Loch Duich
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Loch Duich is a sea loch on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, known for its dramatic scenery and proximity to the iconic Eilean Donan Castle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Loch Duich canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12261403 — 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: Loch Duich Context triple: [Glen Shiel, drainsInto, Loch Duich]
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A.
Loch Léin
Loch Léin is a scenic lake in County Kerry, Ireland, best known as the largest of the Lakes of Killarney and a landscape central to local history and legend.
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B.
Loch na Cairidh
Loch na Cairidh is a sea loch off the east coast of the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known for separating the island of Scalpay from Skye and for its scenic, sheltered waters.
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C.
Loch Oich
Loch Oich is a freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, situated along the Great Glen between Loch Ness and Loch Lochy and forming part of the Caledonian Canal.
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D.
Loch Voil
Loch Voil is a small, scenic freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, known for its tranquil setting, surrounding mountains, and traditional rural landscapes.
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E.
Loch Striven
Loch Striven is a narrow sea loch on the west coast of Scotland, extending north from the Firth of Clyde and known for its sheltered waters and scenic, rural surroundings.
- 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: Loch Duich Target entity description: Loch Duich is a sea loch on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, known for its dramatic scenery and proximity to the iconic Eilean Donan Castle.
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A.
Loch Léin
Loch Léin is a scenic lake in County Kerry, Ireland, best known as the largest of the Lakes of Killarney and a landscape central to local history and legend.
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B.
Loch na Cairidh
Loch na Cairidh is a sea loch off the east coast of the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known for separating the island of Scalpay from Skye and for its scenic, sheltered waters.
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C.
Loch Oich
Loch Oich is a freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, situated along the Great Glen between Loch Ness and Loch Lochy and forming part of the Caledonian Canal.
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D.
Loch Voil
Loch Voil is a small, scenic freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, known for its tranquil setting, surrounding mountains, and traditional rural landscapes.
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E.
Loch Striven
Loch Striven is a narrow sea loch on the west coast of Scotland, extending north from the Firth of Clyde and known for its sheltered waters and scenic, rural surroundings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fjord-like loch
ⓘ
sea loch ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
A87 road
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kintail ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Loch Alsh
ⓘ
Loch Long (Highland) ⓘ
linked to:
Loch Long
|
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasConservationStatus | partly within National Scenic Area ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType |
coastal
ⓘ
marine ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
narrow, elongated shape
ⓘ
steep surrounding mountains ⓘ |
| hasInflow |
River Croe
ⓘ
River Shiel (Highland) ⓘ
linked to:
River Shiel
|
| hasNearbyIsland | Eilean Donan ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Dornie
ⓘ
Letterfearn ⓘ Shiel Bridge ⓘ |
| hasRecreation |
angling
ⓘ
boating ⓘ hiking in surrounding hills ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
marine mammals
ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dramatic scenery
ⓘ
proximity to Eilean Donan Castle ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Scottish Highlands
ⓘ
West Highlands ⓘ historic county of Ross-shire ⓘ
linked to:
historic county of Ross and Cromarty
|
| locatedOnCoastOf | west coast of Scotland ⓘ |
| near |
Eilean Donan Castle
ⓘ
Five Sisters of Kintail ⓘ
linked to:
Kintail
Glen Shiel ⓘ village of Dornie ⓘ
linked to:
Dornie
|
| opensInto | Loch Alsh ⓘ |
| partOf |
Highland council area
ⓘ
Kintail National Scenic Area ⓘ sea lochs of the west coast of Scotland ⓘ |
| popularFor |
driving and scenic viewpoints
ⓘ
landscape photography ⓘ sea kayaking ⓘ tourism ⓘ wildlife watching ⓘ |
| region | Northwest Highlands ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | scenic viewpoints along its shores ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | sea loch ⓘ |
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: Loch Duich Description of subject: Loch Duich is a sea loch on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, known for its dramatic scenery and proximity to the iconic Eilean Donan Castle.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.