Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth
E94829
The Royal William Victualling Yard in Plymouth is a historic 19th-century naval supply complex and prominent example of British industrial and maritime architecture designed by engineer John Rennie the Elder.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Royal William Victualling Yard works, Plymouth | 1 |
| Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth canonical | 1 |
| Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth (works) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T795699 — 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: Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth Context triple: [John Rennie the Elder, notableWork, Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth]
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A.
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is a major maritime heritage attraction in Portsmouth, England, featuring historic Royal Navy ships, museums, and naval artifacts.
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B.
Cole's Hill, Plymouth
Cole's Hill in Plymouth is a historic burial ground overlooking Plymouth Harbor, best known as the resting place of several Mayflower passengers and early Pilgrim leaders.
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C.
Royal Naval College, Osborne
Royal Naval College, Osborne was a former Royal Navy officer training establishment on the Isle of Wight that educated young naval cadets, including future King George VI.
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D.
HMNB Devonport
HMNB Devonport is a major Royal Navy dockyard and naval base in Plymouth, England, and the largest naval base in Western Europe.
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E.
Admiralty building
The Admiralty building is a historic landmark in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its distinctive golden spire and role as a former headquarters of the Imperial Russian Navy.
- 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: Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth Target entity description: The Royal William Victualling Yard in Plymouth is a historic 19th-century naval supply complex and prominent example of British industrial and maritime architecture designed by engineer John Rennie the Elder.
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A.
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is a major maritime heritage attraction in Portsmouth, England, featuring historic Royal Navy ships, museums, and naval artifacts.
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B.
Cole's Hill, Plymouth
Cole's Hill in Plymouth is a historic burial ground overlooking Plymouth Harbor, best known as the resting place of several Mayflower passengers and early Pilgrim leaders.
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C.
Royal Naval College, Osborne
Royal Naval College, Osborne was a former Royal Navy officer training establishment on the Isle of Wight that educated young naval cadets, including future King George VI.
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D.
HMNB Devonport
HMNB Devonport is a major Royal Navy dockyard and naval base in Plymouth, England, and the largest naval base in Western Europe.
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E.
Admiralty building
The Admiralty building is a historic landmark in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its distinctive golden spire and role as a former headquarters of the Imperial Russian Navy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic industrial complex
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listed building complex ⓘ maritime supply depot ⓘ naval victualling yard ⓘ |
| architectEngineer | John Rennie the Elder ⓘ |
| builtInPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1835 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1826 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designer | John Rennie the Elder ⓘ |
| eraOfUse |
19th century
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20th century ⓘ |
| hasAccess | ferry services to Plymouth city centre ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
industrial architecture
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neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bakeries
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brewery facilities ⓘ clock tower ⓘ cooperages ⓘ gatehouse ⓘ granite warehouses ⓘ quays and docks ⓘ sea wall ⓘ slaughterhouses ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationAppliesTo | multiple buildings within the complex ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Grade I listed building ⓘ |
| isTouristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| laterUse |
cultural and creative spaces
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mixed-use development ⓘ offices ⓘ residential apartments ⓘ restaurants and cafes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Devon
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England ⓘ Plymouth ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Stonehouse Peninsula
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linked to:
Mount Batten Peninsula
|
| materialUsed |
granite
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limestone ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
King William IV
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linked to:
William IV
|
| operatedBy | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| originalFunction |
Royal Navy victualling depot
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naval supply complex ⓘ |
| overlooks | Plymouth Sound ⓘ |
| ownerAtConstruction | Board of Admiralty ⓘ |
| significance |
major example of British maritime industrial architecture
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one of the most important surviving victualling yards in Britain ⓘ |
| usedFor |
distribution of naval supplies
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processing of provisions for the Royal Navy ⓘ storage of food for the Royal Navy ⓘ |
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: Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth Description of subject: The Royal William Victualling Yard in Plymouth is a historic 19th-century naval supply complex and prominent example of British industrial and maritime architecture designed by engineer John Rennie the Elder.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
John
linked to: Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth
linked to: Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth