The Famous Tay Whale
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The Famous Tay Whale is a notoriously clumsy and unintentionally comic poem by William McGonagall about a whale that appeared in Scotland’s River Tay.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Famous Tay Whale canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21077579 — 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: The Famous Tay Whale Context triple: [William McGonagall, notableWork, The Famous Tay Whale]
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A.
Eden’s whale
Eden’s whale is a little-known baleen whale species in the rorqual family Balaenopteridae, closely related to Bryde’s whales and found in warm, coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific.
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B.
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry is a traditional Scottish ballad about a mysterious seal-man who claims his child and foretells a tragic fate for the child’s human mother.
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C.
Islands of the Clyde
The Islands of the Clyde are a group of Scottish islands in the Firth of Clyde, known for their scenic coastal landscapes, wildlife, and historic seaside communities.
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D.
Saltstraumen maelstrom
Saltstraumen maelstrom is one of the world’s strongest tidal currents, famous for its powerful whirlpools near Bodø in northern Norway.
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E.
Uig on the Isle of Skye
Uig on the Isle of Skye is a small port village on Scotland’s Isle of Skye, known as a key ferry gateway to the Outer Hebrides and for its scenic coastal setting.
- 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: The Famous Tay Whale Target entity description: The Famous Tay Whale is a notoriously clumsy and unintentionally comic poem by William McGonagall about a whale that appeared in Scotland’s River Tay.
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A.
Eden’s whale
Eden’s whale is a little-known baleen whale species in the rorqual family Balaenopteridae, closely related to Bryde’s whales and found in warm, coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific.
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B.
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry is a traditional Scottish ballad about a mysterious seal-man who claims his child and foretells a tragic fate for the child’s human mother.
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C.
Islands of the Clyde
The Islands of the Clyde are a group of Scottish islands in the Firth of Clyde, known for their scenic coastal landscapes, wildlife, and historic seaside communities.
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D.
Saltstraumen maelstrom
Saltstraumen maelstrom is one of the world’s strongest tidal currents, famous for its powerful whirlpools near Bodø in northern Norway.
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E.
Uig on the Isle of Skye
Uig on the Isle of Skye is a small port village on Scotland’s Isle of Skye, known as a key ferry gateway to the Outer Hebrides and for its scenic coastal setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.