Stroma
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Stroma is a small, uninhabited island in the Pentland Firth off the north coast of mainland Scotland, known for its strong tidal races and abandoned settlements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stroma canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10078812 — 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: Stroma Context triple: [Pentland Firth, hasIslandAtMouth, Stroma]
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A.
Sciama
Sciama is a surname most notably associated with British physicist Dennis Sciama, a key mentor to several leading cosmologists.
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B.
Caelum
Caelum is a small, faint southern constellation introduced in the 18th century, representing a sculptor’s chisel.
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C.
Stromata
Stromata is a multi-volume theological and philosophical work by Clement of Alexandria that weaves together Christian doctrine with Greek philosophy in a loosely structured, miscellaneous style.
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D.
Stonn
Stonn is a Vulcan male from the Star Trek universe, best known as T'Pring's chosen mate in the original series episode "Amok Time."
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E.
Teia
Teia was the final king of the Ostrogoths in Italy, known for leading their last resistance against the Eastern Roman Empire in the mid-6th century.
- 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: Stroma Target entity description: Stroma is a small, uninhabited island in the Pentland Firth off the north coast of mainland Scotland, known for its strong tidal races and abandoned settlements.
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A.
Sciama
Sciama is a surname most notably associated with British physicist Dennis Sciama, a key mentor to several leading cosmologists.
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B.
Caelum
Caelum is a small, faint southern constellation introduced in the 18th century, representing a sculptor’s chisel.
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C.
Stromata
Stromata is a multi-volume theological and philosophical work by Clement of Alexandria that weaves together Christian doctrine with Greek philosophy in a loosely structured, miscellaneous style.
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D.
Stonn
Stonn is a Vulcan male from the Star Trek universe, best known as T'Pring's chosen mate in the original series episode "Amok Time."
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E.
Teia
Teia was the final king of the Ostrogoths in Italy, known for leading their last resistance against the Eastern Roman Empire in the mid-6th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | island ⓘ |
| bodyOfWater | Pentland Firth ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| currentUse |
grazing for sheep
ⓘ
occasional tourism visits ⓘ |
| formerPrimaryEconomicActivity |
crofter-fishing community
ⓘ
herring fishing ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLatitude | 58.6833 ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLongitude | -3.1167 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cliffs on west coast
ⓘ
geos and inlets ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ rocky shoreline ⓘ sea caves ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalFeature |
Old Red Sandstone
ⓘ
horizontal sedimentary strata ⓘ |
| hasLighthouse | Stroma Lighthouse ⓘ |
| hasRuinsOf |
church
ⓘ
croft houses ⓘ farm buildings ⓘ harbour works ⓘ school ⓘ |
| hasShipwrecks | multiple wreck sites around island ⓘ |
| highestElevation | about 53 metres ⓘ |
| islandArea |
approximately 0.9 square miles
ⓘ
approximately 375 hectares ⓘ |
| knownFor |
abandoned settlements
ⓘ
dangerous currents ⓘ derelict buildings ⓘ maritime hazards ⓘ strong tidal races ⓘ |
| lighthouseAutomated | 1997 ⓘ |
| lighthouseBuilt | 1896 ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
island of Swona
ⓘ
mainland Scotland ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pentland Firth
ⓘ
north of mainland Scotland ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Caithness
ⓘ
Highland ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | from Old Norse meaning “stream island” or “island in the current” ⓘ |
| nearbyTidalRace |
Merry Men of Mey
ⓘ
Swelkie ⓘ |
| partOf | Inner Sound of Pentland Firth ⓘ |
| population | 0 permanent residents ⓘ |
| separatedFrom |
Gills Bay
ⓘ
John o’ Groats ⓘ
linked to:
John o' Groats
|
| surroundedBy | tide races of Pentland Firth ⓘ |
| uninhabitedSince | 1960s ⓘ |
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: Stroma Description of subject: Stroma is a small, uninhabited island in the Pentland Firth off the north coast of mainland Scotland, known for its strong tidal races and abandoned settlements.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.