William II of Scotland
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William II of Scotland, better known as William III of England, was the Dutch-born Protestant prince who came to the British throne in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and ruled jointly with his wife Mary II.
All labels observed (1)
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| William II of Scotland canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T291896 — 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: William II of Scotland Context triple: [James II of England, successorAsKingOfScotland, William II of Scotland]
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David I of Scotland
David I of Scotland was a 12th-century King of Scots whose reign is noted for extensive ecclesiastical reform, feudal modernization, and the founding of numerous monasteries that reshaped medieval Scottish society.
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Robert II of Scotland
Robert II of Scotland was the first Stewart king of Scotland, whose accession in 1371 began the long-ruling Stuart dynasty that would later govern both Scotland and England.
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C.
Alexander III of Scotland
Alexander III of Scotland was a 13th-century King of Scots whose reign is noted for relative peace, prosperity, and the consolidation of Scottish independence, particularly through the acquisition of the Western Isles.
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D.
Alexander II of Scotland
Alexander II of Scotland was a 13th-century King of Scots (reigning from 1214 to 1249) known for consolidating royal authority, resolving conflicts with England, and expanding Scottish influence into the Western Isles.
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E.
Malcolm III of Scotland
Malcolm III of Scotland was an 11th-century King of Scots whose long reign helped consolidate the Scottish kingdom and establish the House of Dunkeld.
- 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: William II of Scotland Target entity description: William II of Scotland, better known as William III of England, was the Dutch-born Protestant prince who came to the British throne in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and ruled jointly with his wife Mary II.
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A.
David I of Scotland
David I of Scotland was a 12th-century King of Scots whose reign is noted for extensive ecclesiastical reform, feudal modernization, and the founding of numerous monasteries that reshaped medieval Scottish society.
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B.
Robert II of Scotland
Robert II of Scotland was the first Stewart king of Scotland, whose accession in 1371 began the long-ruling Stuart dynasty that would later govern both Scotland and England.
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C.
Alexander III of Scotland
Alexander III of Scotland was a 13th-century King of Scots whose reign is noted for relative peace, prosperity, and the consolidation of Scottish independence, particularly through the acquisition of the Western Isles.
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D.
Alexander II of Scotland
Alexander II of Scotland was a 13th-century King of Scots (reigning from 1214 to 1249) known for consolidating royal authority, resolving conflicts with England, and expanding Scottish influence into the Western Isles.
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E.
Malcolm III of Scotland
Malcolm III of Scotland was an 11th-century King of Scots whose long reign helped consolidate the Scottish kingdom and establish the House of Dunkeld.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
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: William II of Scotland Description of subject: William II of Scotland, better known as William III of England, was the Dutch-born Protestant prince who came to the British throne in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and ruled jointly with his wife Mary II.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.