Alloway Auld Kirk
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Alloway Auld Kirk is a ruined medieval church in Alloway, Scotland, best known as the atmospheric setting of Robert Burns’s poem “Tam o’ Shanter.”
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alloway Auld Kirk canonical | 13 |
| Alloway Kirk | 2 |
| Auld Kirk of Alloway churchyard (traditional attribution) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6342434 — 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: Alloway Auld Kirk Context triple: [Alloway, hasAttraction, Alloway Auld Kirk]
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A.
Kirkcaldy Old Kirk
Kirkcaldy Old Kirk is a historic church in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, notable for its medieval origins and long-standing role as a center of local worship and community life.
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B.
St Bridget’s Kirk
St Bridget’s Kirk is a medieval ruined church on the shore of the Firth of Forth in Fife, Scotland, noted for its well-preserved architecture and historic graveyard.
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C.
Aberfoyle Parish Church
Aberfoyle Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving the village of Aberfoyle in the Trossachs area of Stirling, Scotland.
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D.
Forfar Parish Church
Forfar Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving as a prominent religious and architectural landmark in the town of Forfar, Angus, Scotland.
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E.
Cramond Kirk
Cramond Kirk is a historic parish church in the village of Cramond, Edinburgh, notable for its ancient origins and picturesque setting near the River Almond and the Firth of Forth.
- 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: Alloway Auld Kirk Target entity description: Alloway Auld Kirk is a ruined medieval church in Alloway, Scotland, best known as the atmospheric setting of Robert Burns’s poem “Tam o’ Shanter.”
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A.
Kirkcaldy Old Kirk
Kirkcaldy Old Kirk is a historic church in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, notable for its medieval origins and long-standing role as a center of local worship and community life.
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B.
St Bridget’s Kirk
St Bridget’s Kirk is a medieval ruined church on the shore of the Firth of Forth in Fife, Scotland, noted for its well-preserved architecture and historic graveyard.
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C.
Aberfoyle Parish Church
Aberfoyle Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving the village of Aberfoyle in the Trossachs area of Stirling, Scotland.
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D.
Forfar Parish Church
Forfar Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving as a prominent religious and architectural landmark in the town of Forfar, Angus, Scotland.
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E.
Cramond Kirk
Cramond Kirk is a historic parish church in the village of Cramond, Edinburgh, notable for its ancient origins and picturesque setting near the River Almond and the Firth of Forth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
ⓘ
medieval church ⓘ ruined church ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Robert Burns
ⓘ
Scottish cultural heritage ⓘ Scottish literature ⓘ |
| completionDate | 16th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 16th century ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Saint Mungo
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Kentigern
|
| governingBody | National Trust for Scotland ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle | medieval ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | yes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bellcote remains
ⓘ
gothic windows ⓘ graveyard ⓘ roofless nave ⓘ stone boundary walls ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAttraction |
Alloway village
ⓘ
Burns Monument and Gardens ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Category A listed building
ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | key location in Robert Burns’s work ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alloway
ⓘ
Ayrshire ⓘ South Ayrshire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Brig o’ Doon
ⓘ
Burns Cottage ⓘ |
| locatedOn | River Doon vicinity ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Trust for Scotland ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
"Tam o’ Shanter"
ⓘ
linked to:
Tam o' Shanter
|
| notableFor | being the setting of the poem "Tam o’ Shanter" ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| originalDenomination | Presbyterian ⓘ |
| ownedBy | National Trust for Scotland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
|
| preservationStatus | protected historic site ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Church of Scotland ⓘ |
| status | ruin ⓘ |
| tourismType |
heritage tourism
ⓘ
literary tourism ⓘ |
| usedAsChurchUntil | 18th century ⓘ |
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: Alloway Auld Kirk Description of subject: Alloway Auld Kirk is a ruined medieval church in Alloway, Scotland, best known as the atmospheric setting of Robert Burns’s poem “Tam o’ Shanter.”
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Alloway Auld Kirk
linked to: Alloway Auld Kirk
linked to: Alloway Auld Kirk