Cuilén mac Ildulb
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Cuilén mac Ildulb was a 10th-century King of Scots from the House of Alpin whose short reign was marked by dynastic conflict and his eventual death in battle.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cuilén mac Illuilb | 5 |
| Cuilén mac Ildulb canonical | 3 |
| Cuilén mac Indulf | 1 |
| Cuilén of Alba | 1 |
| Culen mac Ildulb | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8861862 — 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: Cuilén mac Ildulb Context triple: [Cuilén of Scotland, alsoKnownAs, Cuilén mac Ildulb]
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A.
Idulb mac Causantín
Idulb mac Causantín was a 10th-century King of Alba (Scotland), remembered as an early ruler of the emerging Scottish kingdom and a member of the House of Alpin.
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B.
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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C.
Domnall Brecc
Domnall Brecc was a 7th-century king of Dál Riata in what is now western Scotland, known for his military defeats and the decline of his kingdom’s power during his reign.
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D.
Óengus mac Fergusa
Óengus mac Fergusa was an 8th-century king of the Picts who became one of the most powerful rulers in early medieval northern Britain.
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E.
Causantín mac Fergusa
Causantín mac Fergusa was an early 9th-century king of the Picts whose reign marked a significant stage in the formation of the medieval kingdom that would become Scotland.
- 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: Cuilén mac Ildulb Target entity description: Cuilén mac Ildulb was a 10th-century King of Scots from the House of Alpin whose short reign was marked by dynastic conflict and his eventual death in battle.
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A.
Idulb mac Causantín
Idulb mac Causantín was a 10th-century King of Alba (Scotland), remembered as an early ruler of the emerging Scottish kingdom and a member of the House of Alpin.
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B.
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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C.
Domnall Brecc
Domnall Brecc was a 7th-century king of Dál Riata in what is now western Scotland, known for his military defeats and the decline of his kingdom’s power during his reign.
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D.
Óengus mac Fergusa
Óengus mac Fergusa was an 8th-century king of the Picts who became one of the most powerful rulers in early medieval northern Britain.
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E.
Causantín mac Fergusa
Causantín mac Fergusa was an early 9th-century king of the Picts whose reign marked a significant stage in the formation of the medieval kingdom that would become Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Scots
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ medieval monarch ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Scotland
ⓘ
northern Britain ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| conflict | dynastic struggles within the House of Alpin ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Alba
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Scotland
|
| culture | medieval Scottish ⓘ |
| dynasty | House of Alpin ⓘ |
| endTime | 971 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Gael
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaels
|
| father |
Ildulb mac Causantín
ⓘ
linked to:
Idulb mac Causantín
Indulf mac Causantín ⓘ
linked to:
Indulf of Scotland
Indulf, King of Alba ⓘ
linked to:
Indulf of Scotland
|
| givenName | Cuilén ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Alba ⓘ |
| house | House of Alpin ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath |
killed in battle
ⓘ
killed in conflict with local rulers ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
accession to the throne after the deposition or death of Dub mac Maíl Coluim
ⓘ
death in conflict traditionally associated with the men of Strathclyde ⓘ |
| notableWork | reign over the Kingdom of Alba ⓘ |
| occupation |
monarch
ⓘ
ruler ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Alba
ⓘ
King of Scots ⓘ |
| predecessor | Dub mac Maíl Coluim ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 971 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 967 ⓘ |
| relative |
Cináed mac Maíl Coluim II
ⓘ
linked to:
Cináed mac Maíl Coluim
Dub mac Maíl Coluim ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
Christianity ⓘ |
| saidToBeTheSameAs |
Cuilén of Alba
ⓘ
linked to:
Cuilén mac Ildulb
Culen mac Ildulb ⓘ
linked to:
Cuilén mac Ildulb
Culen of Scotland ⓘ
linked to:
Cuilén of Scotland
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime | 967 ⓘ |
| successor |
Cináed mac Maíl Coluim II
ⓘ
linked to:
Cináed mac Maíl Coluim
Kenneth II of Scotland ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 10th century ⓘ |
| title |
King of Alba
ⓘ
King of Scots ⓘ |
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: Cuilén mac Ildulb Description of subject: Cuilén mac Ildulb was a 10th-century King of Scots from the House of Alpin whose short reign was marked by dynastic conflict and his eventual death in battle.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cuilén mac Ildulb
linked to: Cuilén mac Ildulb
linked to: Cuilén mac Ildulb
linked to: Cuilén mac Ildulb
linked to: Cuilén mac Ildulb
linked to: Cuilén mac Ildulb
linked to: Cuilén mac Ildulb