St Andrews Cathedral churchyard, St Andrews, Scotland
E225749
St Andrews Cathedral churchyard in St Andrews, Scotland is a historic burial ground surrounding the ruins of the medieval cathedral, noted as the final resting place of legendary golfer Old Tom Morris.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St Andrews Cathedral churchyard | 1 |
| St Andrews Cathedral churchyard, St Andrews, Scotland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2012202 — 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: St Andrews Cathedral churchyard, St Andrews, Scotland Context triple: [Old Tom Morris, burialPlace, St Andrews Cathedral churchyard, St Andrews, Scotland]
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A.
Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh
Canongate Kirkyard in Edinburgh is a historic churchyard on the Royal Mile, best known as the burial place of economist and philosopher Adam Smith.
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B.
West Kirk of Culross
West Kirk of Culross is a historic ruined church near the village of Culross in Fife, Scotland, noted for its medieval origins and atmospheric churchyard.
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C.
Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Whithorn in Wigtownshire, Scotland, is a historic small town in Dumfries and Galloway renowned as one of the earliest Christian centers in Scotland.
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D.
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
St Andrew's House in Edinburgh is a prominent Art Deco government building that serves as the main administrative base of Scotland's devolved government.
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E.
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, in Fife, Scotland, is a historic town best known as the birthplace of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
- 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: St Andrews Cathedral churchyard, St Andrews, Scotland Target entity description: St Andrews Cathedral churchyard in St Andrews, Scotland is a historic burial ground surrounding the ruins of the medieval cathedral, noted as the final resting place of legendary golfer Old Tom Morris.
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A.
Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh
Canongate Kirkyard in Edinburgh is a historic churchyard on the Royal Mile, best known as the burial place of economist and philosopher Adam Smith.
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B.
West Kirk of Culross
West Kirk of Culross is a historic ruined church near the village of Culross in Fife, Scotland, noted for its medieval origins and atmospheric churchyard.
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C.
Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Whithorn in Wigtownshire, Scotland, is a historic small town in Dumfries and Galloway renowned as one of the earliest Christian centers in Scotland.
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D.
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
St Andrew's House in Edinburgh is a prominent Art Deco government building that serves as the main administrative base of Scotland's devolved government.
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E.
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, in Fife, Scotland, is a historic town best known as the birthplace of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
burial ground
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ churchyard ⓘ |
| access | open to the public ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | North Sea coast ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Old Tom Morris
ⓘ
St Andrews Cathedral ⓘ history of Scottish Christianity ⓘ |
| city | St Andrews ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| era | medieval origins ⓘ |
| feature |
gravestones of local residents
ⓘ
memorials related to St Andrews golfing community ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | scheduled monument (cathedral precinct as a whole) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with St Andrews Cathedral
ⓘ
grave of Old Tom Morris ⓘ historic gravestones ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fife
ⓘ
St Andrews ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ east coast of Scotland ⓘ |
| managedBy | Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ |
| near |
St Andrews Castle
ⓘ
St Andrews Links golf courses ⓘ
linked to:
St Andrews Links
|
| notableBurial |
Old Tom Morris
ⓘ
members of the Morris family ⓘ |
| partOf |
St Andrews Cathedral precinct
ⓘ
linked to:
St Andrews Cathedral
|
| region | Fife ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Church of Scotland (historically Catholic before Reformation)
ⓘ
linked to:
Church of Scotland
|
| surrounds | St Andrews Cathedral ruins ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burials
ⓘ
commemoration of the dead ⓘ |
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: St Andrews Cathedral churchyard, St Andrews, Scotland Description of subject: St Andrews Cathedral churchyard in St Andrews, Scotland is a historic burial ground surrounding the ruins of the medieval cathedral, noted as the final resting place of legendary golfer Old Tom Morris.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: St Andrews Cathedral churchyard, St Andrews, Scotland