Sir Roger Kirkpatrick of Closeburn
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Sir Roger Kirkpatrick of Closeburn was a prominent medieval Scottish knight and laird, historically noted for his role in the Wars of Scottish Independence and his association with Robert the Bruce.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kirkpatrick of Closeburn | 1 |
| Sir Roger Kirkpatrick of Closeburn canonical | 1 |
| Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick of Closeburn | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1255360 — 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.
Target entity: Sir Roger Kirkpatrick of Closeburn Context triple: [Clan Kirkpatrick, notableMember, Sir Roger Kirkpatrick of Closeburn]
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William Elphinstone
William Elphinstone was a Scottish bishop, statesman, and humanist scholar of the late 15th century who played a key role in the development of higher education in Scotland.
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William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
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William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose influence and conflicts with the crown played a major role in late medieval Scottish politics.
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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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John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl, is a South African-born Scottish peer known for inheriting the historic Atholl dukedom and its ceremonial command of the Atholl Highlanders, the only legal private army in Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sir Roger Kirkpatrick of Closeburn Target entity description: Sir Roger Kirkpatrick of Closeburn was a prominent medieval Scottish knight and laird, historically noted for his role in the Wars of Scottish Independence and his association with Robert the Bruce.
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A.
William Elphinstone
William Elphinstone was a Scottish bishop, statesman, and humanist scholar of the late 15th century who played a key role in the development of higher education in Scotland.
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B.
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
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C.
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose influence and conflicts with the crown played a major role in late medieval Scottish politics.
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D.
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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E.
John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl, is a South African-born Scottish peer known for inheriting the historic Atholl dukedom and its ceremonial command of the Atholl Highlanders, the only legal private army in Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish laird
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historical figure ⓘ medieval Scottish knight ⓘ |
| allegiance | Robert the Bruce ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Robert the Bruce
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Scottish independence ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish independence movement
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| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| era | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scots ⓘ |
| landTenure | barony of Closeburn ⓘ |
| language | Scots ⓘ |
| militaryConflict |
First War of Scottish Independence
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surface form:
Wars of Scottish Independence
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| nobleFamily | Kirkpatrick family ⓘ |
| nobleRank | knight ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in the Wars of Scottish Independence ⓘ |
| notableWork | Participation in the Wars of Scottish Independence ⓘ |
| occupation |
knight
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landowner ⓘ |
| region |
southwest Scotland
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surface form:
Southwest Scotland
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| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Closeburn
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Dumfriesshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | Scottish nobility ⓘ |
| title |
Laird of Closeburn
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Sir ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Sir Roger Kirkpatrick of Closeburn Description of subject: Sir Roger Kirkpatrick of Closeburn was a prominent medieval Scottish knight and laird, historically noted for his role in the Wars of Scottish Independence and his association with Robert the Bruce.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.