Gruoch of Scotland
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Gruoch of Scotland was an 11th-century Scottish noblewoman, historically the wife of King Macbeth and later queen consort of Scotland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gruoch of Scotland canonical | 9 |
| Gruach, historical queen of Scotland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3035692 — 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: Gruoch of Scotland Context triple: [Lulach, son of Gillicomgáin, mother, Gruoch of Scotland]
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A.
Mary of Menteith
Mary of Menteith was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman who held the earldom of Menteith in her own right, making her one of the relatively rare female earls in medieval Scotland.
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B.
Saint Fillan
Saint Fillan was a medieval Scottish saint and missionary, venerated especially in the Highlands for his piety, miracles, and enduring local cult.
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C.
Annabella of Scotland
Annabella of Scotland was a 15th-century Scottish princess, the daughter of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders.
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D.
Meñli I Giray
Meñli I Giray was a prominent 15th–16th century Crimean khan who consolidated the Crimean Khanate’s power and forged a crucial alliance with the Ottoman Empire.
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E.
Brigid of Kildare
Brigid of Kildare is a 5th–6th century Irish saint and abbess, venerated as one of Ireland’s patron saints and renowned for founding monasteries and her association with learning, charity, and healing.
- 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: Gruoch of Scotland Target entity description: Gruoch of Scotland was an 11th-century Scottish noblewoman, historically the wife of King Macbeth and later queen consort of Scotland.
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A.
Mary of Menteith
Mary of Menteith was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman who held the earldom of Menteith in her own right, making her one of the relatively rare female earls in medieval Scotland.
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B.
Saint Fillan
Saint Fillan was a medieval Scottish saint and missionary, venerated especially in the Highlands for his piety, miracles, and enduring local cult.
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C.
Annabella of Scotland
Annabella of Scotland was a 15th-century Scottish princess, the daughter of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders.
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D.
Meñli I Giray
Meñli I Giray was a prominent 15th–16th century Crimean khan who consolidated the Crimean Khanate’s power and forged a crucial alliance with the Ottoman Empire.
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E.
Brigid of Kildare
Brigid of Kildare is a 5th–6th century Irish saint and abbess, venerated as one of Ireland’s patron saints and renowned for founding monasteries and her association with learning, charity, and healing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish noblewoman
ⓘ
human ⓘ queen consort of Scotland ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfBirth | before 1030 ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfDeath | after 1054 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | House of Moray ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 11th century ⓘ |
| child |
Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin
ⓘ
linked to:
Lulach of Scotland
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| floruit | 11th century ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | history of Scotland ⓘ |
| historicalRealityComparedToFiction | less documented and less villainous than the later fictional Lady Macbeth ⓘ |
| inspiredByOrBasisFor | character of Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married to Macbeth, King of Scotland ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | medieval Scottish chronicles ⓘ |
| nobleRank | noblewoman ⓘ |
| notableEvent | marriage to Macbeth, King of Scotland ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the historical wife of King Macbeth of Scotland ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Queen consort of Scotland ⓘ |
| region | Moray ⓘ |
| relative |
Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin
ⓘ
linked to:
Lulach of Scotland
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Scotland ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Macbeth, King of Scotland ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation |
King of Scotland
ⓘ
linked to:
Scottish monarch
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| stepfatherOfHerChild | Macbeth, King of Scotland ⓘ |
| timePeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| title | Queen of Scots ⓘ |
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: Gruoch of Scotland Description of subject: Gruoch of Scotland was an 11th-century Scottish noblewoman, historically the wife of King Macbeth and later queen consort of Scotland.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.