Máel Muire of Atholl
E393717
Máel Muire of Atholl was a medieval Scottish nobleman, likely Mormaer (Earl) of Atholl, and a member of the royal family of Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Máel Muire of Atholl canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3811362 — 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: Máel Muire of Atholl Context triple: [Donald III of Scotland, sibling, Máel Muire of Atholl]
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A.
Finnghuala of Angus
Finnghuala of Angus was a medieval Scottish noblewoman, known primarily as the wife of Lulach, briefly King of Scots in the 11th century.
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B.
Domnall mac Donnchada
Domnall mac Donnchada, better known as Donald III of Scotland, was a late 11th-century King of Scots whose turbulent reign was marked by dynastic struggles and repeated depositions.
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C.
Niall, Earl of Carrick
Niall, Earl of Carrick, was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman who held the earldom of Carrick and was the father of Marjorie, Countess of Carrick.
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D.
Ailpín mac Echdach
Ailpín mac Echdach was a 9th-century Scottish noble traditionally regarded as the father of Kenneth MacAlpin, the first king to unite the Picts and Scots.
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E.
Gille Coemgáin of Moray
Gille Coemgáin of Moray was an 11th-century Scottish nobleman and Mormaer of Moray, notable as the father of King Lulach of Scotland and a key figure in the power struggles of northern Scotland.
- 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: Máel Muire of Atholl Target entity description: Máel Muire of Atholl was a medieval Scottish nobleman, likely Mormaer (Earl) of Atholl, and a member of the royal family of Scotland.
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A.
Finnghuala of Angus
Finnghuala of Angus was a medieval Scottish noblewoman, known primarily as the wife of Lulach, briefly King of Scots in the 11th century.
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B.
Domnall mac Donnchada
Domnall mac Donnchada, better known as Donald III of Scotland, was a late 11th-century King of Scots whose turbulent reign was marked by dynastic struggles and repeated depositions.
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C.
Niall, Earl of Carrick
Niall, Earl of Carrick, was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman who held the earldom of Carrick and was the father of Marjorie, Countess of Carrick.
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D.
Ailpín mac Echdach
Ailpín mac Echdach was a 9th-century Scottish noble traditionally regarded as the father of Kenneth MacAlpin, the first king to unite the Picts and Scots.
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E.
Gille Coemgáin of Moray
Gille Coemgáin of Moray was an 11th-century Scottish nobleman and Mormaer of Moray, notable as the father of King Lulach of Scotland and a key figure in the power struggles of northern Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl
ⓘ
Mormaer ⓘ medieval Scottish nobleman ⓘ member of the Scottish royal family ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Province of Atholl
ⓘ
Scottish monarchy ⓘ
linked to:
Kings of Scotland
|
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scots ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Scottish royal dynasty ⓘ |
| nobleRank |
earl
ⓘ
mormaer ⓘ |
| notableFor | holding the earldom of Atholl ⓘ |
| occupation | nobleman ⓘ |
| partOf | Scottish peerage ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Earl of Atholl
ⓘ
Mormaer of Atholl ⓘ |
| realm | Scotland ⓘ |
| region | Atholl ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| title |
Earl of Atholl
ⓘ
Mormaer of Atholl ⓘ |
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: Máel Muire of Atholl Description of subject: Máel Muire of Atholl was a medieval Scottish nobleman, likely Mormaer (Earl) of Atholl, and a member of the royal family of Scotland.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.