Swona
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Swona is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland, noted for its strong tidal races and abandoned crofting settlements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swona canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9545899 — 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: Swona Context triple: [South Ronaldsay, nearbyIsland, Swona]
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A.
Tiffany
Tiffany is a feminine given name of Greek origin, commonly associated with the feast of Epiphany and used in various English-speaking countries.
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B.
Qeelin
Qeelin is a contemporary fine jewelry brand known for blending Chinese cultural symbolism with modern design, operating as part of the French luxury group Kering.
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C.
Buccellati
Buccellati is an Italian luxury jewelry and watch brand renowned for its intricate hand-crafted designs and distinctive textural goldwork.
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D.
Altinum
Altinum was an important ancient settlement in northeastern Italy, serving as a key Venetic and later Roman port and trading center near the Venetian lagoon.
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E.
Pearic
Pearic is a small branch of Austroasiatic languages spoken by indigenous Pearic peoples in parts of Cambodia and Thailand.
- 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: Swona Target entity description: Swona is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland, noted for its strong tidal races and abandoned crofting settlements.
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A.
Tiffany
Tiffany is a feminine given name of Greek origin, commonly associated with the feast of Epiphany and used in various English-speaking countries.
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B.
Qeelin
Qeelin is a contemporary fine jewelry brand known for blending Chinese cultural symbolism with modern design, operating as part of the French luxury group Kering.
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C.
Buccellati
Buccellati is an Italian luxury jewelry and watch brand renowned for its intricate hand-crafted designs and distinctive textural goldwork.
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D.
Altinum
Altinum was an important ancient settlement in northeastern Italy, serving as a key Venetic and later Roman port and trading center near the Venetian lagoon.
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E.
Pearic
Pearic is a small branch of Austroasiatic languages spoken by indigenous Pearic peoples in parts of Cambodia and Thailand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | island ⓘ |
| accessDifficulty | strong tides make landing hazardous ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Orkney Islands Council ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| designatedAs | Site of Special Scientific Interest ⓘ |
| feralCattleOrigin | abandoned domestic cattle from last residents ⓘ |
| hasArea |
approximately 0.92 square kilometres
ⓘ
approximately 92 hectares ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
abandoned crofts
ⓘ
cliffs on west coast ⓘ geos and caves ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ ruined buildings ⓘ |
| hasFeralCattleSince | 1970s ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalType | Old Red Sandstone ⓘ |
| hasGridReference | ND 321 834 ⓘ |
| hasHighestPoint | 41 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasLighthouse | Swona Lighthouse ⓘ |
| hasVegetation |
heath
ⓘ
maritime grassland ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
feral cattle
ⓘ
grey seals ⓘ seabird colonies ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
crofting
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ small-scale farming ⓘ |
| knownFor |
abandoned crofting settlements
ⓘ
feral cattle herd ⓘ strong tidal races ⓘ |
| lastPermanentResidentsLeft | 1974 ⓘ |
| liesInTidalStream |
Pentland Firth tidal races
ⓘ
linked to:
Pentland Firth
Swelkie tidal race ⓘ |
| lighthouseAutomated | 1970s ⓘ |
| lighthouseBuilt | 1906 ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Orkney Mainland and South Ronaldsay
ⓘ
linked to:
Orkney Mainland
|
| locatedIn |
Orkney
ⓘ
linked to:
Orkney Islands
Orkney archipelago ⓘ
linked to:
Orkney Islands
|
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Pentland Firth ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
South Ronaldsay
ⓘ
Stroma ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | Old Norse origin ⓘ |
| namePossiblyMeans | Sweyn’s island ⓘ |
| partOf |
Northern Isles
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| population | 0 permanent residents ⓘ |
| SSSIReason | important maritime cliff and grassland habitats ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | dangerous tidal currents ⓘ |
| uninhabitedSince | 1974 ⓘ |
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: Swona Description of subject: Swona is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland, noted for its strong tidal races and abandoned crofting settlements.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.