Duncan, Earl of Carrick
E425427
Duncan, Earl of Carrick was a medieval Scottish nobleman who held the earldom of Carrick, a significant title in southwestern Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Duncan, Earl of Carrick canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3612408 — 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: Duncan, Earl of Carrick Context triple: [Earl of Carrick, heldBy, Duncan, Earl of Carrick]
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A.
David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn
David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman of the royal Stewart dynasty who held the earldom of Strathearn during the turbulent period of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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B.
Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife
Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate who held one of the kingdom’s most prestigious earldoms and played a significant role in the politics of his time.
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C.
Donnchad VI, Earl of Fife
Donnchad VI, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate from the influential MacDuff family who played a significant role in the politics of the Kingdom of Scotland.
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D.
Alexander, Earl of Menteith
Alexander, Earl of Menteith was a medieval Scottish nobleman who held the earldom of Menteith and played a role in the turbulent politics of the Scottish Highlands.
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E.
Donnchad IV, Earl of Fife
Donnchad IV, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate who held one of the kingdom’s most prestigious earldoms and played a significant role in the politics of his time.
- 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: Duncan, Earl of Carrick Target entity description: Duncan, Earl of Carrick was a medieval Scottish nobleman who held the earldom of Carrick, a significant title in southwestern Scotland.
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A.
David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn
David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman of the royal Stewart dynasty who held the earldom of Strathearn during the turbulent period of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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B.
Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife
Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate who held one of the kingdom’s most prestigious earldoms and played a significant role in the politics of his time.
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C.
Donnchad VI, Earl of Fife
Donnchad VI, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate from the influential MacDuff family who played a significant role in the politics of the Kingdom of Scotland.
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D.
Alexander, Earl of Menteith
Alexander, Earl of Menteith was a medieval Scottish nobleman who held the earldom of Menteith and played a role in the turbulent politics of the Scottish Highlands.
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E.
Donnchad IV, Earl of Fife
Donnchad IV, Earl of Fife, was a medieval Scottish nobleman and magnate who held one of the kingdom’s most prestigious earldoms and played a significant role in the politics of his time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ medieval Scottish nobleman ⓘ |
| allegiance | King of Scots ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
medieval Scottish politics
ⓘ
southwestern Scottish lordships ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Scottish ⓘ |
| feudalStatus | feudal lord ⓘ |
| governanceType | hereditary earldom ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Carrick ⓘ |
| heldLandTenure | earldom ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Galloway and Carrick area ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Carrick ⓘ |
| nobleRank | earl ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl of Carrick ⓘ |
| partOf | Scottish nobility ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Earl of Carrick ⓘ |
| realm | Earldom of Carrick ⓘ |
| region | southwestern Scotland ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| titleSignificance | significant title in southwestern Scotland ⓘ |
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: Duncan, Earl of Carrick Description of subject: Duncan, Earl of Carrick was a medieval Scottish nobleman who held the earldom of Carrick, a significant title in southwestern Scotland.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.