James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
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James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn was a British soldier and Tory politician who served as Lord Privy Seal and played a prominent role in early 19th-century British government.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn | 1 |
| James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11376564 — 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 St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn Context triple: [St. Clair, hasNotableBearer, James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn]
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A.
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 17th century, best known as the son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and a member of the extended Stuart royal family.
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B.
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and military commander who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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C.
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who played a significant role in the turbulent Jacobite and Union-era politics of Scotland.
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D.
George Lennox
George Lennox is a passionate Scottish bus driver and political activist who becomes deeply involved in the Nicaraguan conflict in the film "Carla's Song."
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E.
John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes
John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who played a leading role in the political and religious conflicts of his time, including the Covenanter movement.
- 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 St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn Target entity description: James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn was a British soldier and Tory politician who served as Lord Privy Seal and played a prominent role in early 19th-century British government.
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A.
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 17th century, best known as the son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and a member of the extended Stuart royal family.
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B.
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and military commander who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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C.
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who played a significant role in the turbulent Jacobite and Union-era politics of Scotland.
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D.
George Lennox
George Lennox is a passionate Scottish bus driver and political activist who becomes deeply involved in the Nicaraguan conflict in the film "Carla's Song."
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E.
John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes
John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who played a leading role in the political and religious conflicts of his time, including the Covenanter movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
ⓘ
Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ Tory politician ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| familyName | St Clair-Erskine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfActivity |
military affairs
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politics ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | St Clair-Erskine family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | 2nd Earl of Rosslyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role as Lord Privy Seal
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service in early 19th-century British government ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Tory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Lord Privy Seal
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Member of Parliament ⓘ Scottish representative peer ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
British government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom politics ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| titleHeld | Earl of Rosslyn 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 St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn Description of subject: James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn was a British soldier and Tory politician who served as Lord Privy Seal and played a prominent role in early 19th-century British government.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
James Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn