Alexander Stewart
E187232
Alexander Stewart was a medieval Scottish prince, the son of King James I of Scotland, who held the title Duke of Rothesay before his early death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Stewart canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1233126 — 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 Context triple: [James I of Scotland, child, Alexander Stewart]
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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.
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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C.
William Seton
William Seton was an early American financier and broker known for being among the founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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D.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
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E.
John Stewart, Earl of Carrick
John Stewart, Earl of Carrick, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Robert II of Scotland who later reigned as King Robert III.
- 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 Target entity description: Alexander Stewart was a medieval Scottish prince, the son of King James I of Scotland, who held the title Duke of Rothesay before his early death.
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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.
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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C.
William Seton
William Seton was an early American financier and broker known for being among the founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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D.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
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E.
John Stewart, Earl of Carrick
John Stewart, Earl of Carrick, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Robert II of Scotland who later reigned as King Robert III.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish prince
ⓘ
heir apparent ⓘ medieval Scottish noble ⓘ |
| associatedTitle | Prince and Great Steward of Scotland ⓘ |
| birthOrder | eldest son of James I of Scotland ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathCause | early death in childhood ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Scottish ⓘ |
| father | James I of Scotland ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexander ⓘ |
| heirStatus | died before accession ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| monarchFather | James I of Scotland ⓘ |
| monarchMother |
Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots
ⓘ
surface form:
Joan Beaufort
|
| mother |
Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots
ⓘ
surface form:
Joan Beaufort
|
| nobleFamily |
House of Stuart
ⓘ
surface form:
Stewart dynasty
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| nobleRank | prince ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Scottish duke ⓘ |
| position | heir apparent to the Scottish throne ⓘ |
| relative | James II of Scotland ⓘ |
| royalHouse |
House of Stuart
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Stewart
|
| sibling | James II of Scotland ⓘ |
| style | His Royal Highness ⓘ |
| title | Duke of Rothesay ⓘ |
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: Alexander Stewart Description of subject: Alexander Stewart was a medieval Scottish prince, the son of King James I of Scotland, who held the title Duke of Rothesay before his early death.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.