MacAskill
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MacAskill is a Scottish surname historically associated with the Isle of Skye and the Hebrides, borne by several notable figures in politics, journalism, and philosophy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MacAskill canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4817473 — 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: MacAskill Context triple: [Ewen MacAskill, familyName, MacAskill]
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A.
Bob MacKinnon
Bob MacKinnon was an American basketball coach known for his work in the ABA and NBA, including leading the Spirits of St. Louis.
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B.
MacKay
MacKay is a Scottish surname historically associated with the Clan Mackay of the Scottish Highlands and borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, and sciences.
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C.
Steve Mackay
Steve Mackay was an American saxophonist best known for his powerful, free-form playing on The Stooges’ influential proto-punk recordings and live performances.
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D.
Tom MacRae
Tom MacRae is a British television writer and playwright best known for his work on Doctor Who and the stage musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
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E.
Al MacNeil
Al MacNeil is a Canadian former NHL defenseman and coach best known for leading the Montreal Canadiens to the 1971 Stanley Cup championship.
- 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: MacAskill Target entity description: MacAskill is a Scottish surname historically associated with the Isle of Skye and the Hebrides, borne by several notable figures in politics, journalism, and philosophy.
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A.
Bob MacKinnon
Bob MacKinnon was an American basketball coach known for his work in the ABA and NBA, including leading the Spirits of St. Louis.
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B.
MacKay
MacKay is a Scottish surname historically associated with the Clan Mackay of the Scottish Highlands and borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, and sciences.
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C.
Steve Mackay
Steve Mackay was an American saxophonist best known for his powerful, free-form playing on The Stooges’ influential proto-punk recordings and live performances.
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D.
Tom MacRae
Tom MacRae is a British television writer and playwright best known for his work on Doctor Who and the stage musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
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E.
Al MacNeil
Al MacNeil is a Canadian former NHL defenseman and coach best known for leading the Montreal Canadiens to the 1971 Stanley Cup championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish surname
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author ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ journalist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ politician ⓘ street trials cyclist ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Clan MacLeod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounderOf |
Centre for Effective Altruism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Giving What We Can NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1958-04-28 ⓘ |
| employer |
The Guardian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociation | Gaels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
effective altruism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Danny MacAskill
NERFINISHED
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Ewen MacAskill NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenny MacAskill NERFINISHED ⓘ William MacAskill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Macaskill
NERFINISHED
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McAskill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Isle of Skye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Alba Party
NERFINISHED
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Scottish National Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | effective altruism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
coverage of Edward Snowden NSA leaks
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decision to release Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ⓘ online trials cycling videos ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Doing Good Better
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
What We Owe the Future NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dunvegan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Cabinet Secretary for Justice of Scotland
NERFINISHED
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Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ Member of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ associate professor of philosophy ⓘ defence and intelligence correspondent ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin |
Hebrides
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isle of Skye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: MacAskill Description of subject: MacAskill is a Scottish surname historically associated with the Isle of Skye and the Hebrides, borne by several notable figures in politics, journalism, and philosophy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.