Loch Hourn
E644950
Loch Hourn is a long, fjord-like sea loch on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, known for its dramatic mountains, remote scenery, and deep inlets.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Loch Hourn canonical | 16 |
| Loch Hourn system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5649236 — 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: Loch Hourn Context triple: [Sleat, hasViewOf, Loch Hourn]
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A.
Loch Voil
Loch Voil is a small, scenic freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, known for its tranquil setting, surrounding mountains, and traditional rural landscapes.
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B.
Loch Sloy
Loch Sloy is a freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, known for its hydroelectric dam and scenic setting near the Arrochar Alps within the Loch Lomond area.
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C.
Loch Ballygrant
Loch Ballygrant is a small freshwater loch on the Isle of Islay in Scotland, known for its scenic surroundings and local angling.
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D.
Loch Roag
Loch Roag is a scenic sea loch on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, known for its rugged coastline, islands, and rich marine and bird life.
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E.
Loch na Cairidh
Loch na Cairidh is a sea loch off the east coast of the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known for separating the island of Scalpay from Skye and for its scenic, sheltered waters.
- 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: Loch Hourn Target entity description: Loch Hourn is a long, fjord-like sea loch on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, known for its dramatic mountains, remote scenery, and deep inlets.
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A.
Loch Voil
Loch Voil is a small, scenic freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, known for its tranquil setting, surrounding mountains, and traditional rural landscapes.
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B.
Loch Sloy
Loch Sloy is a freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, known for its hydroelectric dam and scenic setting near the Arrochar Alps within the Loch Lomond area.
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C.
Loch Ballygrant
Loch Ballygrant is a small freshwater loch on the Isle of Islay in Scotland, known for its scenic surroundings and local angling.
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D.
Loch Roag
Loch Roag is a scenic sea loch on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, known for its rugged coastline, islands, and rich marine and bird life.
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E.
Loch na Cairidh
Loch na Cairidh is a sea loch off the east coast of the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known for separating the island of Scalpay from Skye and for its scenic, sheltered waters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fjord-like inlet
ⓘ
sea loch ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| drainsFrom | Kinloch Hourn River system ⓘ |
| GaelicName | Loch Shùird (or similar Gaelic form) ⓘ |
| geologicalType |
fjord-like glacial sea loch
ⓘ
glacially carved valley ⓘ |
| hasAccessPoint |
Arnisdale road terminus
ⓘ
Kinloch Hourn road end ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
limited road access
ⓘ
numerous side inlets and bays ⓘ seaweed-covered rocky shores ⓘ steep-sided mountains rising from the shore ⓘ tidal narrows and strong currents ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
noted for challenging weather and sea conditions
ⓘ
one of the most remote sea lochs in mainland Scotland ⓘ |
| hasSettlement |
Arnisdale
ⓘ
Corran ⓘ Inverie (across the loch on Knoydart) ⓘ
linked to:
Inverie
Kinloch Hourn ⓘ |
| knownFor |
deep inlets
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dramatic mountains ⓘ narrow, fjord-like form ⓘ remote scenery ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 14 miles
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approximately 22 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| locatedOn | west coast of Scotland ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | over 200 metres ⓘ |
| near |
Isle of Skye
ⓘ
Loch Duich ⓘ Loch Nevis ⓘ |
| opensInto | Sound of Sleat ⓘ |
| orientation | roughly east–west ⓘ |
| partOf |
Highland council area
ⓘ
Lochaber ⓘ |
| popularFor |
hiking
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recreational boating ⓘ sea kayaking ⓘ wildlife watching ⓘ |
| region | Northwest Highlands ⓘ |
| separates | Knoydart peninsula from Glenelg peninsula ⓘ |
| wildlife |
otters
ⓘ
porpoises ⓘ sea birds ⓘ seals ⓘ |
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: Loch Hourn Description of subject: Loch Hourn is a long, fjord-like sea loch on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, known for its dramatic mountains, remote scenery, and deep inlets.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.