Clan MacDonald of Glengarry
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Clan MacDonald of Glengarry is a historic Highland Scottish clan branch known for its strong warrior tradition, strategic role in clan conflicts, and ancestral lands around Glengarry in the western Highlands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clan MacDonald of Glengarry canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5085484 — 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: Clan MacDonald of Glengarry Context triple: [Clan MacDonald, notableBranch, Clan MacDonald of Glengarry]
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A.
Clan MacDonald of Keppoch
Clan MacDonald of Keppoch is a historic Highland Scottish clan, a branch of the larger MacDonald kindred, traditionally associated with Lochaber and known for its role in clan conflicts and Jacobite uprisings.
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B.
Clan MacDonald of Sleat
Clan MacDonald of Sleat is a prominent branch of the historic Scottish Clan Donald, traditionally associated with the Sleat peninsula on the Isle of Skye and influential in the Hebrides.
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C.
Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg
Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg was a powerful branch of the MacDonald kindred that held extensive lands in Islay and Kintyre and played a major role in the medieval and early modern history of the western Scottish Highlands and Isles.
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D.
Clan MacLaren
Clan MacLaren is a historic Highland Scottish clan traditionally associated with the area around Balquhidder and known for its distinctive tartan and participation in key events of Scottish history.
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E.
Clan Maclean
Clan Maclean is a historic Scottish Highland clan of ancient origin, noted for its warrior tradition, strong maritime connections, and long-standing influence in the Hebrides.
- 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: Clan MacDonald of Glengarry Target entity description: Clan MacDonald of Glengarry is a historic Highland Scottish clan branch known for its strong warrior tradition, strategic role in clan conflicts, and ancestral lands around Glengarry in the western Highlands.
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A.
Clan MacDonald of Keppoch
Clan MacDonald of Keppoch is a historic Highland Scottish clan, a branch of the larger MacDonald kindred, traditionally associated with Lochaber and known for its role in clan conflicts and Jacobite uprisings.
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B.
Clan MacDonald of Sleat
Clan MacDonald of Sleat is a prominent branch of the historic Scottish Clan Donald, traditionally associated with the Sleat peninsula on the Isle of Skye and influential in the Hebrides.
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C.
Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg
Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg was a powerful branch of the MacDonald kindred that held extensive lands in Islay and Kintyre and played a major role in the medieval and early modern history of the western Scottish Highlands and Isles.
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D.
Clan MacLaren
Clan MacLaren is a historic Highland Scottish clan traditionally associated with the area around Balquhidder and known for its distinctive tartan and participation in key events of Scottish history.
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E.
Clan Maclean
Clan Maclean is a historic Scottish Highland clan of ancient origin, noted for its warrior tradition, strong maritime connections, and long-standing influence in the Hebrides.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Scottish clan ⓘ |
| branchOf | Clan Donald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Clan Donald
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scottish clans ⓘ |
| clanAnimal | Raven ⓘ |
| clanBadge | Heath ⓘ |
| clanChiefTitle | MacDonell of Glengarry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clanCrest | A raven perched on a rock ⓘ |
| clanPlantBadge | Heath ⓘ |
| clanSlogan | Cragan an Fhithich ⓘ |
| clanSloganLanguage | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| clanSloganMeaning | The rock of the raven ⓘ |
| clanTartan | MacDonell of Glengarry tartan ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gaels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foughtAt |
Battle of Culloden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Killiecrankie NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Sheriffmuir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHereditaryChief | MacDonell of Glengarry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritage | Highland Scottish ⓘ |
| historicalAlly | other branches of Clan Donald ⓘ |
| historicalReligion |
Presbyterianism
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| historicalRival |
Clan Cameron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clan Fraser of Lovat NERFINISHED ⓘ Clan Mackenzie NERFINISHED ⓘ Clan Mackintosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicSeat | Invergarry Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Scottish English
ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Great Glen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Loch Oich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in Highland clan conflicts
ⓘ
support for Jacobite risings ⓘ warrior tradition ⓘ |
| parentClan | Clan Donald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Jacobite rising of 1715
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jacobite rising of 1745 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Clan Donald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Scottish Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | Jacobite cause ⓘ |
| surnameVariant |
MacDonell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MacDonnell NERFINISHED ⓘ McDonell NERFINISHED ⓘ McDonnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalSeat | Invergarry Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Glengarry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lochaber 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: Clan MacDonald of Glengarry Description of subject: Clan MacDonald of Glengarry is a historic Highland Scottish clan branch known for its strong warrior tradition, strategic role in clan conflicts, and ancestral lands around Glengarry in the western Highlands.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Clan MacDonald