Loch nam Ban
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Loch nam Ban is a freshwater loch on the Isle of Islay in Scotland that serves as the primary water source for the Caol Ila whisky distillery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Loch nam Ban canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5860201 — 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 nam Ban Context triple: [Caol Ila distillery, waterSource, Loch nam Ban]
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A.
Loch Chon
Loch Chon is a small, scenic freshwater loch in the Trossachs area of the Scottish Highlands, known for its tranquil woodland setting and outdoor recreation opportunities.
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B.
Loch Ore
Loch Ore is a freshwater loch in Fife, Scotland, known for its surrounding country park and recreational activities such as sailing, fishing, and walking.
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C.
Loch Lee
Loch Lee is a freshwater loch in the Angus glens of Scotland, known for its scenic Highland setting and popularity for walking, fishing, and outdoor recreation.
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D.
Loch Enoch
Loch Enoch is a remote upland freshwater loch in the Galloway Hills of southwest Scotland, known for its rugged granite surroundings and scenic, isolated character.
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E.
Loch Scresort
Loch Scresort is a sea loch on the east coast of the Isle of Rùm in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known as the island’s main sheltered anchorage and ferry port.
- 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 nam Ban Target entity description: Loch nam Ban is a freshwater loch on the Isle of Islay in Scotland that serves as the primary water source for the Caol Ila whisky distillery.
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A.
Loch Chon
Loch Chon is a small, scenic freshwater loch in the Trossachs area of the Scottish Highlands, known for its tranquil woodland setting and outdoor recreation opportunities.
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B.
Loch Ore
Loch Ore is a freshwater loch in Fife, Scotland, known for its surrounding country park and recreational activities such as sailing, fishing, and walking.
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C.
Loch Lee
Loch Lee is a freshwater loch in the Angus glens of Scotland, known for its scenic Highland setting and popularity for walking, fishing, and outdoor recreation.
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D.
Loch Enoch
Loch Enoch is a remote upland freshwater loch in the Galloway Hills of southwest Scotland, known for its rugged granite surroundings and scenic, isolated character.
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E.
Loch Scresort
Loch Scresort is a sea loch on the east coast of the Isle of Rùm in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known as the island’s main sheltered anchorage and ferry port.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
freshwater loch
ⓘ
lake ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion | Argyll and Bute ⓘ |
| associatedWithBrand | Caol Ila ⓘ |
| associatedWithIndustry | Scotch whisky industry ⓘ |
| country |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| environmentType | natural freshwater body ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasUse |
distillery water supply
ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Argyll and Bute
ⓘ
Inner Hebrides ⓘ Isle of Islay ⓘ
linked to:
ISLE OF ISLAY
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedInBody | Islay landscape ⓘ |
| locatedOnIsland | Islay ⓘ |
| nameWrittenIn | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| near |
Caol Ila
ⓘ
linked to:
Caol Ila Moch
Sound of Islay ⓘ |
| partOf | hydrology of Islay ⓘ |
| primaryWaterSourceFor |
Caol Ila distillery
ⓘ
Caol Ila single malt Scotch whisky production ⓘ |
| region | Inner Hebrides ⓘ |
| usedFor |
distillery process water
ⓘ
whisky production ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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 nam Ban Description of subject: Loch nam Ban is a freshwater loch on the Isle of Islay in Scotland that serves as the primary water source for the Caol Ila whisky distillery.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.