A Collection of Scots Proverbs
E163875
A Collection of Scots Proverbs is a compilation of traditional Scottish sayings and maxims gathered and published by the poet Allan Ramsay.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Collection of Scots Proverbs canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1421381 — 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: A Collection of Scots Proverbs Context triple: [Allan Ramsay, notableWork, A Collection of Scots Proverbs]
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A.
Scholia on Proverbs
Scholia on Proverbs is an early Christian exegetical work offering spiritual and allegorical commentary on the biblical Book of Proverbs, traditionally attributed to the monk and theologian Evagrius Ponticus.
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B.
The Scots Musical Museum
The Scots Musical Museum is a landmark late-18th-century collection of traditional Scottish songs and music, famed for including many lyrics contributed and adapted by poet Robert Burns.
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C.
Three Estates of Scotland
The Three Estates of Scotland were the pre-Union Scottish parliament’s representative bodies of clergy, nobility, and burgh commissioners that together formed the kingdom’s central legislative assembly.
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D.
Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal
Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal refers to the Highland Clearances, the 18th- and 19th-century forced evictions of Scottish Gaelic communities that radically transformed the Highlands’ population and culture.
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E.
The Bannatyne Manuscript
The Bannatyne Manuscript is a 16th-century Scottish anthology of poetry that preserves a major collection of medieval and early Renaissance Scots literature.
- 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: A Collection of Scots Proverbs Target entity description: A Collection of Scots Proverbs is a compilation of traditional Scottish sayings and maxims gathered and published by the poet Allan Ramsay.
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A.
Scholia on Proverbs
Scholia on Proverbs is an early Christian exegetical work offering spiritual and allegorical commentary on the biblical Book of Proverbs, traditionally attributed to the monk and theologian Evagrius Ponticus.
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B.
The Scots Musical Museum
The Scots Musical Museum is a landmark late-18th-century collection of traditional Scottish songs and music, famed for including many lyrics contributed and adapted by poet Robert Burns.
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C.
Three Estates of Scotland
The Three Estates of Scotland were the pre-Union Scottish parliament’s representative bodies of clergy, nobility, and burgh commissioners that together formed the kingdom’s central legislative assembly.
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D.
Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal
Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal refers to the Highland Clearances, the 18th- and 19th-century forced evictions of Scottish Gaelic communities that radically transformed the Highlands’ population and culture.
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E.
The Bannatyne Manuscript
The Bannatyne Manuscript is a 16th-century Scottish anthology of poetry that preserves a major collection of medieval and early Renaissance Scots literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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proverb collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Scottish Enlightenment era
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linked to:
Scottish Enlightenment
Scottish literature ⓘ |
| author | Allan Ramsay ⓘ |
| compiler | Allan Ramsay ⓘ |
| contains |
moral maxims
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practical advice ⓘ traditional Scottish sayings ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation | poet ⓘ |
| culturalContext | early 18th‑century Scotland ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Scottish literary historians ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic literature
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folklore ⓘ proverbs ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Allan Ramsay ⓘ |
| hasForm | printed book ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
later collections of Scottish proverbs
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study of Scots language ⓘ |
| hasTitle | A Collection of Scots Proverbs ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readership
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readers of Scots literature ⓘ |
| language | Scots ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Scottish culture
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Scottish proverbs ⓘ traditional wisdom ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Scots ⓘ |
| partOf | Scottish proverb tradition ⓘ |
| purpose |
to disseminate traditional Scottish wisdom
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to preserve Scottish proverbial lore ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Collection of Scots Proverbs Description of subject: A Collection of Scots Proverbs is a compilation of traditional Scottish sayings and maxims gathered and published by the poet Allan Ramsay.
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