Isle of May
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The Isle of May is a small Scottish island in the Firth of Forth renowned for its seabird colonies, lighthouse, and status as a national nature reserve.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isle of May canonical | 20 |
| Isle of May (distant view) | 1 |
| Old Beacon, Isle of May | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T215347 — 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: Isle of May Context triple: [Fife Coastal Path, offersViewOf, Isle of May]
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A.
Small Isles
The Small Isles are a picturesque archipelago off Scotland’s west coast, known for their rugged landscapes, wildlife, and remote island communities.
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B.
Cramond Island
Cramond Island is a small tidal island near Edinburgh, Scotland, known for its causeway walkway and World War II-era coastal defenses.
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C.
Lewis and Harris
Lewis and Harris is the largest island in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, known for its rugged landscapes, Gaelic culture, and historic sites.
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D.
Iona
Iona is a small, historically significant island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, renowned as a center of early Celtic Christianity and monasticism.
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E.
Zephyr Cove
Zephyr Cove is a small lakeside community and popular recreation area on the southeastern shore of Lake Tahoe in Nevada, known for its beaches, boating, and scenic mountain views.
- 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: Isle of May Target entity description: The Isle of May is a small Scottish island in the Firth of Forth renowned for its seabird colonies, lighthouse, and status as a national nature reserve.
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A.
Small Isles
The Small Isles are a picturesque archipelago off Scotland’s west coast, known for their rugged landscapes, wildlife, and remote island communities.
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B.
Cramond Island
Cramond Island is a small tidal island near Edinburgh, Scotland, known for its causeway walkway and World War II-era coastal defenses.
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C.
Lewis and Harris
Lewis and Harris is the largest island in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, known for its rugged landscapes, Gaelic culture, and historic sites.
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D.
Iona
Iona is a small, historically significant island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, renowned as a center of early Celtic Christianity and monasticism.
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E.
Zephyr Cove
Zephyr Cove is a small lakeside community and popular recreation area on the southeastern shore of Lake Tahoe in Nevada, known for its beaches, boating, and scenic mountain views.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish island
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island ⓘ national nature reserve ⓘ |
| access | boat only ⓘ |
| adminRegion | Fife ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| governedBy | Fife Council ⓘ |
| hasArea | about 57 hectares ⓘ |
| hasGeology | volcanic rock ⓘ |
| hasHighestPoint | about 50 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasLength | about 1.8 kilometres ⓘ |
| hasOldestLighthouse | one of Scotland’s earliest lighthouses ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Arctic tern
ⓘ
Atlantic puffin ⓘ common eider ⓘ common guillemot ⓘ grey seal ⓘ kittiwake ⓘ razorbill ⓘ shag ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Isle of May Lighthouse
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South Horn lighthouse ⓘ harbour ⓘ ruined priory ⓘ |
| hasWidth | up to 0.5 kilometres ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
fishing base
ⓘ
monastic settlement ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
grey seal colony
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lighthouse ⓘ ornithology ⓘ puffins ⓘ seabird colonies ⓘ |
| lighthouseFirstLit | 1636 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Firth of Forth
ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| mainActivities |
birdwatching
ⓘ
nature tourism ⓘ wildlife photography ⓘ |
| managedBy | NatureScot ⓘ |
| modernLighthouseBuilt | 1816 ⓘ |
| modernLighthouseDesigner | Robert Stevenson ⓘ |
| nearestTown | Anstruther ⓘ |
| partOf |
Forth Islands SPA
ⓘ
surface form:
Forth Islands Special Protection Area
Isle of May and Forth Islands Special Area of Conservation ⓘ |
| protectedAreaDesignationYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| protectedAreaStatus | National Nature Reserve ⓘ |
| seaArea | Firth of Forth ⓘ |
| tourismSeason |
spring
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
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: Isle of May Description of subject: The Isle of May is a small Scottish island in the Firth of Forth renowned for its seabird colonies, lighthouse, and status as a national nature reserve.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Old Beacon, Isle of May