Tobermory
E142747
Tobermory is a picturesque harbour town on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, known for its brightly painted waterfront buildings and role as a local tourist and fishing centre.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tobermory canonical | 27 |
| Tobermory harbour | 3 |
| Tobermory, Isle of Mull | 2 |
| Tobermory ferry terminal | 1 |
| Tobermory town centre | 1 |
| Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland | 1 |
| Tobermory, Mull | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T998800 — 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: Tobermory Context triple: [Mull, hasLargestSettlement, Tobermory]
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A.
Oban
Oban is a coastal town in western Scotland known as a major ferry port and gateway to the Hebridean islands.
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B.
Port Ellen
Port Ellen is a small coastal town on the south coast of the Scottish island of Islay, known for its whisky distilleries and ferry port.
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C.
Port Charlotte
Port Charlotte is a small coastal village on the Scottish island of Islay, known for its traditional whitewashed houses, whisky heritage, and views over Loch Indaal.
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D.
Gourock
Gourock is a coastal town and ferry port on the Firth of Clyde in Inverclyde, western Scotland.
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E.
Portree
Portree is a picturesque coastal town on Scotland’s Isle of Skye, known for its colorful harbor, surrounding rugged landscapes, and role as a main hub for visitors to the island.
- 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: Tobermory Target entity description: Tobermory is a picturesque harbour town on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, known for its brightly painted waterfront buildings and role as a local tourist and fishing centre.
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A.
Oban
Oban is a coastal town in western Scotland known as a major ferry port and gateway to the Hebridean islands.
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B.
Port Ellen
Port Ellen is a small coastal town on the south coast of the Scottish island of Islay, known for its whisky distilleries and ferry port.
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C.
Port Charlotte
Port Charlotte is a small coastal village on the Scottish island of Islay, known for its traditional whitewashed houses, whisky heritage, and views over Loch Indaal.
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D.
Gourock
Gourock is a coastal town and ferry port on the Firth of Clyde in Inverclyde, western Scotland.
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E.
Portree
Portree is a picturesque coastal town on Scotland’s Isle of Skye, known for its colorful harbor, surrounding rugged landscapes, and role as a main hub for visitors to the island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
settlement
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| administrativeArea |
Argyll and Bute council area
ⓘ
linked to:
council area of Argyll and Bute
|
| climate | maritime climate ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
angling
ⓘ
boat trips ⓘ sailing ⓘ wildlife watching ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
guesthouses
ⓘ
hotels ⓘ restaurants ⓘ shops ⓘ |
| hasCulturalReference | setting for the children’s TV series Balamory (fictionalised) ⓘ |
| hasEconomicRole | local service centre for northern Mull ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
brightly painted buildings
ⓘ
harbour ⓘ waterfront ⓘ |
| hasHarbourUse |
fishing boats
ⓘ
tour boats ⓘ yachts ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
distilling
ⓘ
fishing industry ⓘ tourism industry ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Tobermory Distillery
ⓘ
Tobermory harbour ⓘ
linked to:
Tobermory
Tobermory lighthouse (nearby Rubha nan Gall) ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAttraction |
Calgary Bay (Isle of Mull)
ⓘ
Duart Castle (Isle of Mull) ⓘ
linked to:
Duart Castle
|
| hasTransport | ferry services nearby ⓘ |
| is | capital of the Isle of Mull ⓘ |
| knownFor |
colourful waterfront houses
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ picturesque harbour ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Argyll and Bute
ⓘ
Inner Hebrides ⓘ Isle of Mull ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Sound of Mull ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hebrides
ⓘ
linked to:
Inner Hebrides
|
| postalCountry | Scotland ⓘ |
| region |
Scottish Highlands and Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Highlands and Islands
|
| touristAttractionType |
Scottish coastal destination
ⓘ
seaside town ⓘ |
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: Tobermory Description of subject: Tobermory is a picturesque harbour town on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, known for its brightly painted waterfront buildings and role as a local tourist and fishing centre.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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