John Erskine of Carnock
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John Erskine of Carnock was a prominent 18th-century Scottish jurist and legal scholar best known for his influential writings on Scots law.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13663508 — 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 Erskine of Carnock Context triple: [Erskine family, notableMember, John Erskine of Carnock]
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John Erskine of Dun
John Erskine of Dun was a leading 16th-century Scottish Reformer and educator who played a key role in shaping the theology and organization of the Reformed Church of Scotland.
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B.
John Erskine, Earl of Mar
John Erskine, Earl of Mar, was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and regent who played a key role in the political and religious conflicts of Scotland during the reigns of Mary, Queen of Scots, and James VI.
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John Erskine, Earl of Mar
John Erskine, Earl of Mar, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician best known for initiating and commanding the Jacobite rising of 1715 in an effort to restore the Stuart monarchy.
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D.
Archibald Stirling of Keir
Archibald Stirling of Keir was a Scottish laird and landowner from the prominent Stirling family, known as the father of SAS founder David Stirling.
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E.
John Cockburn of Ormiston
John Cockburn of Ormiston was a Scottish landowner and agricultural improver of the early 18th century, noted for pioneering modern farming practices on his Ormiston estate in East Lothian.
- 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 Erskine of Carnock Target entity description: John Erskine of Carnock was a prominent 18th-century Scottish jurist and legal scholar best known for his influential writings on Scots law.
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A.
John Erskine of Dun
John Erskine of Dun was a leading 16th-century Scottish Reformer and educator who played a key role in shaping the theology and organization of the Reformed Church of Scotland.
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B.
John Erskine, Earl of Mar
John Erskine, Earl of Mar, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician best known for initiating and commanding the Jacobite rising of 1715 in an effort to restore the Stuart monarchy.
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C.
John Erskine, Earl of Mar
John Erskine, Earl of Mar, was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and regent who played a key role in the political and religious conflicts of Scotland during the reigns of Mary, Queen of Scots, and James VI.
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D.
Archibald Stirling of Keir
Archibald Stirling of Keir was a Scottish laird and landowner from the prominent Stirling family, known as the father of SAS founder David Stirling.
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E.
John Cockburn of Ormiston
John Cockburn of Ormiston was a Scottish landowner and agricultural improver of the early 18th century, noted for pioneering modern farming practices on his Ormiston estate in East Lothian.
- F. None of above. chosen
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