Ailsa Craig
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Ailsa Craig is a small, steep-sided volcanic island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, famed for its seabird colonies and as the historic source of granite used to make curling stones.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ailsa Craig canonical | 45 |
| Ailsa Craig (island) | 2 |
| Ailsa Craig (offshore island historically associated) | 1 |
| Ailsa Craig island | 1 |
| Ailsa Craig volcanic island | 1 |
| Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde | 1 |
| Isle of Ailsa Craig | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1373382 — 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: Ailsa Craig Context triple: [Clyde Islands, hasIsland, Ailsa Craig]
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A.
Tarbet Isle
Tarbet Isle is a small, wooded island located in Loch Lomond in the Scottish Highlands, known for its scenic setting within the national park.
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B.
Little Cumbrae
Little Cumbrae is a small, privately owned Scottish island in the Firth of Clyde, known for its lighthouse, rugged coastline, and wildlife.
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C.
Arran
Arran is a Scottish island in the Firth of Clyde known for its rugged mountains, scenic coastline, and rich archaeological and cultural heritage.
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D.
Holy Isle (Firth of Clyde)
Holy Isle (Firth of Clyde) is a small Scottish island off the Isle of Arran known for its spiritual retreat centres, historic monastic sites, and rich wildlife.
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E.
Tiree
Tiree is a small, low-lying Hebridean island off Scotland’s west coast, known for its sandy beaches, sunshine, and strong windsurfing conditions.
- 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: Ailsa Craig Target entity description: Ailsa Craig is a small, steep-sided volcanic island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, famed for its seabird colonies and as the historic source of granite used to make curling stones.
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A.
Tarbet Isle
Tarbet Isle is a small, wooded island located in Loch Lomond in the Scottish Highlands, known for its scenic setting within the national park.
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B.
Little Cumbrae
Little Cumbrae is a small, privately owned Scottish island in the Firth of Clyde, known for its lighthouse, rugged coastline, and wildlife.
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C.
Arran
Arran is a Scottish island in the Firth of Clyde known for its rugged mountains, scenic coastline, and rich archaeological and cultural heritage.
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D.
Holy Isle (Firth of Clyde)
Holy Isle (Firth of Clyde) is a small Scottish island off the Isle of Arran known for its spiritual retreat centres, historic monastic sites, and rich wildlife.
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E.
Tiree
Tiree is a small, low-lying Hebridean island off Scotland’s west coast, known for its sandy beaches, sunshine, and strong windsurfing conditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
island
ⓘ
volcanic plug ⓘ |
| composition |
microgranite
ⓘ
rhyolite ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| distanceFromGirvan | about 16 kilometres ⓘ |
| elevation |
1120 feet
ⓘ
340 metres ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Paleogene ⓘ |
| geologicalType | volcanic plug ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Islands of the Firth of Clyde
ⓘ
linked to:
Firth of Clyde islands
Volcanic plugs of Scotland ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | RSPB reserve ⓘ |
| hasRockType |
Ailsa Craig Blue Hone granite
ⓘ
Ailsa Craig Common Green granite ⓘ Ailsa Craig Red Hone granite ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Atlantic puffin
ⓘ
black-legged kittiwake ⓘ common guillemot ⓘ herring gull ⓘ lesser black-backed gull ⓘ northern gannet ⓘ razorbill ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Ailsa Craig Lighthouse
ⓘ
quarry workings ⓘ ruined castle ⓘ tramway remains ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Ailsa Craig summit ⓘ |
| lighthouseBuiltBy | Thomas Stevenson ⓘ |
| lighthouseCompletedIn | 1886 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ayrshire
ⓘ
Firth of Clyde ⓘ Outer Firth of Clyde ⓘ
linked to:
Firth of Clyde
Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| materialUsedFor | curling stones ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Gaelic and Norse origins ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Fairy rock ⓘ |
| nearestMainlandTown | Girvan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
curling stone granite
ⓘ
distinctive conical shape ⓘ gannet colony ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ puffin colony ⓘ seabird colonies ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Marquess of Ailsa ⓘ |
| partOf | British Isles ⓘ |
| protectedStatus |
Site of Special Scientific Interest
ⓘ
Special Protection Area ⓘ |
| uninhabited | true ⓘ |
| usedFor |
bird watching
ⓘ
granite quarrying ⓘ tourist boat trips ⓘ |
| visibleFrom |
Arran
ⓘ
Ayrshire coast ⓘ Kintyre ⓘ |
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: Ailsa Craig Description of subject: Ailsa Craig is a small, steep-sided volcanic island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, famed for its seabird colonies and as the historic source of granite used to make curling stones.
Referenced by (52)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ailsa Craig
linked to: Ailsa Craig
linked to: Ailsa Craig
subject linked to:
South Ayrshire Council area
linked to: Ailsa Craig
linked to: Ailsa Craig
linked to: Ailsa Craig
linked to: Ailsa Craig