Mac Leod
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Mac Leod is a surname of Scottish origin commonly associated with the historic Clan MacLeod and its descendants.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MacLeod of MacLeod | 2 |
| Mac Leod canonical | 1 |
| MacTavish | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3539449 — 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: Mac Leod Context triple: [MacLeod, hasVariant, Mac Leod]
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A.
Maclean of Coll
Maclean of Coll is a prominent cadet branch of the historic Scottish Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides.
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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.
Macdonald of Sleat
Macdonald of Sleat is a prominent Scottish Highland clan and landowning family historically associated with the Isle of Skye and known for its significant role in the region’s social and economic history.
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D.
Maclean of Lochbuie
Maclean of Lochbuie is a historic Scottish Highland clan branch traditionally associated with the island of Mull and known for its own chiefs and territorial holdings distinct from the main Clan Maclean line.
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E.
Maclean of Kingairloch
Maclean of Kingairloch is a notable cadet branch of the historic Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with lands in the Kingairloch area of the west coast.
- 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: Mac Leod Target entity description: Mac Leod is a surname of Scottish origin commonly associated with the historic Clan MacLeod and its descendants.
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A.
Maclean of Coll
Maclean of Coll is a prominent cadet branch of the historic Scottish Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides.
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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.
Macdonald of Sleat
Macdonald of Sleat is a prominent Scottish Highland clan and landowning family historically associated with the Isle of Skye and known for its significant role in the region’s social and economic history.
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D.
Maclean of Lochbuie
Maclean of Lochbuie is a historic Scottish Highland clan branch traditionally associated with the island of Mull and known for its own chiefs and territorial holdings distinct from the main Clan Maclean line.
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E.
Maclean of Kingairloch
Maclean of Kingairloch is a notable cadet branch of the historic Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with lands in the Kingairloch area of the west coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish surname
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Clan MacLeod
ⓘ
Clan MacLeod of Harris and Dunvegan ⓘ
linked to:
Clan MacLeod
Clan MacLeod of Lewis ⓘ
linked to:
Clan MacLeod
|
| category |
Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language surnames
ⓘ
patronymic surname ⓘ surnames of Scottish origin ⓘ |
| etymologicallyDerivedFrom | Mac Leòid ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearers | members of Clan MacLeod and their descendants ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| historicallyLinkedTo |
Isle of Skye
ⓘ
Outer Hebrides ⓘ |
| meaning | son of Leod ⓘ |
| relatedClanName |
MacLeod
ⓘ
MacLeòid ⓘ
linked to:
Mac Leòid
|
| spellingContainsSpace | true ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| variantOf |
MacLeod
ⓘ
McLeod ⓘ |
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: Mac Leod Description of subject: Mac Leod is a surname of Scottish origin commonly associated with the historic Clan MacLeod and its descendants.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mac Leod
linked to: Mac Leod
linked to: Mac Leod