Alexander Stewart
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Alexander Stewart was a British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, best known for leading British forces at the Battle of Eutaw Springs in 1781.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Stewart canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3565414 — 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: [Battle of Eutaw Springs, commander, Alexander Stewart]
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Alexander Stewart
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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B.
Alexander Scott
Alexander Scott is a witty and resourceful American secret agent who partners with Kelly Robinson on international espionage missions in the 1960s television series "I Spy."
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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.
Walter Bailloch Stewart
Walter Bailloch Stewart was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman of the Stewart family who held the earldom of Menteith through marriage and played a role in the turbulent politics of medieval Scotland.
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E.
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany, was a 15th-century Scottish prince and nobleman, notable for his turbulent rivalry with his brother King James III and his involvement in continental and domestic power struggles.
- 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 British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, best known for leading British forces at the Battle of Eutaw Springs in 1781.
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A.
Alexander Stewart
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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B.
Alexander Scott
Alexander Scott is a witty and resourceful American secret agent who partners with Kelly Robinson on international espionage missions in the 1960s television series "I Spy."
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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.
Walter Bailloch Stewart
Walter Bailloch Stewart was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman of the Stewart family who held the earldom of Menteith through marriage and played a role in the turbulent politics of medieval Scotland.
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E.
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany, was a 15th-century Scottish prince and nobleman, notable for his turbulent rivalry with his brother King James III and his involvement in continental and domestic power struggles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British Army officer
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military personnel of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| activity | served in North America during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| allegiance | Great Britain ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of Eutaw Springs ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| date | 1781 ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| notability | best known for leading British forces at the Battle of Eutaw Springs in 1781 ⓘ |
| notableWork | command of British forces at the Battle of Eutaw Springs ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| role | commander of British forces at the Battle of Eutaw Springs ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | British side in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
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 British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, best known for leading British forces at the Battle of Eutaw Springs in 1781.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.