Mairead inghean Eachainn
E676799
Mairead inghean Eachainn was a medieval Scottish noblewoman known primarily as the wife of Alexander Stewart, the notorious "Wolf of Badenoch" and Earl of Buchan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mairead inghean Eachainn canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7606729 — 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: Mairead inghean Eachainn Context triple: [Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, spouse, Mairead inghean Eachainn]
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A.
Bríde de Róiste
Bríde de Róiste is an Irish academic and educational leader who serves as the Chancellor of Dublin City University.
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B.
Orla Fitzgerald
Orla Fitzgerald is an Irish actress best known for her role in the historical drama film "The Wind That Shakes the Barley."
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C.
Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin
Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin is the Irish singer, songwriter, and musician globally known as Enya, famed for her ethereal, multi-layered New Age music.
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D.
Cathleen Lynott
Cathleen Lynott is the mother of Phil Lynott, the Irish musician best known as the frontman and bassist of the rock band Thin Lizzy.
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E.
Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly is an Irish film producer known for her work on acclaimed independent films, including the psychological drama "Lady Macbeth."
- 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: Mairead inghean Eachainn Target entity description: Mairead inghean Eachainn was a medieval Scottish noblewoman known primarily as the wife of Alexander Stewart, the notorious "Wolf of Badenoch" and Earl of Buchan.
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A.
Bríde de Róiste
Bríde de Róiste is an Irish academic and educational leader who serves as the Chancellor of Dublin City University.
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B.
Orla Fitzgerald
Orla Fitzgerald is an Irish actress best known for her role in the historical drama film "The Wind That Shakes the Barley."
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C.
Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin
Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin is the Irish singer, songwriter, and musician globally known as Enya, famed for her ethereal, multi-layered New Age music.
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D.
Cathleen Lynott
Cathleen Lynott is the mother of Phil Lynott, the Irish musician best known as the frontman and bassist of the rock band Thin Lizzy.
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E.
Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly is an Irish film producer known for her work on acclaimed independent films, including the psychological drama "Lady Macbeth."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | medieval Scottish noblewoman ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gaels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit | 14th century ⓘ |
| knownFor | marriage to Alexander Stewart, the Wolf of Badenoch ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameElement | inghean (Gaelic patronymic meaning ‘daughter of’) ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | noblewoman ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Badenoch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Scotland ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Scottish noblewoman ⓘ |
| residence | Scottish Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
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: Mairead inghean Eachainn Description of subject: Mairead inghean Eachainn was a medieval Scottish noblewoman known primarily as the wife of Alexander Stewart, the notorious "Wolf of Badenoch" and Earl of Buchan.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.