James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
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James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Morton earldom during the 18th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton canonical | 2 |
| 14th Earl of Morton | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2776578 — 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 Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton Context triple: [Earl of Morton, titleHolder, James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton]
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A.
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
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B.
George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton
George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton, was a Scottish nobleman of the Douglas family who held a prominent peerage in early modern Scotland.
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C.
James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and political figure who played a key role in the turbulent politics of the reigns of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots.
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D.
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton, was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.
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E.
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.
- 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 Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton Target entity description: James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Morton earldom during the 18th century.
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A.
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
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B.
George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton
George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton, was a Scottish nobleman of the Douglas family who held a prominent peerage in early modern Scotland.
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C.
James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and political figure who played a key role in the turbulent politics of the reigns of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots.
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D.
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton, was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.
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E.
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl of Morton
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Scottish nobleman ⓘ human ⓘ peer ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitleType | hereditary peerage ⓘ |
| associatedWithTerritory | Morton ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Douglas ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasHonorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| heldTitleInCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Early modern period
ⓘ
linked to:
Early Modern period
Georgian era ⓘ |
| languageOfCommunication | English ⓘ |
| memberOfNobleFamily | Douglas family ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Earl ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
14th Earl of Morton
ⓘ
linked to:
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
Earl of Morton ⓘ |
| nobleTitleJurisdiction | Peerage of Scotland ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Scottish peer
ⓘ
member of the Scottish nobility ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| socialClass | aristocracy ⓘ |
| titleHeld |
Morton earldom
ⓘ
linked to:
Earldom of Morton
|
| titleIs | 14th holder of the Morton earldom ⓘ |
| titlePredecessorOf | 15th Earl of Morton ⓘ |
| titleSuccessorOf | 13th Earl of Morton ⓘ |
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 Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton Description of subject: James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Morton earldom during the 18th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.