Uig
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Uig is a small coastal village on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known as a ferry port and gateway to the Outer Hebrides.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uig canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6114661 — 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: Uig Context triple: [Trotternish Peninsula, hasSettlement, Uig]
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A.
Uig
Uig is a coastal district on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, known for its dramatic beaches, rugged scenery, and archaeological finds such as the Lewis Chessmen.
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B.
Uyar
Uyar is a Turkish surname most notably associated with the influential modernist poet Turgut Uyar.
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C.
Dandan-Uiliq
Dandan-Uiliq is an ancient Buddhist oasis settlement and archaeological site in the Taklamakan Desert of Xinjiang, China, known for its well-preserved temples, murals, and manuscripts along the Silk Road.
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D.
Uluigalau
Uluigalau is a prominent volcanic peak on the Fijian island of Taveuni, known as one of the island’s most significant natural landmarks.
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E.
Ushba
Ushba is a striking double-summited peak in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia, renowned among climbers for its technical difficulty and dramatic, spire-like profile.
- 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: Uig Target entity description: Uig is a small coastal village on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known as a ferry port and gateway to the Outer Hebrides.
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A.
Uig
Uig is a coastal district on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, known for its dramatic beaches, rugged scenery, and archaeological finds such as the Lewis Chessmen.
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B.
Uyar
Uyar is a Turkish surname most notably associated with the influential modernist poet Turgut Uyar.
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C.
Dandan-Uiliq
Dandan-Uiliq is an ancient Buddhist oasis settlement and archaeological site in the Taklamakan Desert of Xinjiang, China, known for its well-preserved temples, murals, and manuscripts along the Silk Road.
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D.
Uluigalau
Uluigalau is a prominent volcanic peak on the Fijian island of Taveuni, known as one of the island’s most significant natural landmarks.
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E.
Ushba
Ushba is a striking double-summited peak in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia, renowned among climbers for its technical difficulty and dramatic, spire-like profile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal village
ⓘ
settlement ⓘ village ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| distanceTo | approximately 15 miles north of Portree ⓘ |
| ferryOperator | Caledonian MacBrayne ⓘ |
| governingBody | Highland Council ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
camping site
ⓘ
caravan site ⓘ filling station ⓘ hotel ⓘ post office ⓘ pub ⓘ shop ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Ports and harbours of Scotland
ⓘ
Villages on the Isle of Skye ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
ferry services
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
coastal bay
ⓘ
ferry terminal ⓘ harbour ⓘ pier ⓘ |
| hasFerryRouteTo |
Lochmaddy, North Uist
ⓘ
linked to:
Lochmaddy
Tarbert, Harris ⓘ
linked to:
Tarbert
|
| hasGaelicName | Ùige ⓘ |
| hasPostalArea | IV51 ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection | A87 road ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Highland council area
ⓘ
Inner Hebrides ⓘ Isle of Skye ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ north of Isle of Skye ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Uig Bay ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction |
Fairy Glen
ⓘ
Quiraing ⓘ |
| partOf | parish of Kilmuir ⓘ |
| region | Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| role |
ferry port
ⓘ
gateway to the Outer Hebrides ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
Outer Hebrides
ⓘ
Western Isles ⓘ
linked to:
Outer Hebrides
|
| timeZone | UTC+0 ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | UTC+1 ⓘ |
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: Uig Description of subject: Uig is a small coastal village on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known as a ferry port and gateway to the Outer Hebrides.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.