Clan MacDonald of Glencoe
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Clan MacDonald of Glencoe is a Highland Scottish clan best known for its tragic role in the 1692 Glencoe Massacre, where many of its members were killed under government orders.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clan MacDonald of Glencoe canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5085489 — 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 Glencoe Context triple: [Clan MacDonald, notableBranch, Clan MacDonald of Glencoe]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh
Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh is a historic Highland Scottish clan branch associated with the Lochalsh region and descended from the powerful MacDonald kindred.
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E.
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.
- 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 Glencoe Target entity description: Clan MacDonald of Glencoe is a Highland Scottish clan best known for its tragic role in the 1692 Glencoe Massacre, where many of its members were killed under government orders.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh
Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh is a historic Highland Scottish clan branch associated with the Lochalsh region and descended from the powerful MacDonald kindred.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Scottish clan ⓘ |
| associatedLandscape | Glen Coe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Clan Campbell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jacobite risings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOf | Clan Donald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chiefTitle | MacIain of Glencoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clanChief | MacIain of Glencoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clanSystem | Scottish clan system ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| culture | Highland Scottish culture ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gaels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudWith | Clan Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingStructure | clan chief and kin-based following ⓘ |
| governmentAllegianceBefore1692 | accepted William III’s authority late ⓘ |
| historicalEconomy |
cattle reiving
ⓘ
pastoral farming ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Early modern Scotland
ⓘ
Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicSeat |
Achnacone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glencoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageHistorical | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| massacreCasualtiesEstimate | approximately 30 to 40 killed ⓘ |
| massacreDate | 13 February 1692 ⓘ |
| massacreLocation | Glencoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| massacreOrderedBy |
Scottish government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Secretary of State John Dalrymple, Master of Stair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| massacrePerpetrators |
Campbell regiment
ⓘ
Scottish government troops NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| massacreVictimLeader | Alastair MacIain MacDonald of Glencoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| massacreVictims | members of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe ⓘ |
| modernStatus | recognized armigerous branch of Clan Donald ⓘ |
| motto | “Fraoch Eilean” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
MacDonalds of Glencoe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MacIains of Glencoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Massacre of Glencoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFigure | Alastair MacIain MacDonald of Glencoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentClan | Clan Donald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment1690s | Jacobite ⓘ |
| region | Scottish Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionHistorical | Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rememberedFor | tragic role in the 1692 Glencoe Massacre ⓘ |
| sufferedEvent | Massacre of Glencoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolicStatus | symbol of Highland betrayal ⓘ |
| tartan | MacDonald of Glencoe tartan ⓘ |
| territory |
Glencoe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lochaber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Clan MacDonald of Glencoe Description of subject: Clan MacDonald of Glencoe is a Highland Scottish clan best known for its tragic role in the 1692 Glencoe Massacre, where many of its members were killed under government orders.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Clan MacDonald