John Stewart, Earl of Mar
E194065
John Stewart, Earl of Mar, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and royal prince, notable as a younger son of King James II of Scotland and a member of the influential Stewart dynasty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Stewart, Earl of Mar canonical | 13 |
| John, Earl of Mar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1246212 — 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 Stewart, Earl of Mar Context triple: [James II of Scotland, child, John Stewart, Earl of Mar]
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Stewart, Earl of Mar Target entity description: John Stewart, Earl of Mar, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and royal prince, notable as a younger son of King James II of Scotland and a member of the influential Stewart dynasty.
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
15th-century Scottish person
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Scottish nobleman ⓘ member of the Stewart dynasty ⓘ royal prince ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| dynasty |
House of Stuart
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surface form:
House of Stewart
|
| ethnicGroup | Scots ⓘ |
| familyName | Stewart ⓘ |
| father | James II of Scotland ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Scots
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Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| mother | Mary of Guelders ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Stewart family ⓘ |
| nobleRank | earl ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl of Mar ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a younger son of King James II of Scotland
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membership in the influential Stewart dynasty ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Scottish peer ⓘ |
| relative |
James I of Scotland
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James IV of Scotland ⓘ |
| royalHouse |
House of Stuart
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surface form:
House of Stewart
|
| sibling |
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany
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Annabella of Scotland ⓘ Cecilia of Scotland ⓘ David Stewart, Earl of Moray ⓘ James III of Scotland ⓘ Margaret Stewart, Princess of Scotland ⓘ Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran ⓘ |
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: John Stewart, Earl of Mar Description of subject: John Stewart, Earl of Mar, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and royal prince, notable as a younger son of King James II of Scotland and a member of the influential Stewart dynasty.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mary of Guelders
this entity surface form:
John, Earl of Mar