bell of Saint Fillan
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The bell of Saint Fillan is a medieval Scottish ecclesiastical relic traditionally associated with the early Celtic saint Fillan and revered for its supposed protective and healing powers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| bell of Saint Fillan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10487351 — 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: bell of Saint Fillan Context triple: [Saint Fillan, relic, bell of Saint Fillan]
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A.
Elgin Cathedral
Elgin Cathedral is a ruined medieval cathedral in Elgin, Scotland, renowned for its impressive Gothic architecture and historical significance as the former seat of the Bishops of Moray.
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B.
Brechin Round Tower
Brechin Round Tower is a well-preserved early medieval Irish-style round tower in Brechin, Scotland, notable for its distinctive architecture and historical significance as part of the former monastic site.
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C.
Crichton Collegiate Church
Crichton Collegiate Church is a historic 15th-century Scottish church in Midlothian, noted for its well-preserved medieval architecture and close association with the powerful Crichton family.
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D.
Torphichen Kirk
Torphichen Kirk is a historic parish church in the village of Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland, notable for its medieval origins and association with the Knights Hospitaller.
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E.
Cramond Kirk
Cramond Kirk is a historic parish church in the village of Cramond, Edinburgh, notable for its ancient origins and picturesque setting near the River Almond and the Firth of Forth.
- 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: bell of Saint Fillan Target entity description: The bell of Saint Fillan is a medieval Scottish ecclesiastical relic traditionally associated with the early Celtic saint Fillan and revered for its supposed protective and healing powers.
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A.
Elgin Cathedral
Elgin Cathedral is a ruined medieval cathedral in Elgin, Scotland, renowned for its impressive Gothic architecture and historical significance as the former seat of the Bishops of Moray.
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B.
Brechin Round Tower
Brechin Round Tower is a well-preserved early medieval Irish-style round tower in Brechin, Scotland, notable for its distinctive architecture and historical significance as part of the former monastic site.
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C.
Crichton Collegiate Church
Crichton Collegiate Church is a historic 15th-century Scottish church in Midlothian, noted for its well-preserved medieval architecture and close association with the powerful Crichton family.
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D.
Torphichen Kirk
Torphichen Kirk is a historic parish church in the village of Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland, notable for its medieval origins and association with the Knights Hospitaller.
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E.
Cramond Kirk
Cramond Kirk is a historic parish church in the village of Cramond, Edinburgh, notable for its ancient origins and picturesque setting near the River Almond and the Firth of Forth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ecclesiastical relic
ⓘ
handbell ⓘ medieval artifact ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Saint Fillan ⓘ |
| believedToHaveProperty |
healing powers
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miraculous powers ⓘ protective powers ⓘ |
| category |
Christian relic
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Scottish religious artifact ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | venerated by local devotees ⓘ |
| devotionalContext | local pilgrimage and prayer ⓘ |
| era | medieval Scotland ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
healing relic
ⓘ
protective relic ⓘ |
| heritage | Scottish medieval church ⓘ |
| material | metal ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saint Fillan ⓘ |
| period | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| region | Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| tradition | Celtic Christianity ⓘ |
| usedFor |
invoking protection
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seeking healing ⓘ |
| venerationType | saint’s relic ⓘ |
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: bell of Saint Fillan Description of subject: The bell of Saint Fillan is a medieval Scottish ecclesiastical relic traditionally associated with the early Celtic saint Fillan and revered for its supposed protective and healing powers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.