Moat Cailin
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Moat Cailin is a strategically vital, ancient fortress in the Neck of Westeros that controls passage between the North and the southern regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Moat Cailin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3284954 — 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: Moat Cailin Context triple: [Westeros, hasDefensiveStructure, Moat Cailin]
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A.
Marid Castle
Marid Castle is an ancient fortress in Saudi Arabia’s Al Jawf Region, renowned for its strategic hilltop location and well-preserved Nabataean and Islamic-era architecture.
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B.
Swords Castle
Swords Castle is a medieval fortified complex in Swords, County Dublin, notable as one of the best-preserved surviving castles near Dublin, Ireland.
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C.
Sandal Castle
Sandal Castle is a ruined medieval fortress near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, historically significant for its role in the Wars of the Roses.
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D.
Pendennis Castle
Pendennis Castle is a coastal artillery fortress in Cornwall, England, built by Henry VIII to defend the strategically important Fal estuary and Falmouth harbour.
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E.
Drum Castle
Drum Castle is a historic Scottish fortress and stately home near Drumoak in Aberdeenshire, known for its medieval tower, Jacobean mansion, and surrounding woodland estate.
- 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: Moat Cailin Target entity description: Moat Cailin is a strategically vital, ancient fortress in the Neck of Westeros that controls passage between the North and the southern regions.
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A.
Marid Castle
Marid Castle is an ancient fortress in Saudi Arabia’s Al Jawf Region, renowned for its strategic hilltop location and well-preserved Nabataean and Islamic-era architecture.
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B.
Swords Castle
Swords Castle is a medieval fortified complex in Swords, County Dublin, notable as one of the best-preserved surviving castles near Dublin, Ireland.
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C.
Sandal Castle
Sandal Castle is a ruined medieval fortress near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, historically significant for its role in the Wars of the Roses.
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D.
Pendennis Castle
Pendennis Castle is a coastal artillery fortress in Cornwall, England, built by Henry VIII to defend the strategically important Fal estuary and Falmouth harbour.
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E.
Drum Castle
Drum Castle is a historic Scottish fortress and stately home near Drumoak in Aberdeenshire, known for its medieval tower, Jacobean mansion, and surrounding woodland estate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
castle
ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ fortress ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Song of Ice and Fire
ⓘ
Game of Thrones ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium |
novels
ⓘ
television series ⓘ |
| associatedWithHouse | House Reed ⓘ |
| builtBy | the First Men ⓘ |
| capturedBy | House Greyjoy ⓘ |
| condition |
partially collapsed
ⓘ
ruined ⓘ |
| controls |
land passage between the North and the south of Westeros
ⓘ
the causeway through the Neck ⓘ |
| createdBy | George R. R. Martin ⓘ |
| currentRegionLoyalty | House Stark ⓘ |
| defensiveAdvantage |
difficult terrain
ⓘ
narrow approach ⓘ |
| describedAs |
ancient
ⓘ
strategically vital ⓘ |
| feature |
causeway road
ⓘ
multiple towers ⓘ swampy surroundings ⓘ |
| fictionalWorld |
Westeros (fictional continent)
ⓘ
surface form:
Westeros
|
| guardedBy | garrisons controlling the causeway ⓘ |
| languageOfName | the Common Tongue ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Westeros (fictional continent)
ⓘ
surface form:
Westeros
The Neck ⓘ
surface form:
the Neck
Seven Kingdoms ⓘ
surface form:
the Seven Kingdoms
|
| locatedInRegion |
The North
ⓘ
surface form:
the North
|
| militaryRole | defense of the North ⓘ |
| near | the swamps of the Neck ⓘ |
| originallyBelongedTo |
House Stark
ⓘ
The King in the North ⓘ
surface form:
the Kings of Winter
|
| partOf | the main north–south land route in Westeros ⓘ |
| recapturedBy | House Stark ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
choke point in the Neck
ⓘ
gateway to the North ⓘ |
| threatTo | invading southern armies ⓘ |
| travelSignificance | bottleneck for armies moving between regions ⓘ |
| typeOfLocation | border fortress ⓘ |
| universe |
A Song of Ice and Fire
ⓘ
surface form:
World of A Song of Ice and Fire
|
| usedInConflict |
War of the Five Kings
ⓘ
surface form:
the War of the Five Kings
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Moat Cailin Description of subject: Moat Cailin is a strategically vital, ancient fortress in the Neck of Westeros that controls passage between the North and the southern regions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Westeros