActivity | 13th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed during crusading campaign ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Holy Land ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | died on crusade ⓘ |
| marriageType | marriage by right of his wife (jure uxoris) ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Kilconquhar family ⓘ |
| nobleRank | earl ⓘ |
| notableFor |
becoming Earl of Carrick through marriage
ⓘ
participation in a crusade to the Holy Land ⓘ |
| occupation | knight ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Earl of Carrick ⓘ |
| realm | Carrick ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| spouse | Marjorie, Countess of Carrick ⓘ |
| spouseTitle | Countess of Carrick ⓘ |
| title |
Earl of Carrick
ⓘ
Lord of Kilconquhar ⓘ |
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: Adam of Kilconquhar Description of subject: Adam of Kilconquhar was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman and knight who became Earl of Carrick through his marriage to Marjorie, Countess of Carrick, and died on crusade in the Holy Land.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.