John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl
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John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl, was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who played a role in the turbulent politics of the Scottish Highlands.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl canonical | 3 |
| 3rd Earl of Atholl | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7503482 — 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, 3rd Earl of Atholl Context triple: [Earl of Atholl, hasTitleHolder, John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl]
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A.
John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl
John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl, was a Scottish nobleman of the early 16th century who played a prominent role in Highland politics and the turbulent power struggles of the Stewart monarchy.
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B.
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the Stewart dynasty who played a significant role in the politics of late medieval Scotland.
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C.
John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl, was an 18th-century Scottish peer and politician known for his role in British public life and as a prominent member of the influential Murray family.
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D.
John Graham, 6th Earl of Menteith
John Graham, 6th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late medieval period who held significant regional power and influence in the Menteith area of the Scottish Highlands.
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E.
John Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith
John Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who held significant regional power and influence in the central Highlands.
- 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, 3rd Earl of Atholl Target entity description: John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl, was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who played a role in the turbulent politics of the Scottish Highlands.
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A.
John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl
John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl, was a Scottish nobleman of the early 16th century who played a prominent role in Highland politics and the turbulent power struggles of the Stewart monarchy.
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B.
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the Stewart dynasty who played a significant role in the politics of late medieval Scotland.
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C.
John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl, was an 18th-century Scottish peer and politician known for his role in British public life and as a prominent member of the influential Murray family.
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D.
John Graham, 6th Earl of Menteith
John Graham, 6th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late medieval period who held significant regional power and influence in the Menteith area of the Scottish Highlands.
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E.
John Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith
John Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who held significant regional power and influence in the central Highlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century Scottish person
ⓘ
Earl of Atholl ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ peer ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitleHolder | Scottish peerage ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Stewart ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| languageOfEnvironment |
Scots
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Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
House of Stewart
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Stuart
Stewart family ⓘ |
| nobleRank | earl ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl of Atholl ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in turbulent politics of the Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| ordinalInTitle |
3rd Earl of Atholl
ⓘ
linked to:
John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl
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| partOf | Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| politicalSphere | Scottish Highlands politics ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Earl of Atholl ⓘ |
| realm | Scotland ⓘ |
| residence | Atholl ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
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, 3rd Earl of Atholl Description of subject: John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl, was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who played a role in the turbulent politics of the Scottish Highlands.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl