James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (illegitimate)
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James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, was an illegitimate son of King James IV of Scotland who became a prominent Scottish nobleman and political figure in the early 16th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (illegitimate son of James IV) | 1 |
| James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (illegitimate) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1283070 — 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: James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (illegitimate) Context triple: [James IV of Scotland, child, James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (illegitimate)]
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A.
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
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B.
Charles Edward, Duke of Albany
Charles Edward, Duke of Albany was the Jacobite prince better known as "Bonnie Prince Charlie," a key figure in the 1745 Jacobite uprising against British rule.
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C.
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.
Robert Stewart (grandson of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl)
Robert Stewart, grandson of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, was a Scottish noble involved in the 1437 conspiracy that led to the assassination of King James I of Scotland.
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E.
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer whose death without direct heirs led to the famous Douglas Cause inheritance dispute.
- 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: James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (illegitimate) Target entity description: James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, was an illegitimate son of King James IV of Scotland who became a prominent Scottish nobleman and political figure in the early 16th century.
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A.
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
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B.
Charles Edward, Duke of Albany
Charles Edward, Duke of Albany was the Jacobite prince better known as "Bonnie Prince Charlie," a key figure in the 1745 Jacobite uprising against British rule.
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C.
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.
Robert Stewart (grandson of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl)
Robert Stewart, grandson of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, was a Scottish noble involved in the 1437 conspiracy that led to the assassination of King James I of Scotland.
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E.
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer whose death without direct heirs led to the famous Douglas Cause inheritance dispute.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century Scottish politician
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Scottish nobleman ⓘ illegitimate royal offspring ⓘ |
| allegiance |
crown of Scotland
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surface form:
Crown of Scotland
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| centuryOfActivity | 16th century ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| father | James IV of Scotland ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| illegitimacyStatus | illegitimate son of James IV of Scotland ⓘ |
| languageOfEnvironment |
Scots
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Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| monarchFather | James IV of Scotland ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
House of Stuart
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surface form:
House of Stewart
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| nobleTitle | 1st Earl of Moray ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an illegitimate son of James IV of Scotland
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holding the earldom of Moray ⓘ role in early 16th-century Scottish politics ⓘ |
| politicalSphere | Scottish court politics ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Scottish peer ⓘ |
| realm | Scotland ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
Central Lowlands of Scotland
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surface form:
Lowland Scotland
Moray ⓘ |
| royalHouse |
House of Stuart
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surface form:
Stewart dynasty
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| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| title |
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
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surface form:
Earl of Moray
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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: James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (illegitimate) Description of subject: James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, was an illegitimate son of King James IV of Scotland who became a prominent Scottish nobleman and political figure in the early 16th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews
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sibling
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James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (illegitimate)
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this entity surface form:
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (illegitimate son of James IV)