Old College, University of Edinburgh
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Old College at the University of Edinburgh is a historic neoclassical building in the university’s central area, housing the School of Law and key administrative offices.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old College, University of Edinburgh canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8092905 — 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: Old College, University of Edinburgh Context triple: [University Court (University of Edinburgh), meetsAt, Old College, University of Edinburgh]
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A.
New College, Edinburgh
New College, Edinburgh is a prominent 19th-century neo-Gothic theological college and landmark of the University of Edinburgh, known for its historic role in training ministers of the Church of Scotland.
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B.
McEwan Hall, University of Edinburgh
McEwan Hall at the University of Edinburgh is a grand, domed ceremonial hall in Scotland renowned for its elaborate Renaissance Revival architecture and use as the university’s main graduation venue.
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C.
University Court of the University of Glasgow
The University Court of the University of Glasgow is the institution’s supreme governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and overall management.
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D.
Marischal College
Marischal College is a historic university building in Aberdeen, Scotland, that once housed part of the University of Aberdeen and is renowned for its grand granite architecture.
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E.
King’s Buildings
King’s Buildings is the University of Edinburgh’s main science and engineering campus, housing many of its research institutes, laboratories, and related teaching facilities.
- 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: Old College, University of Edinburgh Target entity description: Old College at the University of Edinburgh is a historic neoclassical building in the university’s central area, housing the School of Law and key administrative offices.
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A.
New College, Edinburgh
New College, Edinburgh is a prominent 19th-century neo-Gothic theological college and landmark of the University of Edinburgh, known for its historic role in training ministers of the Church of Scotland.
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B.
McEwan Hall, University of Edinburgh
McEwan Hall at the University of Edinburgh is a grand, domed ceremonial hall in Scotland renowned for its elaborate Renaissance Revival architecture and use as the university’s main graduation venue.
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C.
University Court of the University of Glasgow
The University Court of the University of Glasgow is the institution’s supreme governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and overall management.
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D.
Marischal College
Marischal College is a historic university building in Aberdeen, Scotland, that once housed part of the University of Aberdeen and is renowned for its grand granite architecture.
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E.
King’s Buildings
King’s Buildings is the University of Edinburgh’s main science and engineering campus, housing many of its research institutes, laboratories, and related teaching facilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | university building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| campus | Central Area campus of the University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings of the University of Edinburgh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh ⓘ Neoclassical architecture in Scotland ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1789 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| function | university administration building ⓘ |
| hasArchitect |
Robert Adam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Henry Playfair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoordinate | 55.948°N 3.187°W ⓘ |
| hasCourtyard | Old College quadrangle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDome | Old College Dome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction | symbolic centre of the University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Old College Dome
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old College Quad NERFINISHED ⓘ Playfair Library Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRenovation |
20th century restoration
ⓘ
21st century refurbishment of law facilities ⓘ |
| hasUse |
ceremonial events
ⓘ
offices ⓘ teaching ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Listed building in Scotland ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Category A listed building ⓘ |
| houses |
Edinburgh Law School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
School of Law, University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | late 18th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
Edinburgh city centre NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| material | sandstone ⓘ |
| near |
George Square campus of the University of Edinburgh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Museum of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Mile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Playfair Library Hall interior
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central quadrangle ⓘ neoclassical façade ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | completion of Playfair’s design in the 19th century ⓘ |
| streetAddress | South Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
legal education
ⓘ
university governance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Old College, University of Edinburgh Description of subject: Old College at the University of Edinburgh is a historic neoclassical building in the university’s central area, housing the School of Law and key administrative offices.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
University Court (University of Edinburgh)