Fergus mac Echdach
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Fergus mac Echdach was an 8th-century king of Dál Riata in what is now western Scotland, known for ruling before the reign of Áed Find.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fergus mac Echdach canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7758084 — 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: Fergus mac Echdach Context triple: [Áed Find, successor, Fergus mac Echdach]
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A.
Ailpín mac Echdach
Ailpín mac Echdach was a 9th-century Scottish noble traditionally regarded as the father of Kenneth MacAlpin, the first king to unite the Picts and Scots.
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B.
Donnchad
Donnchad was a medieval Scottish nobleman who held the influential title of Earl of Fife.
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C.
Domnall mac Donnchada
Domnall mac Donnchada, better known as Donald III of Scotland, was a late 11th-century King of Scots whose turbulent reign was marked by dynastic struggles and repeated depositions.
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D.
Finnghuala of Angus
Finnghuala of Angus was a medieval Scottish noblewoman, known primarily as the wife of Lulach, briefly King of Scots in the 11th century.
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E.
Conchobhar
Conchobhar is an ancient Irish given name, famously borne by legendary kings and heroes in early Irish mythology and literature.
- 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: Fergus mac Echdach Target entity description: Fergus mac Echdach was an 8th-century king of Dál Riata in what is now western Scotland, known for ruling before the reign of Áed Find.
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A.
Ailpín mac Echdach
Ailpín mac Echdach was a 9th-century Scottish noble traditionally regarded as the father of Kenneth MacAlpin, the first king to unite the Picts and Scots.
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B.
Donnchad
Donnchad was a medieval Scottish nobleman who held the influential title of Earl of Fife.
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C.
Domnall mac Donnchada
Domnall mac Donnchada, better known as Donald III of Scotland, was a late 11th-century King of Scots whose turbulent reign was marked by dynastic struggles and repeated depositions.
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D.
Finnghuala of Angus
Finnghuala of Angus was a medieval Scottish noblewoman, known primarily as the wife of Lulach, briefly King of Scots in the 11th century.
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E.
Conchobhar
Conchobhar is an ancient Irish given name, famously borne by legendary kings and heroes in early Irish mythology and literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
king ⓘ monarch of Dál Riata ⓘ |
| country |
Dál Riata
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Gael
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaels
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| locatedInTime | 8th century ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an 8th-century king of Dál Riata
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ruling before the reign of Áed Find ⓘ |
| occupation | ruler ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Dál Riata
ⓘ
history of Scotland ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Dál Riata ⓘ |
| predecessor | Áed Find ⓘ |
| region | western Scotland ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| temporalLocation | Early Middle Ages ⓘ |
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: Fergus mac Echdach Description of subject: Fergus mac Echdach was an 8th-century king of Dál Riata in what is now western Scotland, known for ruling before the reign of Áed Find.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.