Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland
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Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, was a prominent 13th-century Scottish noble and hereditary steward whose lineage helped lay the foundations for the later Stewart (Stuart) royal dynasty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland canonical | 5 |
| 3rd High Steward of Scotland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8596189 — 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: Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland Context triple: [Walter Bailloch Stewart, sibling, Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland]
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A.
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan—known as the "Wolf of Badenoch"—was a notoriously lawless 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II, infamous for his brutal raids and destruction in the Highlands.
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B.
Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland
Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, was a prominent 14th-century Scottish noble whose lineage and position as High Steward helped lay the foundations for the Stewart (Stuart) royal dynasty.
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C.
Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland
Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland was a prominent 13th-century Scottish nobleman and royal official who played a key role in the governance of the kingdom and the early development of the Stewart dynasty.
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D.
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, was a Scottish nobleman who played a leading role in the conspiracy that resulted in the assassination of King James I of Scotland in 1437.
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E.
Alexander Stewart
Alexander Stewart was a Scottish prelate who served as Archbishop of St Andrews and played a significant role in the late medieval Scottish Church.
- 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: Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland Target entity description: Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, was a prominent 13th-century Scottish noble and hereditary steward whose lineage helped lay the foundations for the later Stewart (Stuart) royal dynasty.
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A.
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan—known as the "Wolf of Badenoch"—was a notoriously lawless 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II, infamous for his brutal raids and destruction in the Highlands.
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B.
Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland
Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, was a prominent 14th-century Scottish noble whose lineage and position as High Steward helped lay the foundations for the Stewart (Stuart) royal dynasty.
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C.
Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland
Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland was a prominent 13th-century Scottish nobleman and royal official who played a key role in the governance of the kingdom and the early development of the Stewart dynasty.
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D.
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, was a Scottish nobleman who played a leading role in the conspiracy that resulted in the assassination of King James I of Scotland in 1437.
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E.
Alexander Stewart
Alexander Stewart was a Scottish prelate who served as Archbishop of St Andrews and played a significant role in the late medieval Scottish Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
How these facts were elicited
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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: Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland Description of subject: Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, was a prominent 13th-century Scottish noble and hereditary steward whose lineage helped lay the foundations for the later Stewart (Stuart) royal dynasty.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland
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Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland
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