James Stewart, 4th Earl of Moray
E950118
James Stewart, 4th Earl of Moray, was a Scottish nobleman of the influential Moray family who held the earldom during the turbulent political and religious conflicts of early 17th-century Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Stewart, 4th Earl of Moray canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11630067 — 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 Stewart, 4th Earl of Moray Context triple: [Moray family, notableMember, James Stewart, 4th Earl of Moray]
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A.
James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray
James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray was a Scottish nobleman of the early 17th century who inherited the Moray earldom and played a role in the political affairs of post-Reformation Scotland.
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B.
David Stewart, Earl of Moray
David Stewart, Earl of Moray, was a late 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II of Scotland, notable for his role within the powerful Stewart dynasty.
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C.
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the powerful Black Douglas family who played a leading role in the dynastic conflicts against King James II of Scotland.
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D.
Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray
Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and military leader who played a key role in Robert the Bruce’s campaigns during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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E.
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King David II.
- 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 Stewart, 4th Earl of Moray Target entity description: James Stewart, 4th Earl of Moray, was a Scottish nobleman of the influential Moray family who held the earldom during the turbulent political and religious conflicts of early 17th-century Scotland.
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A.
James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray
James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray was a Scottish nobleman of the early 17th century who inherited the Moray earldom and played a role in the political affairs of post-Reformation Scotland.
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B.
David Stewart, Earl of Moray
David Stewart, Earl of Moray, was a late 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II of Scotland, notable for his role within the powerful Stewart dynasty.
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C.
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the powerful Black Douglas family who played a leading role in the dynastic conflicts against King James II of Scotland.
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D.
Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray
Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and military leader who played a key role in Robert the Bruce’s campaigns during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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E.
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King David II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish nobleman
ⓘ
earl ⓘ human ⓘ peer of Scotland ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
| aristocraticHouse | Stewart of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aristocraticRank | earl ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitleInJurisdiction | Peerage of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Stewart dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Crown of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scottish Reformation politics ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | post-Reformation religious settlement in Scotland ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution | Church of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMonarch |
Charles I of England and Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James VI of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scots ⓘ |
| familyName | Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldEarldom | Earldom of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Moray Firth region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
political conflicts in Scotland
ⓘ
religious conflicts in Scotland ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| memberOf | Moray family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleStatus | hereditary peer ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl ⓘ |
| notableFor | holding the Earldom of Moray during early 17th-century Scottish turmoil ⓘ |
| partOf |
Scottish nobility
ⓘ
early modern Scottish history ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Scottish Protestant interests ⓘ |
| politicalSphere | Scottish Parliament (pre-1707) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Highlands of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
north-east Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| residence |
Moray, Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| socialClass | aristocracy ⓘ |
| title | 4th Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfNoble | Scottish earl ⓘ |
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 Stewart, 4th Earl of Moray Description of subject: James Stewart, 4th Earl of Moray, was a Scottish nobleman of the influential Moray family who held the earldom during the turbulent political and religious conflicts of early 17th-century Scotland.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Moray family