Allan Cunningham (poet)
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Allan Cunningham was a 19th-century Scottish poet and author known for his ballads, songs, and contributions to Scottish literary and folk traditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Allan Cunningham (poet) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6231096 — 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: Allan Cunningham (poet) Context triple: [Cunningham, hasNotableBearer, Allan Cunningham (poet)]
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Edward John Trelawny
Edward John Trelawny was a 19th-century English adventurer and writer best known for his close association with Romantic poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron and his participation in the Greek War of Independence.
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B.
A. D. Lindsay
A. D. Lindsay was a prominent British philosopher and academic who served as Master of Balliol College, Oxford, and was known for his work on political philosophy and Plato.
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C.
William Irving
William Irving was the brother of famed American author Washington Irving and a member of the prominent Irving family of early 19th-century New York.
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D.
Sidney Rivers
Sidney Rivers is a relatively obscure individual whose name is noted primarily as a recorded bearer of the surname Rivers.
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E.
W. H. Lynn
W. H. Lynn was a prominent 19th-century Irish architect known for his ecclesiastical and civic buildings, particularly in Belfast.
- 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: Allan Cunningham (poet) Target entity description: Allan Cunningham was a 19th-century Scottish poet and author known for his ballads, songs, and contributions to Scottish literary and folk traditions.
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A.
Edward John Trelawny
Edward John Trelawny was a 19th-century English adventurer and writer best known for his close association with Romantic poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron and his participation in the Greek War of Independence.
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B.
A. D. Lindsay
A. D. Lindsay was a prominent British philosopher and academic who served as Master of Balliol College, Oxford, and was known for his work on political philosophy and Plato.
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C.
William Irving
William Irving was the brother of famed American author Washington Irving and a member of the prominent Irving family of early 19th-century New York.
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D.
Sidney Rivers
Sidney Rivers is a relatively obscure individual whose name is noted primarily as a recorded bearer of the surname Rivers.
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E.
W. H. Lynn
W. H. Lynn was a prominent 19th-century Irish architect known for his ecclesiastical and civic buildings, particularly in Belfast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballad collector
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human ⓘ poet ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1784-01-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1842-10-30 ⓘ |
| employer | Sir Francis Chantrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Scottish literature
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balladry ⓘ folklore ⓘ |
| genre |
ballad
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folk tale ⓘ poetry ⓘ short story ⓘ song ⓘ |
| givenName | Allan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Allan Cunningham Jr.
NERFINISHED
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Archibald Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Allan Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Scottish ballads
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contributions to Scottish folk traditions ⓘ contributions to Scottish literary traditions ⓘ songs ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Sir Marmaduke Maxwell
NERFINISHED
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The Maid of Elvar NERFINISHED ⓘ The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern NERFINISHED ⓘ Traditional Tales of the English and Scottish Peasantry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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clerk ⓘ editor ⓘ journalist ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Keir, Dumfriesshire, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | London, England ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
James Cunningham
NERFINISHED
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Thomas Mounsey Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Jean Walker 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: Allan Cunningham (poet) Description of subject: Allan Cunningham was a 19th-century Scottish poet and author known for his ballads, songs, and contributions to Scottish literary and folk traditions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.