Rosyth

E15735

human settlement port town

Rosyth is a Scottish port town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, known for its naval dockyard and ferry connections.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Rosyth canonical	22
Rosyth Dockyard	10
Rosyth port	2
Donibristle airfield	1
Rosyth Naval Base	1
Rosyth Port	1
Rosyth dockyard	1
Rosyth naval base	1
Rosyth naval dockyard	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T69583 — 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: Rosyth
Context triple: [Firth of Forth, hasPort, Rosyth]

A. Fife
Fife is a historic council area and peninsula on Scotland’s east coast, known for its coastal towns, medieval heritage, and the university city of St Andrews.
B. Inchgarvie
Inchgarvie is a small rocky island in Scotland’s Firth of Forth, best known for its historic fortifications and its role in supporting the Forth Bridge.
C. Buckhaven
Buckhaven is a coastal town in eastern Scotland, situated on the Firth of Forth in the historic county of Fife.
D. Rosyth railway station
Rosyth railway station is a suburban rail stop in Fife, Scotland, serving the town of Rosyth on the Fife Circle Line.
E. Inchcolm
Inchcolm is a small Scottish island in the Firth of Forth best known for its well-preserved medieval abbey and historic fortifications.
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: Rosyth
Target entity description: Rosyth is a Scottish port town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, known for its naval dockyard and ferry connections.

A. Fife
Fife is a historic council area and peninsula on Scotland’s east coast, known for its coastal towns, medieval heritage, and the university city of St Andrews.
B. Inchgarvie
Inchgarvie is a small rocky island in Scotland’s Firth of Forth, best known for its historic fortifications and its role in supporting the Forth Bridge.
C. Buckhaven
Buckhaven is a coastal town in eastern Scotland, situated on the Firth of Forth in the historic county of Fife.
D. Rosyth railway station
Rosyth railway station is a suburban rail stop in Fife, Scotland, serving the town of Rosyth on the Fife Circle Line.
E. Inchcolm
Inchcolm is a small Scottish island in the Firth of Forth best known for its well-preserved medieval abbey and historic fortifications.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human settlement ⓘ port ⓘ town ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
governingBody	Fife Council ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	freight transport ⓘ logistics ⓘ maritime services ⓘ
hasFacility	Rosyth self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rosyth Dockyard Rosyth self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rosyth naval dockyard
hasFunction	ferry terminal ⓘ industrial port ⓘ
hasHarbour	commercial port facilities ⓘ
hasHistoricalUse	Royal Navy shore establishments ⓘ surface form: Royal Navy dockyard naval base ⓘ
hasIndustry	defence-related engineering ⓘ ship repair ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ
hasNearbyStructure	Forth Road Bridge ⓘ Queensferry Crossing ⓘ
hasNeighbourhood	Inverkeithing ⓘ surface form: Inverkeithing (nearby town) North Queensferry ⓘ surface form: North Queensferry (nearby village)
hasPort	Rosyth self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rosyth port
hasPortType	ferry port ⓘ sea port ⓘ
hasTransportConnection	ferry route across the North Sea ⓘ ferry services to continental Europe ⓘ
knownFor	ferry connections ⓘ naval dockyard ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
locatedIn	Scotland ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Fife ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
locatedInSovereignState	United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
locatedNear	Dunfermline ⓘ Firth of Forth ⓘ
locatedOn	north shore of the Firth of Forth ⓘ
partOf	Kingdom of Fife council area ⓘ surface form: Fife council area
postalTown	Dunfermline ⓘ
railAccess	Rosyth railway station ⓘ
roadAccess	A985 road ⓘ M90 motorway ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+01:00 (daylight saving time) ⓘ UTC±00:00 ⓘ

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Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Firth of Forth → hasPort → Rosyth ⓘ

Rosyth railway station → locatedIn → Rosyth ⓘ

Rosyth railway station → near → Rosyth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth Dockyard

Dunfermline and West Fife → containsTown → Rosyth ⓘ

Rosyth → hasPort → Rosyth self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth port

Rosyth → hasFacility → Rosyth self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth Dockyard

Rosyth → hasFacility → Rosyth self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth naval dockyard

Dalgety Bay → nearFormerMilitarySite → Rosyth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Donibristle airfield

Grand Fleet → base → Rosyth ⓘ

Lothian and Fife → containsTown → Rosyth ⓘ

ROS → locatedIn → Rosyth ⓘ

subject surface form: Rosyth railway station

Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers → constructionSite → Rosyth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth Dockyard

Inverkeithing → hasNeighbouringSettlement → Rosyth ⓘ

Kingdom of Fife council area → containsSettlement → Rosyth ⓘ

Forth estuary → hasPort → Rosyth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth port

Forth estuary → hasIndustrialArea → Rosyth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth dockyard

HMS Queen Elizabeth → shipyard → Rosyth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth Dockyard

Home Fleet → garrison → Rosyth ⓘ

Firth of Forth region → contains → Rosyth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth Dockyard

HMS Prince of Wales → constructionSite → Rosyth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth Dockyard

Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet → locationOfHeadquarters → Rosyth ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet → garrison → Rosyth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth Naval Base

central Fife → contains → Rosyth ⓘ

Battle Cruiser Fleet → baseOfOperations → Rosyth ⓘ

Battle Cruiser Fleet → garrison → Rosyth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth Dockyard

Forth Ports Limited → manages → Rosyth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth Port

Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth → location → Rosyth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth Dockyard

Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth → basedAt → Rosyth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth naval base

Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth → garrison → Rosyth ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth → associatedWith → Rosyth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth Dockyard

A921 road → connects → Rosyth ⓘ

HMS Nelson (damaged by torpedo) → repairedAt → Rosyth ⓘ

subject surface form: HMS Nelson

Aircraft Carrier Alliance → operatesIn → Rosyth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rosyth Dockyard

Fife region (historic) → contains → Rosyth ⓘ

2nd Battlecruiser Squadron → garrison → Rosyth ⓘ

Grand Fleet (Royal Navy) → secondaryBase → Rosyth ⓘ

Forth ports → operatesPort → Rosyth ⓘ

subject surface form: Forth Ports

British battlecruiser Tiger → locationOfScrapping → Rosyth ⓘ

subject surface form: HMS Tiger

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