The Flying Scotsman
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The Flying Scotsman was the nickname of Eric Liddell, the Scottish Olympic gold medalist sprinter and Christian missionary whose life inspired the film "Chariots of Fire."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Flying Scotsman canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1745985 — 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.
Target entity: The Flying Scotsman Context triple: [Eric Liddell, nickname, The Flying Scotsman]
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LMS Jubilee Class
The LMS Jubilee Class was a class of British steam locomotives built in the 1930s for express passenger services on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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Puffing Billy locomotive
The Puffing Billy locomotive is an early 19th-century steam railway engine, renowned as one of the oldest surviving steam locomotives in the world and a pioneering milestone in railway history.
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C.
LMS Princess Royal Class
The LMS Princess Royal Class was a series of powerful British express passenger steam locomotives built in the 1930s for high-speed mainline services on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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D.
Stephenson's Rocket
Stephenson's Rocket is an early 19th-century steam locomotive famous for winning the 1829 Rainhill Trials and proving the viability of railway transport.
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E.
British Rail Class 47
The British Rail Class 47 is a widely used diesel-electric locomotive class introduced in the 1960s, notable for its extensive service across the UK rail network with both passenger and freight trains.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Flying Scotsman Target entity description: The Flying Scotsman was the nickname of Eric Liddell, the Scottish Olympic gold medalist sprinter and Christian missionary whose life inspired the film "Chariots of Fire."
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A.
LMS Jubilee Class
The LMS Jubilee Class was a class of British steam locomotives built in the 1930s for express passenger services on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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B.
Puffing Billy locomotive
The Puffing Billy locomotive is an early 19th-century steam railway engine, renowned as one of the oldest surviving steam locomotives in the world and a pioneering milestone in railway history.
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C.
LMS Princess Royal Class
The LMS Princess Royal Class was a series of powerful British express passenger steam locomotives built in the 1930s for high-speed mainline services on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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D.
Stephenson's Rocket
Stephenson's Rocket is an early 19th-century steam locomotive famous for winning the 1829 Rainhill Trials and proving the viability of railway transport.
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E.
British Rail Class 47
The British Rail Class 47 is a widely used diesel-electric locomotive class introduced in the 1960s, notable for its extensive service across the UK rail network with both passenger and freight trains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian missionary
ⓘ
Olympic athlete ⓘ human ⓘ nickname ⓘ sprinter ⓘ |
| appliesToPerson | Eric Liddell ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Olympic bronze medal
ⓘ
Olympic gold medal ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | brain tumor ⓘ |
| competedIn |
1920 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
Summer Olympics 1924 ⓘ
surface form:
1924 Summer Olympics
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| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-01-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1945-02-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Eltham College
ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| event |
100 metres
ⓘ
200 metres ⓘ 400 metres ⓘ |
| familyName | Liddell ⓘ |
| givenName | Eric ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the inspiration for the film "Chariots of Fire"
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refusing to run an Olympic heat on Sunday for religious reasons ⓘ |
| medalInEvent |
bronze medal in 200 metres at 1924 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
gold medal in 400 metres at 1924 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | Scotland national rugby union team ⓘ |
| nickname | The Flying Scotsman self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
missionary
ⓘ
rugby union player ⓘ sprinter ⓘ |
| parent |
James Dunlop Liddell
ⓘ
Mary Liddell ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
China
ⓘ
Tianjin ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
China
ⓘ
Shandong ⓘ Weifang ⓘ Weihsien Internment Camp ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Presbyterian ⓘ |
| representedByTeam |
Team GB
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Britain at the Olympics
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport |
athletics
ⓘ
rugby union ⓘ |
| spouse | Florence Mackenzie ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
biographies about Eric Liddell
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Chariots of Fire ⓘ
surface form:
film "Chariots of Fire"
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| workedAsMissionaryIn | China ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: The Flying Scotsman Description of subject: The Flying Scotsman was the nickname of Eric Liddell, the Scottish Olympic gold medalist sprinter and Christian missionary whose life inspired the film "Chariots of Fire."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.