Black Dinner
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The Black Dinner was a notorious 1440 political assassination at Edinburgh Castle in which the young Earl of Douglas and his brother were executed, an event that helped inspire the “Red Wedding” in Game of Thrones.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Black Dinner canonical | 13 |
| Black Dinner of 1440 | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T449986 — 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: Black Dinner Context triple: [Clan Douglas, involvedInEvent, Black Dinner]
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A.
Blacker
Blacker is a comparative form of the color term "black," indicating a greater degree of darkness or blackness.
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B.
The Cocktail Party
The Cocktail Party is a verse drama by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of marriage, identity, and spiritual crisis through a drawing-room comedy that gradually reveals deeper psychological and religious dimensions.
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C.
Midnight Madness
Midnight Madness is a popular late-night program at the Toronto International Film Festival that showcases genre films such as horror, action, and cult cinema.
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D.
The Christmas Dinner
"The Christmas Dinner" is a festive short story by Washington Irving that warmly depicts holiday customs, family gatherings, and convivial celebration in an English country house.
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E.
Harlem Nights
Harlem Nights is a 1989 crime-comedy film set in 1930s Harlem, written, directed by, and starring Eddie Murphy alongside Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx.
- 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: Black Dinner Target entity description: The Black Dinner was a notorious 1440 political assassination at Edinburgh Castle in which the young Earl of Douglas and his brother were executed, an event that helped inspire the “Red Wedding” in Game of Thrones.
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A.
Blacker
Blacker is a comparative form of the color term "black," indicating a greater degree of darkness or blackness.
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B.
The Cocktail Party
The Cocktail Party is a verse drama by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of marriage, identity, and spiritual crisis through a drawing-room comedy that gradually reveals deeper psychological and religious dimensions.
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C.
Midnight Madness
Midnight Madness is a popular late-night program at the Toronto International Film Festival that showcases genre films such as horror, action, and cult cinema.
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D.
The Christmas Dinner
"The Christmas Dinner" is a festive short story by Washington Irving that warmly depicts holiday customs, family gatherings, and convivial celebration in an English country house.
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E.
Harlem Nights
Harlem Nights is a 1989 crime-comedy film set in 1930s Harlem, written, directed by, and starring Eddie Murphy alongside Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
political assassination ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
James II of Scotland
ⓘ
Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar ⓘ Sir William Crichton ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| describedAs |
feigned hospitality followed by execution
ⓘ
notorious act of treachery ⓘ |
| followedBy | consolidation of royal power over the Douglas family ⓘ |
| genre | medieval Scottish history ⓘ |
| hasCause | power struggle in Scotland ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
intensification of Scottish noble factionalism
ⓘ
weakening of the Black Douglas branch ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
betrayal under the guise of hospitality
ⓘ
noble rivalry in late medieval Scotland ⓘ |
| hasVictim |
David Douglas
ⓘ
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas ⓘ |
| inPopularCulture | compared to the Red Wedding massacre ⓘ |
| inspired |
elements of the Red Wedding in A Song of Ice and Fire
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elements of the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones ⓘ |
| legalStatus | judicial execution following a show trial ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| location | Edinburgh Castle ⓘ |
| method | beheading ⓘ |
| partOf | power struggles during the minority of James II of Scotland ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
James II of Scotland’s government
ⓘ
linked to:
James II of Scotland
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| pointInTime | 1440 ⓘ |
| precededBy | invitation of the young Douglases to Edinburgh Castle ⓘ |
| victimTitle | Earl of Douglas ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Black Dinner Description of subject: The Black Dinner was a notorious 1440 political assassination at Edinburgh Castle in which the young Earl of Douglas and his brother were executed, an event that helped inspire the “Red Wedding” in Game of Thrones.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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