Great Michael
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Great Michael was a massive early 16th-century Scottish warship, famed as one of the largest and most heavily armed vessels of its time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Michael canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T884646 — 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: Great Michael Context triple: [Royal Scots Navy, notableShip, Great Michael]
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A.
Campanile
Campanile is the popular name for Sather Tower, the iconic bell and clock tower on the University of California, Berkeley campus.
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B.
Main Tower
Main Tower is a prominent modern skyscraper in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, known for its public observation deck offering panoramic views of the city.
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C.
Prince Rupert's Tower
Prince Rupert's Tower is a historic 18th-century lock-up in Everton, Liverpool, that has become an iconic symbol associated with Everton Football Club.
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D.
Spinnaker Tower
Spinnaker Tower is a prominent sail-shaped observation tower and landmark on the waterfront of Portsmouth, England.
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E.
Moor's head
Moor's head is a heraldic emblem depicting a black African head, famously used on the flag and coat of arms of Corsica.
- 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: Great Michael Target entity description: Great Michael was a massive early 16th-century Scottish warship, famed as one of the largest and most heavily armed vessels of its time.
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A.
Campanile
Campanile is the popular name for Sather Tower, the iconic bell and clock tower on the University of California, Berkeley campus.
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B.
Main Tower
Main Tower is a prominent modern skyscraper in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, known for its public observation deck offering panoramic views of the city.
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C.
Prince Rupert's Tower
Prince Rupert's Tower is a historic 18th-century lock-up in Everton, Liverpool, that has become an iconic symbol associated with Everton Football Club.
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D.
Spinnaker Tower
Spinnaker Tower is a prominent sail-shaped observation tower and landmark on the waterfront of Portsmouth, England.
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E.
Moor's head
Moor's head is a heraldic emblem depicting a black African head, famously used on the flag and coat of arms of Corsica.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish naval vessel
ⓘ
ship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armament |
broadside guns
ⓘ
heavy artillery ⓘ |
| builtAt | Newhaven, near Edinburgh ⓘ |
| builtFor | James IV of Scotland ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | James IV of Scotland ⓘ |
| constructionCost | very high relative to Scottish royal revenues ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | oak timber ⓘ |
| constructionStarted | 1507 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| crewSize | several hundred men ⓘ |
| era | early 16th century ⓘ |
| fate | broken up after sale to France ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
example of early 16th-century shipbuilding on a grand scale
ⓘ
symbol of James IV’s naval ambitions ⓘ |
| homePort |
Newhaven, near Edinburgh
ⓘ
linked to:
Cramond
|
| laterOperator | French Navy ⓘ |
| launchedIn | 1511 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Archangel Michael
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Michael
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| notableFor |
being one of the largest warships of its time
ⓘ
heavy armament ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Scots Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Anglo-Scottish naval rivalry ⓘ |
| purpose |
flagship of the Scottish fleet
ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ |
| saleDate | 1514 ⓘ |
| soldTo | France ⓘ |
| tonnage | about 1000 tons ⓘ |
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: Great Michael Description of subject: Great Michael was a massive early 16th-century Scottish warship, famed as one of the largest and most heavily armed vessels of its time.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
commissioned the warship Michael
subject linked to:
commissioned the warship Michael