The Whispering Knights
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The Whispering Knights are a prehistoric stone circle burial chamber, part of the Rollright Stones complex in Oxfordshire, England, associated with local legends and ancient ritual use.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whispering Knights | 3 |
| The Whispering Knights canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4067891 — 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: The Whispering Knights Context triple: [Great Rollright, hasNearbyHeritageSite, The Whispering Knights]
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A.
Knights of the Frozen Throne
Knights of the Frozen Throne is a major Hearthstone expansion set themed around the Lich King and Northrend, introducing Death Knight hero cards and lifesteal mechanics.
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B.
The Knights of Prosperity
The Knights of Prosperity is a short-lived ABC television sitcom about a group of ordinary New Yorkers who form a hapless gang to rob celebrities.
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C.
Knights Under the Prophet’s Banner
Knights Under the Prophet’s Banner is a manifesto-style book by Ayman al-Zawahiri outlining the ideology, history, and strategy of the global jihadist movement associated with al-Qaeda.
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D.
The Silky Veils of Ardor
"The Silky Veils of Ardor" is a song by Joni Mitchell from her 1977 album *Don Juan's Reckless Daughter*, blending jazz-inflected folk with introspective, poetic lyrics.
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E.
Lord of Arlay
The Lord of Arlay was a medieval noble title held by members of the influential Burgundian House of Chalon-Arlay, associated with lordship over the Arlay territory in present-day France.
- 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: The Whispering Knights Target entity description: The Whispering Knights are a prehistoric stone circle burial chamber, part of the Rollright Stones complex in Oxfordshire, England, associated with local legends and ancient ritual use.
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A.
Knights of the Frozen Throne
Knights of the Frozen Throne is a major Hearthstone expansion set themed around the Lich King and Northrend, introducing Death Knight hero cards and lifesteal mechanics.
-
B.
The Knights of Prosperity
The Knights of Prosperity is a short-lived ABC television sitcom about a group of ordinary New Yorkers who form a hapless gang to rob celebrities.
-
C.
Knights Under the Prophet’s Banner
Knights Under the Prophet’s Banner is a manifesto-style book by Ayman al-Zawahiri outlining the ideology, history, and strategy of the global jihadist movement associated with al-Qaeda.
-
D.
The Silky Veils of Ardor
"The Silky Veils of Ardor" is a song by Joni Mitchell from her 1977 album *Don Juan's Reckless Daughter*, blending jazz-inflected folk with introspective, poetic lyrics.
-
E.
Lord of Arlay
The Lord of Arlay was a medieval noble title held by members of the influential Burgundian House of Chalon-Arlay, associated with lordship over the Arlay territory in present-day France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dolmen
ⓘ
megalithic monument ⓘ prehistoric burial chamber ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
English legends
ⓘ
ancient ritual use ⓘ local folklore ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage | British prehistoric monument ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod | Neolithic ⓘ |
| distanceFrom |
about 400 meters east of the King’s Men stone circle
ⓘ
about 85 meters from the King Stone ⓘ |
| function |
burial chamber
ⓘ
funerary monument ⓘ |
| hasAccessType | public access site ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDate |
circa 3800–3500 BCE
ⓘ
early Neolithic period ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidence |
human burial use
ⓘ
stone rearrangement over time ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
capstone (now fallen)
ⓘ
standing stones ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLatitude | 51.976 ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLongitude | -1.568 ⓘ |
| hasLegend |
stones are knights plotting against their king
ⓘ
stones whisper at night ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin |
legend that stones whisper to each other
ⓘ
likened to conspirators in conversation ⓘ |
| hasProtection | legal protection under UK heritage law ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Scheduled Monument ⓘ |
| isComponentOf | trilithon-type arrangement (originally) ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
King Stone
ⓘ
King’s Men stone circle ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Oxfordshire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Cotswolds
ⓘ
Long Compton ⓘ |
| managedBy | Rollright Trust ⓘ |
| material | local oolitic limestone ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
A3400 road
ⓘ
border of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire ⓘ |
| numberOfMajorStones | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfStones | 4 standing stones plus one fallen capstone ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| orientation | roughly east–west ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rollright Stones
ⓘ
Rollright Stones complex ⓘ
linked to:
Rollright Stones
|
| region | South East England ⓘ |
| tourismType | heritage tourism site ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Whispering Knights Description of subject: The Whispering Knights are a prehistoric stone circle burial chamber, part of the Rollright Stones complex in Oxfordshire, England, associated with local legends and ancient ritual use.
Referenced by (5)
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