Loch Lochy
E168606
Loch Lochy is a long, deep freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, forming part of the Great Glen and the Caledonian Canal system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Loch Lochy canonical | 23 |
| Loch Lochy (English) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1343644 — 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: Loch Lochy Context triple: [Great Glen Fault, associatedFeature, Loch Lochy]
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A.
Loch of Harray
Loch of Harray is a large freshwater loch on Mainland Orkney in Scotland, noted for its rich birdlife and proximity to major Neolithic archaeological sites.
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B.
Loch Tay
Loch Tay is a large freshwater loch in the central Scottish Highlands, renowned for its scenic beauty, historic crannogs, and role in outdoor recreation such as boating and fishing.
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C.
Loch Earn
Loch Earn is a freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, known for its scenic surroundings, outdoor recreation, and nearby villages such as Lochearnhead and St Fillans.
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D.
Loch of Ayre
Loch of Ayre is a small freshwater loch on Orkney’s Mainland in Scotland, known for its tranquil setting and local birdlife.
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E.
Airthrey Loch
Airthrey Loch is a scenic freshwater lake situated at the heart of the University of Stirling campus in Scotland, known for its picturesque setting and wildlife.
- 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: Loch Lochy Target entity description: Loch Lochy is a long, deep freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, forming part of the Great Glen and the Caledonian Canal system.
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A.
Loch of Harray
Loch of Harray is a large freshwater loch on Mainland Orkney in Scotland, noted for its rich birdlife and proximity to major Neolithic archaeological sites.
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B.
Loch Tay
Loch Tay is a large freshwater loch in the central Scottish Highlands, renowned for its scenic beauty, historic crannogs, and role in outdoor recreation such as boating and fishing.
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C.
Loch Earn
Loch Earn is a freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, known for its scenic surroundings, outdoor recreation, and nearby villages such as Lochearnhead and St Fillans.
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D.
Loch of Ayre
Loch of Ayre is a small freshwater loch on Orkney’s Mainland in Scotland, known for its tranquil setting and local birdlife.
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E.
Airthrey Loch
Airthrey Loch is a scenic freshwater lake situated at the heart of the University of Stirling campus in Scotland, known for its picturesque setting and wildlife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
freshwater loch
ⓘ
lake ⓘ |
| connectedBy | Caledonian Canal ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Loch Linnhe
ⓘ
Loch Oich ⓘ |
| country |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depthCharacteristic | deep ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
canalized sections at each end
ⓘ
freshwater ecosystem ⓘ steep surrounding hills ⓘ |
| hasInflow |
Caledonian Canal
ⓘ
local rivers and streams ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Loch Lochaidh (Scottish Gaelic)
ⓘ
linked to:
Loch Oich
Loch Lochy (English) ⓘ
linked to:
Loch Lochy
|
| hasOutflow | River Lochy ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
deep waters
ⓘ
scenic landscape ⓘ |
| isTraversedBy | Caledonian Canal shipping route ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Glen
ⓘ
Highland council area ⓘ Lochaber ⓘ Scottish Highlands ⓘ northern Scotland ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Fort William
ⓘ
Invergarry ⓘ Spean Bridge ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterway | Great Glen Fault ⓘ |
| partOf |
Caledonian Canal
ⓘ
Caledonian Canal route between Fort William and Inverness ⓘ Great Glen waterway system ⓘ
linked to:
Caledonian Canal
|
| region | Great Glen ⓘ |
| shapeCharacteristic | long ⓘ |
| tourismType |
nature tourism
ⓘ
outdoor tourism ⓘ |
| usedFor |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ navigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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: Loch Lochy Description of subject: Loch Lochy is a long, deep freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, forming part of the Great Glen and the Caledonian Canal system.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Loch Lochy