Yell Sound
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Yell Sound is a sea channel in the Shetland Islands of Scotland, separating the island of Yell from the Shetland Mainland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yell Sound canonical | 12 |
| Yell Sound area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T632497 — 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: Yell Sound Context triple: [Yell, hasBodyOfWater, Yell Sound]
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A.
Bluemull Sound
Bluemull Sound is a narrow sea channel in the Shetland Islands of Scotland, separating the islands of Yell and Unst.
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B.
Vineyard Sound
Vineyard Sound is a strait off the coast of Massachusetts that separates the island of Martha’s Vineyard from the mainland and serves as a busy route for coastal and ferry traffic.
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C.
Popponesset Bay
Popponesset Bay is a shallow coastal estuary on Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its tidal flats, salt marshes, and recreational boating and shellfishing.
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D.
Ironbottom Sound
Ironbottom Sound is a strait in the Solomon Islands famed as a major World War II naval battleground where numerous ships and aircraft were sunk.
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E.
Dalgety Bay
Dalgety Bay is a coastal town in Fife, Scotland, situated on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth and known for its commuter links to Edinburgh.
- 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: Yell Sound Target entity description: Yell Sound is a sea channel in the Shetland Islands of Scotland, separating the island of Yell from the Shetland Mainland.
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A.
Bluemull Sound
Bluemull Sound is a narrow sea channel in the Shetland Islands of Scotland, separating the islands of Yell and Unst.
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B.
Vineyard Sound
Vineyard Sound is a strait off the coast of Massachusetts that separates the island of Martha’s Vineyard from the mainland and serves as a busy route for coastal and ferry traffic.
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C.
Popponesset Bay
Popponesset Bay is a shallow coastal estuary on Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its tidal flats, salt marshes, and recreational boating and shellfishing.
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D.
Ironbottom Sound
Ironbottom Sound is a strait in the Solomon Islands famed as a major World War II naval battleground where numerous ships and aircraft were sunk.
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E.
Dalgety Bay
Dalgety Bay is a coastal town in Fife, Scotland, situated on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth and known for its commuter links to Edinburgh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
sea channel
ⓘ
sound ⓘ strait ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion |
Shetland Islands Council area
ⓘ
linked to:
Shetland Islands Council
|
| connects |
Toft
ⓘ
Ulsta ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasFerryRoute | Toft–Ulsta ferry ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Sullom Voe
ⓘ
Toft ⓘ Ulsta ⓘ |
| hasShoreOn |
Shetland Mainland
ⓘ
linked to:
Shetland
Yell ⓘ |
| knownFor |
marine wildlife
ⓘ
strong tidal currents ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Europe
ⓘ
Northern Isles ⓘ Shetland Islands ⓘ
linked to:
Shetland
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf |
Mainland, Shetland
ⓘ
linked to:
Shetland
|
| locatedSouthOf | Yell ⓘ |
| northernTerminusNear | Bluemull Sound ⓘ |
| partOf | North Sea ⓘ |
| separates |
Shetland Mainland
ⓘ
linked to:
Shetland
Yell ⓘ |
| southernApproachNear | Sullom Voe ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ferry transport
ⓘ
marine navigation ⓘ |
| waterwayOf |
Shetland Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Shetland
|
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: Yell Sound Description of subject: Yell Sound is a sea channel in the Shetland Islands of Scotland, separating the island of Yell from the Shetland Mainland.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yell Sound
subject linked to:
Northmavine (across Yell Sound)
subject linked to:
island of Yell
subject linked to:
Sullom Voe (sea inlet)