Scots Wha Hae
E156473
"Scots Wha Hae" is a patriotic Scottish song and poem by Robert Burns, written as a stirring speech by Robert the Bruce before the Battle of Bannockburn and long regarded as an unofficial national anthem of Scotland.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scots Wha Hae canonical | 4 |
| Scots, wha hae wi’ Wallace bled | 2 |
| Scots Wha Hae Wi Wallace Bled | 1 |
| “Scots Wha Hae” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1364853 — 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: Scots Wha Hae Context triple: [Robert Burns, notableWork, Scots Wha Hae]
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A.
Scotland the Brave
Scotland the Brave is a famous traditional Scottish patriotic song and pipe tune widely regarded as one of Scotland’s unofficial national anthems.
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B.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 historical war drama film directed by Ken Loach, depicting the Irish War of Independence and ensuing civil war through the story of two brothers who join the IRA.
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C.
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
"Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" is a long, poetic ballad by Bob Dylan, celebrated for its hypnotic lyrics and closing position on his landmark album Blonde on Blonde.
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D.
The Patriotic Song
The Patriotic Song is the national anthem of South Korea, expressing the country's pride, history, and aspirations for independence and prosperity.
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E.
My Country, 'Tis of Thee
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee" is a 19th-century American patriotic song that long served as an unofficial national anthem of the United States.
- 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: Scots Wha Hae Target entity description: "Scots Wha Hae" is a patriotic Scottish song and poem by Robert Burns, written as a stirring speech by Robert the Bruce before the Battle of Bannockburn and long regarded as an unofficial national anthem of Scotland.
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A.
Scotland the Brave
Scotland the Brave is a famous traditional Scottish patriotic song and pipe tune widely regarded as one of Scotland’s unofficial national anthems.
-
B.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 historical war drama film directed by Ken Loach, depicting the Irish War of Independence and ensuing civil war through the story of two brothers who join the IRA.
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C.
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
"Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" is a long, poetic ballad by Bob Dylan, celebrated for its hypnotic lyrics and closing position on his landmark album Blonde on Blonde.
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D.
The Patriotic Song
The Patriotic Song is the national anthem of South Korea, expressing the country's pride, history, and aspirations for independence and prosperity.
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E.
My Country, 'Tis of Thee
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee" is a 19th-century American patriotic song that long served as an unofficial national anthem of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish patriotic song
ⓘ
patriotic song ⓘ poem ⓘ song ⓘ |
| about |
Robert the Bruce
ⓘ
Scottish independence ⓘ Wars of Scottish Independence ⓘ
linked to:
First War of Scottish Independence
patriotism ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Robert Bruce’s March to Bannockburn
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Bannockburn
Scots, wha hae wi’ Wallace bled ⓘ
linked to:
Scots Wha Hae
|
| associatedWith |
Robert the Bruce
ⓘ
Scottish nationalism ⓘ
linked to:
Scottish independence
William Wallace ⓘ |
| author | Robert Burns ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Scottish national identity ⓘ |
| describedAs | unofficial national anthem of Scotland ⓘ |
| firstLine |
Scots, wha hae wi’ Wallace bled
ⓘ
linked to:
Scots Wha Hae
|
| genre |
patriotic song
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ political song ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic song ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
battlefield rhetoric
ⓘ
heroic sacrifice ⓘ |
| hasMeter | traditional Scots verse ⓘ |
| hasRhetoricalForm | speech before battle ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
freedom
ⓘ
national pride ⓘ resistance to oppression ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Wars of Scottish Independence in the early 14th century ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Robert the Bruce’s speech before the Battle of Bannockburn ⓘ |
| language | Scots ⓘ |
| linkedToEvent | Battle of Bannockburn ⓘ |
| linkedToFigure |
Robert the Bruce
ⓘ
William Wallace ⓘ |
| lyricist | Robert Burns ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | Robert the Bruce ⓘ |
| partOf |
Scottish folk song tradition
ⓘ
Scottish literary canon ⓘ |
| performedInContext |
Scottish political events
ⓘ
cultural and national celebrations in Scotland ⓘ |
| periodWrittenIn | 18th century ⓘ |
| setting | Battle of Bannockburn ⓘ |
| usedAs |
patriotic anthem
ⓘ
protest song ⓘ |
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: Scots Wha Hae Description of subject: "Scots Wha Hae" is a patriotic Scottish song and poem by Robert Burns, written as a stirring speech by Robert the Bruce before the Battle of Bannockburn and long regarded as an unofficial national anthem of Scotland.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Scots Wha Hae
linked to: Scots Wha Hae
linked to: Scots Wha Hae
linked to: Scots Wha Hae