Lindsay family
E458927
The Lindsay family is a prominent Scottish noble lineage historically associated with the Earls of Crawford and Glenesk.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lindsay family canonical | 4 |
| Lindsay family estates | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4636784 — 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: Lindsay family Context triple: [Edzell, historicalAssociation, Lindsay family]
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A.
Greg family
The Greg family was a prominent British industrialist and merchant dynasty influential in the development of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
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B.
Nicklin family
The Nicklin family is a prominent American family known for its social standing and connections in 19th-century Philadelphia society.
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C.
Stephen family
The Stephen family was a prominent British intellectual and literary family of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, closely associated with the Bloomsbury Group and including figures such as Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.
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D.
Forrester family
The Forrester family is a central fictional dynasty in the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful," known for running the high-fashion house Forrester Creations and for their dramatic personal and professional entanglements.
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E.
Martin family
The Martin family is a central, long-running fictional family on the soap opera "All My Children," known for its multigenerational storylines and key role in the series' drama.
- 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: Lindsay family Target entity description: The Lindsay family is a prominent Scottish noble lineage historically associated with the Earls of Crawford and Glenesk.
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A.
Greg family
The Greg family was a prominent British industrialist and merchant dynasty influential in the development of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
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B.
Nicklin family
The Nicklin family is a prominent American family known for its social standing and connections in 19th-century Philadelphia society.
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C.
Stephen family
The Stephen family was a prominent British intellectual and literary family of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, closely associated with the Bloomsbury Group and including figures such as Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.
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D.
Forrester family
The Forrester family is a central fictional dynasty in the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful," known for running the high-fashion house Forrester Creations and for their dramatic personal and professional entanglements.
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E.
Martin family
The Martin family is a central, long-running fictional family on the soap opera "All My Children," known for its multigenerational storylines and key role in the series' drama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Scottish noble family ⓘ |
| associatedTitle |
Earl of Balcarres
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Earl of Lindsay NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lindsay of the Byres NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Spynie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Gules, a fess chequy argent and azure ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Lindsay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCadetBranch |
Lindsays of Balcarres
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lindsays of Edzell NERFINISHED ⓘ Lindsays of Evelick NERFINISHED ⓘ Lindsays of the Byres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClan | Clan Lindsay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Anne Lindsay, Lady Anne Barnard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres NERFINISHED ⓘ James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ John Lindsay of Balcarres NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Alexander Lindsay of Glenesk NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir David Lindsay of the Mount NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir James Lindsay of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Walter Lindsay of Edzell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleHolder |
Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lindsay, 10th Earl of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lindsay, 11th Earl of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lindsay, 12th Earl of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lindsay, 13th Earl of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lindsay, 14th Earl of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lindsay, 15th Earl of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Glenesk NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lindsay, 8th Earl of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres NERFINISHED ⓘ John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ Ludovic Lindsay, 16th Earl of Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay of the Byres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Angus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fife NERFINISHED ⓘ Perthshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageHistoricallySpoken |
Scots
ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motto | Endure fort ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Earl of Crawford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Earl of Glenesk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
participation in the Wars of Scottish Independence
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prominent role in late medieval Scottish politics ⓘ service to the Scottish Crown as nobles and soldiers ⓘ |
| originPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| religionHistorically |
Presbyterianism
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
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: Lindsay family Description of subject: The Lindsay family is a prominent Scottish noble lineage historically associated with the Earls of Crawford and Glenesk.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lindsay family estates