Canongate, Edinburgh
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Canongate, Edinburgh is a historic district at the lower end of the Royal Mile known for its medieval streets, civic buildings, and cultural landmarks within Edinburgh’s Old Town.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Canongate, Edinburgh canonical | 7 |
| Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh | 1 |
| Canongate burgh council | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14869468 — 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: Canongate, Edinburgh Context triple: [People’s Story Museum, buildingLocatedIn, Canongate, Edinburgh]
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Bridgegate, Glasgow
Bridgegate, Glasgow is a historic street in Glasgow’s city centre, situated near the River Clyde and associated with the city’s old commercial and market district.
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B.
Gallowgate, Glasgow
Gallowgate, Glasgow is a historic thoroughfare in the East End of Glasgow known for its traditional pubs, tenements, and proximity to the city centre.
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C.
Canongate Kirk
Canongate Kirk is a historic Church of Scotland parish church on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, known for its 17th-century architecture and close ties to the Scottish monarchy and local community.
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D.
Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh
Canongate Kirkyard in Edinburgh is a historic churchyard on the Royal Mile, best known as the burial place of economist and philosopher Adam Smith.
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E.
Canongate housing, Edinburgh
Canongate housing in Edinburgh is a modernist residential development in the city’s Old Town, designed in the 1960s by renowned British architect Sir Basil Spence.
- 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: Canongate, Edinburgh Target entity description: Canongate, Edinburgh is a historic district at the lower end of the Royal Mile known for its medieval streets, civic buildings, and cultural landmarks within Edinburgh’s Old Town.
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A.
Bridgegate, Glasgow
Bridgegate, Glasgow is a historic street in Glasgow’s city centre, situated near the River Clyde and associated with the city’s old commercial and market district.
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B.
Gallowgate, Glasgow
Gallowgate, Glasgow is a historic thoroughfare in the East End of Glasgow known for its traditional pubs, tenements, and proximity to the city centre.
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C.
Canongate Kirk
Canongate Kirk is a historic Church of Scotland parish church on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, known for its 17th-century architecture and close ties to the Scottish monarchy and local community.
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D.
Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh
Canongate Kirkyard in Edinburgh is a historic churchyard on the Royal Mile, best known as the burial place of economist and philosopher Adam Smith.
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E.
Canongate housing, Edinburgh
Canongate housing in Edinburgh is a modernist residential development in the city’s Old Town, designed in the 1960s by renowned British architect Sir Basil Spence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Canongate, Edinburgh
linked to: Canongate, Edinburgh