Caol
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Caol is a coastal village in the Scottish Highlands, situated near Fort William at the entrance to the Caledonian Canal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caol canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9091985 — 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: Caol Context triple: [River Lochy, flowsNear, Caol]
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A.
Claonaig
Claonaig is a small hamlet on the Kintyre peninsula in western Scotland, known primarily as a ferry terminal linking the mainland to the Isle of Arran.
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B.
Lochaline
Lochaline is a small coastal village on the west coast of Scotland, serving as a key ferry terminal and gateway to the Isle of Mull.
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C.
Moneen
Moneen is a Canadian indie rock band known for its emotionally charged, dynamic sound and energetic live performances.
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D.
Dromahair
Dromahair is a small village in County Leitrim, Ireland, known for its scenic setting by Lough Gill and its historic monastic and medieval sites.
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E.
Creinch
Creinch is a small, wooded island located in Scotland’s Loch Lomond, known for its natural beauty and rich birdlife.
- 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: Caol Target entity description: Caol is a coastal village in the Scottish Highlands, situated near Fort William at the entrance to the Caledonian Canal.
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A.
Claonaig
Claonaig is a small hamlet on the Kintyre peninsula in western Scotland, known primarily as a ferry terminal linking the mainland to the Isle of Arran.
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B.
Lochaline
Lochaline is a small coastal village on the west coast of Scotland, serving as a key ferry terminal and gateway to the Isle of Mull.
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C.
Moneen
Moneen is a Canadian indie rock band known for its emotionally charged, dynamic sound and energetic live performances.
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D.
Dromahair
Dromahair is a small village in County Leitrim, Ireland, known for its scenic setting by Lough Gill and its historic monastic and medieval sites.
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E.
Creinch
Creinch is a small, wooded island located in Scotland’s Loch Lomond, known for its natural beauty and rich birdlife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal village
ⓘ
settlement ⓘ village ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Caledonian Canal
ⓘ
Loch Linnhe ⓘ |
| country |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| governingBody | Highland Council ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
community centre
ⓘ
primary school ⓘ shops ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Populated coastal place in Scotland
ⓘ
Village in Highland council area ⓘ |
| hasDialCode | 01397 ⓘ |
| hasGaelicName | An Caol ⓘ |
| hasPostcodeDistrict | PH33 ⓘ |
| hasPostTown | Fort William ⓘ |
| hasPrimarySchool | Caol Primary School ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding |
Kilmallie Free Church
ⓘ
St John’s Church ⓘ |
| hasSecondarySchoolCatchment | Lochaber High School ⓘ |
| hasSportsFacility |
Canal-side playing fields
ⓘ
Lochaber Yacht Club ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Ben Nevis ⓘ |
| hasWalkingRoute | Great Glen Way ⓘ |
| locatedAt | entrance to the Caledonian Canal ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Glen
ⓘ
Highland council area ⓘ Lochaber ⓘ Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| locatedOn | shore of Loch Linnhe ⓘ |
| near | Fort William ⓘ |
| region | West Highlands ⓘ |
| traversedBy | Great Glen Way ⓘ |
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: Caol Description of subject: Caol is a coastal village in the Scottish Highlands, situated near Fort William at the entrance to the Caledonian Canal.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.