David Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale
E608141
David Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family who held the earldom of Avondale during the turbulent late medieval period in Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6619908 — 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: David Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale Context triple: [William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, sibling, David Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale]
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A.
William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus
William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and powerful magnate of the Douglas family who played a significant role in the turbulent politics of the reign of James V of Scotland.
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B.
Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald
Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald, was a British Army general and Scottish nobleman known for his military service during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, was a prominent Scottish soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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D.
George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes
George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a significant role in the turbulent religious and political affairs of Scotland during the Reformation era.
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E.
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife, was a Scottish nobleman who became the first Duke of Fife and gained prominence through his marriage to Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of King Edward VII.
- 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: David Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale Target entity description: David Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family who held the earldom of Avondale during the turbulent late medieval period in Scotland.
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A.
William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus
William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and powerful magnate of the Douglas family who played a significant role in the turbulent politics of the reign of James V of Scotland.
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B.
Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald
Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald, was a British Army general and Scottish nobleman known for his military service during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, was a prominent Scottish soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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D.
George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes
George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a significant role in the turbulent religious and political affairs of Scotland during the Reformation era.
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E.
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife, was a Scottish nobleman who became the first Duke of Fife and gained prominence through his marriage to Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of King Edward VII.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
15th-century Scottish person
ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ peer ⓘ |
| aristocraticHouse |
House of Douglas
ⓘ
linked to:
Clan Douglas
|
| centuryOfActivity | 15th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scots ⓘ |
| familyName | Douglas ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | lands of Avondale ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late medieval Scotland ⓘ |
| language |
Scots
ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Douglas family ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | 3rd Earl of Avondale ⓘ |
| notableFor | holding the earldom of Avondale in the 15th century ⓘ |
| partOf | Scottish peerage ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Scottish magnate class ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Earl of Avondale ⓘ |
| realm | Scotland ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
Avondale
ⓘ
Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
linked to:
Central Lowlands of Scotland
|
| socialClass | aristocracy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| titleHeldIn | Peerage of 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: David Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale Description of subject: David Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family who held the earldom of Avondale during the turbulent late medieval period in Scotland.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.