Machrie
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Machrie is a small village on the west coast of the Isle of Arran in Scotland, known for its scenic coastal setting and nearby prehistoric and historic sites.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Machrie canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5456847 — 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: Machrie Context triple: [King's Cave, nearestSettlement, Machrie]
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A.
Auchmithie
Auchmithie is a small historic fishing village on the east coast of Scotland, known for its dramatic cliffs and association with the origin of the Arbroath smokie.
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B.
Ardrishaig
Ardrishaig is a coastal village on the shores of Loch Gilp in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, known historically as a small harbor and gateway to the surrounding lochs and canals.
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C.
Scalasaig
Scalasaig is the principal village and ferry port on the Scottish island of Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides.
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D.
Tullibigeal
Tullibigeal is a small rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural community and location within the Riverina region.
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E.
Muirdrum
Muirdrum is a small village in the Angus council area of eastern Scotland, situated near the town of Carnoustie.
- 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: Machrie Target entity description: Machrie is a small village on the west coast of the Isle of Arran in Scotland, known for its scenic coastal setting and nearby prehistoric and historic sites.
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A.
Auchmithie
Auchmithie is a small historic fishing village on the east coast of Scotland, known for its dramatic cliffs and association with the origin of the Arbroath smokie.
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B.
Ardrishaig
Ardrishaig is a coastal village on the shores of Loch Gilp in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, known historically as a small harbor and gateway to the surrounding lochs and canals.
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C.
Scalasaig
Scalasaig is the principal village and ferry port on the Scottish island of Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides.
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D.
Tullibigeal
Tullibigeal is a small rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural community and location within the Riverina region.
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E.
Muirdrum
Muirdrum is a small village in the Angus council area of eastern Scotland, situated near the town of Carnoustie.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| climate | temperate maritime climate ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| hasLandscapeType |
coastal landscape
ⓘ
rural landscape ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasNearbyBodyOfWater |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Firth of Clyde ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Machrie Bay
ⓘ
Machrie Moor ⓘ Machrie Moor Stone Circles ⓘ
linked to:
Machrie Moor stone circles
Machrie Water ⓘ coastal cliffs ⓘ farmland ⓘ golf course ⓘ hills ⓘ historic farmsteads ⓘ moorland ⓘ prehistoric burial cairns ⓘ prehistoric hut circles ⓘ prehistoric standing stones ⓘ sandy beach ⓘ |
| hasPostalArea | KA27 postcode area ⓘ |
| hasRegion | Scottish islands ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttraction |
Machrie Moor Stone Circles
ⓘ
linked to:
Machrie Moor stone circles
coastal scenery ⓘ walking and hiking routes ⓘ |
| hasTransport | bus services on Isle of Arran ⓘ |
| knownFor |
archaeological landscape
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nearby historic sites ⓘ nearby prehistoric sites ⓘ scenic coastal setting ⓘ stone circles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Firth of Clyde
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Isle of Arran ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | North Ayrshire ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Blackwaterfoot ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Arran Coastal Way walking route
ⓘ
west coast of the Isle of Arran ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Brodick ⓘ |
| partOf |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
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: Machrie Description of subject: Machrie is a small village on the west coast of the Isle of Arran in Scotland, known for its scenic coastal setting and nearby prehistoric and historic sites.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.