A830 road
E501069
The A830 road, often called the "Road to the Isles," is a scenic route in the Scottish Highlands linking Fort William to the port town of Mallaig.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A830 road canonical | 7 |
| Road to the Isles (A830) | 2 |
| A830 Road to the Isles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1873705 — 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: A830 road Context triple: [Fort William, hasTransportConnection, A830 road]
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A.
A82 road
The A82 road is a major Scottish trunk route running from Glasgow to Inverness through the Highlands, including the scenic western shore of Loch Lomond.
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B.
A81 road
The A81 road is a major route in central Scotland that runs between Glasgow and Callander, passing through towns and villages such as Aberfoyle and providing access to the Trossachs area.
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C.
A89 road
The A89 road is a major route in central Scotland that runs between Glasgow and Newbridge near Edinburgh, serving towns across the Central Belt.
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D.
A84 road
The A84 road is a significant route in central Scotland that connects Stirling to Lochearnhead, serving as a key link between the lowlands and the Highlands.
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E.
A821 road
The A821 road is a scenic route in central Scotland that winds through the Trossachs, connecting villages and lochs within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
- 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: A830 road Target entity description: The A830 road, often called the "Road to the Isles," is a scenic route in the Scottish Highlands linking Fort William to the port town of Mallaig.
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A.
A82 road
The A82 road is a major Scottish trunk route running from Glasgow to Inverness through the Highlands, including the scenic western shore of Loch Lomond.
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B.
A81 road
The A81 road is a major route in central Scotland that runs between Glasgow and Callander, passing through towns and villages such as Aberfoyle and providing access to the Trossachs area.
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C.
A89 road
The A89 road is a major route in central Scotland that runs between Glasgow and Newbridge near Edinburgh, serving towns across the Central Belt.
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D.
A84 road
The A84 road is a significant route in central Scotland that connects Stirling to Lochearnhead, serving as a key link between the lowlands and the Highlands.
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E.
A821 road
The A821 road is a scenic route in central Scotland that winds through the Trossachs, connecting villages and lochs within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
A road in Great Britain
ⓘ
road ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Road to the Isles ⓘ |
| approximateDirection | east–west ⓘ |
| category |
Roads in the Highland council area
ⓘ
Scenic routes in Scotland ⓘ |
| connects |
Fort William
ⓘ
Mallaig ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| endPoint |
Mallaig harbour area
ⓘ
linked to:
Mallaig harbour
|
| follows |
Atlantic coastline near Arisaig
ⓘ
West Highland Line ⓘ shore of Loch Eil ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
A82 road
ⓘ
A861 road ⓘ |
| hasStructure | Glenfinnan Viaduct nearby ⓘ |
| historicalNote | sections were formerly single-track with passing places ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coastal scenery
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mountain scenery ⓘ scenic views ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Highland council area
ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| locatedOn | west coast of Scotland ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Transport Scotland ⓘ |
| partOf | Scottish trunk road network ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Loch Eil
ⓘ
Loch Shiel ⓘ Loch nan Uamh ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Arisaig
ⓘ
Banavie ⓘ Corpach ⓘ Glenfinnan ⓘ Lochailort ⓘ Morar ⓘ |
| region | Lochaber ⓘ |
| roadNumber | A830 ⓘ |
| routeType | primary route ⓘ |
| serves |
Isle of Skye ferry connections
ⓘ
Small Isles ferry connections ⓘ ferry port of Mallaig ⓘ |
| startPoint | junction with A82 at Fort William ⓘ |
| terminusA | Fort William ⓘ |
| terminusB | Mallaig ⓘ |
| touristDesignation | Road to the Isles scenic route ⓘ |
| upgrade | largely upgraded to two-lane standard in early 21st century ⓘ |
| usedFor | access to Western Isles ferries via Mallaig ⓘ |
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: A830 road Description of subject: The A830 road, often called the "Road to the Isles," is a scenic route in the Scottish Highlands linking Fort William to the port town of Mallaig.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: A830 road
linked to: A830 road
linked to: A830 road