John Stewart of Ralston
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John Stewart of Ralston was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman of the influential Stewart family, noted as a younger son of the royal Stewart line and ancestor of several later Scottish lairds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Stewart of Ralston canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7503435 — 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: John Stewart of Ralston Context triple: [Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, child, John Stewart of Ralston]
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A.
Thomas Dunbar
Thomas Dunbar was a British Army officer who played a significant role in the Braddock Expedition during the French and Indian War.
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B.
James J. Stoker
James J. Stoker was an American mathematician and applied scientist known for his influential work in differential equations, elasticity, and fluid mechanics, and for his leadership at New York University's Courant Institute.
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C.
John K. Knox
John K. Knox is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Knox.
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D.
Alexander McSween
Alexander McSween was a prominent 19th-century lawyer and central figure in the Lincoln County War in New Mexico, whose activities helped shape the history commemorated in the Lincoln Historic District.
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E.
James Johnston
James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
- 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: John Stewart of Ralston Target entity description: John Stewart of Ralston was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman of the influential Stewart family, noted as a younger son of the royal Stewart line and ancestor of several later Scottish lairds.
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A.
Thomas Dunbar
Thomas Dunbar was a British Army officer who played a significant role in the Braddock Expedition during the French and Indian War.
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B.
James J. Stoker
James J. Stoker was an American mathematician and applied scientist known for his influential work in differential equations, elasticity, and fluid mechanics, and for his leadership at New York University's Courant Institute.
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C.
John K. Knox
John K. Knox is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Knox.
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D.
Alexander McSween
Alexander McSween was a prominent 19th-century lawyer and central figure in the Lincoln County War in New Mexico, whose activities helped shape the history commemorated in the Lincoln Historic District.
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E.
James Johnston
James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish nobleman
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member of the Stewart family ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 14th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| dynasticOrigin | royal Stewart line ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Stewart ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| isAncestorOf | later Scottish lairds ⓘ |
| languageOfEnvironment |
Latin
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
House of Stewart
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Stuart
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| nobleRank | laird ⓘ |
| nobleStatus | landed nobleman ⓘ |
| notableFamilyConnection | younger son of the royal Stewart line ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence | Scotland ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| title | Lord of Ralston ⓘ |
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: John Stewart of Ralston Description of subject: John Stewart of Ralston was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman of the influential Stewart family, noted as a younger son of the royal Stewart line and ancestor of several later Scottish lairds.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.