Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray
E379078
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the powerful Black Douglas family who played a leading role in the dynastic conflicts against King James II of Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2887975 — 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: Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray Context triple: [Battle of Arkinholm, commander, Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray]
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Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray
Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and military leader who played a key role in Robert the Bruce’s campaigns during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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B.
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King David II.
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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.
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
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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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.
- 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: Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray Target entity description: Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the powerful Black Douglas family who played a leading role in the dynastic conflicts against King James II of Scotland.
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A.
Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray
Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and military leader who played a key role in Robert the Bruce’s campaigns during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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B.
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King David II.
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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.
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
15th-century Scottish person
ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ member of the Black Douglas family ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Black Douglas family
ⓘ
linked to:
Clan Douglas
|
| aristocraticRank | earl ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Douglas–crown conflicts in 15th-century Scotland ⓘ |
| conflict | power struggle between the Black Douglases and the Scottish crown ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scots ⓘ |
| familyName | Douglas ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Archibald ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Moray ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
feudal lord
ⓘ
political actor in late medieval Scotland ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Latin
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| nobleBranch | Black Douglas ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Douglas family ⓘ |
| notableFor |
opposition to King James II of Scotland
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role in dynastic conflicts in Scotland ⓘ |
| opponent | James II of Scotland ⓘ |
| partOf | Black Douglas rebellion against James II ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | noble opposition to royal authority ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Scottish magnate
ⓘ
Scottish peer ⓘ |
| realm | Scotland ⓘ |
| residence | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 15th century ⓘ |
| title | Earl of Moray ⓘ |
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: Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray Description of subject: Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the powerful Black Douglas family who played a leading role in the dynastic conflicts against King James II of Scotland.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.