Maclean of Coll
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Maclean of Coll is a prominent cadet branch of the historic Scottish Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Laird of Coll | 1 |
| Maclean of Coll canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3438545 — 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: Maclean of Coll Context triple: [Clan Maclean, notableBranch, Maclean of Coll]
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A.
Maclean of Duart
Maclean of Duart is the principal branch of the Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, historically associated with Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.
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B.
Maclean of Lochbuie
Maclean of Lochbuie is a historic Scottish Highland clan branch traditionally associated with the island of Mull and known for its own chiefs and territorial holdings distinct from the main Clan Maclean line.
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C.
Macdonald of Sleat
Macdonald of Sleat is a prominent Scottish Highland clan and landowning family historically associated with the Isle of Skye and known for its significant role in the region’s social and economic history.
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D.
Alasdair MacColla
Alasdair MacColla was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Gaelic mercenary leader and Royalist commander known for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in Ireland and Scotland.
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E.
Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean of Duart and Morvern
Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean of Duart and Morvern is the 28th hereditary chief of Clan Maclean, a prominent Scottish Highland clan with historic ties to the Isle of Mull.
- 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: Maclean of Coll Target entity description: Maclean of Coll is a prominent cadet branch of the historic Scottish Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides.
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A.
Maclean of Duart
Maclean of Duart is the principal branch of the Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, historically associated with Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.
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B.
Maclean of Lochbuie
Maclean of Lochbuie is a historic Scottish Highland clan branch traditionally associated with the island of Mull and known for its own chiefs and territorial holdings distinct from the main Clan Maclean line.
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C.
Macdonald of Sleat
Macdonald of Sleat is a prominent Scottish Highland clan and landowning family historically associated with the Isle of Skye and known for its significant role in the region’s social and economic history.
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D.
Alasdair MacColla
Alasdair MacColla was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Gaelic mercenary leader and Royalist commander known for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in Ireland and Scotland.
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E.
Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean of Duart and Morvern
Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean of Duart and Morvern is the 28th hereditary chief of Clan Maclean, a prominent Scottish Highland clan with historic ties to the Isle of Mull.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Highland clan family
ⓘ
Scottish clan branch ⓘ cadet branch ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Clan Maclean Association (modern clan society)
ⓘ
Clan territories in the Inner Hebrides ⓘ Hebridean clans ⓘ |
| clanBadgePlant | crowberry (shared Maclean badge plant) ⓘ |
| clanSystem | Scottish clan system ⓘ |
| clanSystemRole | cadet line providing support to the main Maclean chiefly house ⓘ |
| clanWarCry | “Bàs no Beatha” (shared Maclean war cry) ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsBelongsTo | chief of Maclean of Coll ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| culture | Gaelic Highland culture ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Gaels
ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish Gaels
|
| feudalStatus | hereditary lairds of Coll ⓘ |
| hasChief |
Maclean of Coll
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Laird of Coll
|
| hasClanChiefStyle | “Maclean of Coll” ⓘ |
| hasSurname |
MacLean
ⓘ
surface form:
Maclean
|
| hasSurnameVariant |
MacLaine
ⓘ
McLean ⓘ |
| hasTartan | Maclean of Coll tartan ⓘ |
| historicalRole | landowning family on the Isle of Coll ⓘ |
| historicalTerritoryType | Hebridean island estate ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Inner Hebrides
ⓘ
Isle of Coll ⓘ |
| notableFor |
status as a prominent cadet branch of Clan Maclean
ⓘ
traditional leadership on Coll ⓘ |
| parentClan | Clan Maclean of Duart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Clan Maclean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Argyll and Bute ⓘ |
| religionHistorically | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| religionLater | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| traditionalSeat | Isle of Coll ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Maclean of Coll Description of subject: Maclean of Coll is a prominent cadet branch of the historic Scottish Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Laird of Coll