William Soutar
E651845
William Soutar was a Scottish poet known for his significant contribution to the Scottish Renaissance through his lyrical verse and Scots-language poetry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Soutar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7247352 — 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: William Soutar Context triple: [Scottish Renaissance, notableFigure, William Soutar]
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A.
Alasdair MacLeod
Alasdair MacLeod is a Scottish businessman known for his marriage to media executive Prudence Murdoch, daughter of Rupert Murdoch.
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B.
Richard Lochhead
Richard Lochhead is a Scottish National Party politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament and held several ministerial roles in the Scottish Government.
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C.
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray was a Scottish writer and artist best known for his experimental novel "Lanark" and his distinctive, politically charged visual art.
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D.
Alan MacDiarmid
Alan MacDiarmid was a New Zealand-born chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on conductive polymers.
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E.
Ken MacLeod
Ken MacLeod is a Scottish science fiction author known for his politically charged, idea-driven novels that explore socialism, libertarianism, and future societies.
- 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: William Soutar Target entity description: William Soutar was a Scottish poet known for his significant contribution to the Scottish Renaissance through his lyrical verse and Scots-language poetry.
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A.
Alasdair MacLeod
Alasdair MacLeod is a Scottish businessman known for his marriage to media executive Prudence Murdoch, daughter of Rupert Murdoch.
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B.
Richard Lochhead
Richard Lochhead is a Scottish National Party politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament and held several ministerial roles in the Scottish Government.
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C.
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray was a Scottish writer and artist best known for his experimental novel "Lanark" and his distinctive, politically charged visual art.
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D.
Alan MacDiarmid
Alan MacDiarmid was a New Zealand-born chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on conductive polymers.
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E.
Ken MacLeod
Ken MacLeod is a Scottish science fiction author known for his politically charged, idea-driven novels that explore socialism, libertarianism, and future societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish poet
ⓘ
human ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| birthName | William Soutar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | tuberculosis of the spine ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Soutar House, Perth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1898-04-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1943-10-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Perth Academy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| genre |
Scots-language poetry
ⓘ
lyrical poetry ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Scottish identity
ⓘ
childhood ⓘ language and nationhood ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
| hasWritingStyle |
introspective
ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ |
| influenced | later Scottish poets ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Hugh MacDiarmid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfExpression |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| movement | Scottish Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | William Soutar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Scots-language verse
ⓘ
contribution to the Scottish Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Diaries of a Dying Man
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poems in Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ Seeds in the Wind NERFINISHED ⓘ The Children’s Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | poet ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Perth, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Perth, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| residence | Perth, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | The Diary of William Soutar, 1930–1943 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteInForm |
children’s verse
ⓘ
short lyrics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: William Soutar Description of subject: William Soutar was a Scottish poet known for his significant contribution to the Scottish Renaissance through his lyrical verse and Scots-language poetry.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.