Swilcan Burn
E255655
Swilcan Burn is a small stream running through the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland, famous for its association with the historic Swilcan Bridge and the game of golf.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swilcan Burn canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2318973 — 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: Swilcan Burn Context triple: [Swilcan Bridge, crosses, Swilcan Burn]
-
A.
Castlecary Burn
Castlecary Burn is a small Scottish watercourse that flows through the village of Castlecary before joining the River Carron.
-
B.
Moonan Brook
Moonan Brook is a small watercourse in New South Wales, Australia, that serves as a tributary within the Hunter River river system.
-
C.
Cruick Water
Cruick Water is a small river in Angus, Scotland, that flows through rural farmland before joining the North Esk.
-
D.
Lathkill Dale
Lathkill Dale is a scenic limestone valley and popular walking area in England’s Peak District National Park, known for its clear river, wildlife, and dramatic daleside scenery.
-
E.
Tarf Water
Tarf Water is a river in eastern Scotland that flows through remote upland landscapes before joining the North Esk River.
- 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: Swilcan Burn Target entity description: Swilcan Burn is a small stream running through the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland, famous for its association with the historic Swilcan Bridge and the game of golf.
-
A.
Castlecary Burn
Castlecary Burn is a small Scottish watercourse that flows through the village of Castlecary before joining the River Carron.
-
B.
Moonan Brook
Moonan Brook is a small watercourse in New South Wales, Australia, that serves as a tributary within the Hunter River river system.
-
C.
Cruick Water
Cruick Water is a small river in Angus, Scotland, that flows through rural farmland before joining the North Esk.
-
D.
Lathkill Dale
Lathkill Dale is a scenic limestone valley and popular walking area in England’s Peak District National Park, known for its clear river, wildlife, and dramatic daleside scenery.
-
E.
Tarf Water
Tarf Water is a river in eastern Scotland that flows through remote upland landscapes before joining the North Esk River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
stream
ⓘ
watercourse ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
golf photography
ⓘ
golf television coverage of St Andrews ⓘ promotional material for St Andrews Links ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
The Open Championship at St Andrews
ⓘ
linked to:
The Open Championship
amateur golf play at St Andrews ⓘ professional golf tournaments ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| crossedBy | Swilcan Bridge ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of golf’s origins at St Andrews ⓘ |
| environmentType | coastal links landscape ⓘ |
| famousFor |
association with the Old Course at St Andrews
ⓘ
association with the Swilcan Bridge ⓘ connection to the game of golf ⓘ |
| flowsTowards | North Sea ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | historic association with early golf ⓘ |
| hasView | clubhouse of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Scots ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fife
ⓘ
Old Course at St Andrews ⓘ St Andrews ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| nameElement | Burn means stream in Scots ⓘ |
| near |
North Sea coast at St Andrews
ⓘ
linked to:
Town of St Andrews
St Andrews Links ⓘ |
| notableFeatureOf | Old Course at St Andrews landscape ⓘ |
| partOf | golf course hazards on the Old Course at St Andrews ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
eighteenth hole of the Old Course at St Andrews
ⓘ
first hole of the Old Course at St Andrews ⓘ |
| photographedWith | golfers crossing Swilcan Bridge ⓘ |
| touristAttractionStatus | minor tourist attraction for golf visitors ⓘ |
| usedAs | natural hazard in golf ⓘ |
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: Swilcan Burn Description of subject: Swilcan Burn is a small stream running through the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland, famous for its association with the historic Swilcan Bridge and the game of golf.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.