James Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry
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James Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, was an influential Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his prominent roles in the government of Scotland and later Great Britain.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 4th Duke of Queensberry | 1 |
| James Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5358572 — 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: James Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry Context triple: [Douglas family, notableMember, James Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry]
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A.
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who played a key role in the political negotiations leading to the 1707 Acts of Union between Scotland and England.
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B.
Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry
Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and influential landowner known for his political roles and patronage within British high society.
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C.
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Queensberry
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Queensberry was a Scottish nobleman and politician from the influential Douglas family who held the peerage title of Earl of Queensberry.
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D.
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a significant role in the governance of Scotland during the reigns of Charles II and James VII.
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E.
William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry
William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and influential landowner known for his immense wealth, political roles, and colorful social life within British high society.
- 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: James Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry Target entity description: James Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, was an influential Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his prominent roles in the government of Scotland and later Great Britain.
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A.
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who played a key role in the political negotiations leading to the 1707 Acts of Union between Scotland and England.
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B.
Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry
Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and influential landowner known for his political roles and patronage within British high society.
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C.
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Queensberry
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Queensberry was a Scottish nobleman and politician from the influential Douglas family who held the peerage title of Earl of Queensberry.
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D.
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a significant role in the governance of Scotland during the reigns of Charles II and James VII.
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E.
William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry
William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and influential landowner known for his immense wealth, political roles, and colorful social life within British high society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish nobleman
ⓘ
human ⓘ peer of Great Britain ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1662-06-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kingdom of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queensberry, Dumfriesshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queensberry Aisle, Durisdeer Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1711-07-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| familyName | Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| houseOrDynasty | House of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influence in late 17th- and early 18th-century Scottish politics
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role in securing the Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalFaction | Court Party (Scotland) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchServed |
Queen Anne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Isabella Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Duke of Dover
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke of Queensberry NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Drumlanrig NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquess of Queensberry NERFINISHED ⓘ Viscount Drumlanrig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | support for the Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryBody |
Parliament of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Parliament of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Extraordinary Lord of Session
NERFINISHED
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Gentleman of the Bedchamber ⓘ Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord High Treasurer of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Justice General of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ Lord of the Treasury (Scotland) NERFINISHED ⓘ Privy Counsellor of Great Britain ⓘ Privy Counsellor of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary of State of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| spouse |
Lady Mary Boyle
NERFINISHED
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Mary Boyle 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: James Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry Description of subject: James Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, was an influential Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his prominent roles in the government of Scotland and later Great Britain.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
4th Duke of Queensberry