Isle of Canna
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The Isle of Canna is a small, historically rich island in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, known for its wildlife, archaeological sites, and ownership by the National Trust for Scotland.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isle of Canna canonical | 8 |
| island of Canna | 6 |
| Canna and Sanday island group | 1 |
| Canna, Inner Hebrides, Scotland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2972398 — 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 Canna Context triple: [Port Mòr, hasNearbyIsland, Isle of Canna]
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A.
Isle of Rum
The Isle of Rum is a rugged, mountainous island in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, known for its wildlife, nature reserve status, and the distinctive Kinloch Castle.
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B.
Glen Isla
Glen Isla is one of the scenic Angus Glens in eastern Scotland, known for its tranquil landscapes, walking routes, and traditional Highland scenery.
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C.
Tarbet Isle
Tarbet Isle is a small, wooded island located in Loch Lomond in the Scottish Highlands, known for its scenic setting within the national park.
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D.
Alaid Island
Alaid Island is a small, remote island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain, known for its rugged terrain and sparse human presence.
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E.
Isle of Coll
Isle of Coll is a small, sparsely populated island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known for its sandy beaches, dark skies, and rich wildlife.
- 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 Canna Target entity description: The Isle of Canna is a small, historically rich island in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, known for its wildlife, archaeological sites, and ownership by the National Trust for Scotland.
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A.
Isle of Rum
The Isle of Rum is a rugged, mountainous island in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, known for its wildlife, nature reserve status, and the distinctive Kinloch Castle.
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B.
Glen Isla
Glen Isla is one of the scenic Angus Glens in eastern Scotland, known for its tranquil landscapes, walking routes, and traditional Highland scenery.
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C.
Tarbet Isle
Tarbet Isle is a small, wooded island located in Loch Lomond in the Scottish Highlands, known for its scenic setting within the national park.
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D.
Alaid Island
Alaid Island is a small, remote island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain, known for its rugged terrain and sparse human presence.
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E.
Isle of Coll
Isle of Coll is a small, sparsely populated island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known for its sandy beaches, dark skies, and rich wildlife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Inner Hebrides island
ⓘ
Scottish island ⓘ island ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Highland council area ⓘ |
| area | approximately 11 square kilometres ⓘ |
| connectedByFerryTo |
Mallaig
ⓘ
other Small Isles ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| gridReference | NG 270 050 ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalPeriod |
Early Christian period
ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ Norse period ⓘ |
| hasDesignation |
Site of Special Scientific Interest
ⓘ
Special Protection Area ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Canna Harbour
ⓘ
basalt lava formations ⓘ cliffs ⓘ fertile soils ⓘ |
| hasLanguageHeritage | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasSettlement |
Canna
ⓘ
Tarbert ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Canna House
ⓘ
Canna Pier ⓘ St Columba’s Chapel ⓘ St Edward’s Church ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
eagles
ⓘ
guillemots ⓘ porpoises ⓘ puffins ⓘ razorbills ⓘ seals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
archaeological sites
ⓘ
early Christian sites ⓘ historic buildings ⓘ seabird colonies ⓘ wildlife ⓘ |
| length | approximately 7 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Inner Hebrides ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrides
Inner Hebrides ⓘ |
| mainEconomicActivity |
crofting
ⓘ
sheep farming ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| nearestLargeIsland | Isle of Skye ⓘ |
| ownedBy | National Trust for Scotland ⓘ |
| partOf | Small Isles ⓘ |
| population | fewer than 30 residents ⓘ |
| width | up to 1.6 kilometres ⓘ |
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 Canna Description of subject: The Isle of Canna is a small, historically rich island in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, known for its wildlife, archaeological sites, and ownership by the National Trust for Scotland.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
island of Canna
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this entity surface form:
Canna, Inner Hebrides, Scotland