Loch Earn
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Loch Earn is a freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, known for its scenic surroundings, outdoor recreation, and nearby villages such as Lochearnhead and St Fillans.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Loch Earn canonical | 13 |
| Loch Earn (eastern end) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T882212 — 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: Loch Earn Context triple: [Perth and Kinross, contains, Loch Earn]
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A.
Forfar Loch
Forfar Loch is a freshwater lake in Angus, Scotland, known for its scenic surroundings, wildlife, and recreational walking paths.
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B.
Kinghorn Loch
Kinghorn Loch is a freshwater loch near the town of Kinghorn in Fife, Scotland, known for its wildlife, recreation, and scenic surroundings.
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C.
Loch Tay
Loch Tay is a large freshwater loch in the central Scottish Highlands, renowned for its scenic beauty, historic crannogs, and role in outdoor recreation such as boating and fishing.
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D.
Lochgelly Loch
Lochgelly Loch is a small freshwater lake in Fife, Scotland, known historically for serving the nearby town of Lochgelly and its surrounding mining communities.
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E.
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond is the largest inland stretch of water by surface area in Great Britain, renowned for its scenic beauty and location within Scotland's Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
- 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: Loch Earn Target entity description: Loch Earn is a freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, known for its scenic surroundings, outdoor recreation, and nearby villages such as Lochearnhead and St Fillans.
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A.
Forfar Loch
Forfar Loch is a freshwater lake in Angus, Scotland, known for its scenic surroundings, wildlife, and recreational walking paths.
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B.
Kinghorn Loch
Kinghorn Loch is a freshwater loch near the town of Kinghorn in Fife, Scotland, known for its wildlife, recreation, and scenic surroundings.
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C.
Loch Tay
Loch Tay is a large freshwater loch in the central Scottish Highlands, renowned for its scenic beauty, historic crannogs, and role in outdoor recreation such as boating and fishing.
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D.
Lochgelly Loch
Lochgelly Loch is a small freshwater lake in Fife, Scotland, known historically for serving the nearby town of Lochgelly and its surrounding mining communities.
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E.
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond is the largest inland stretch of water by surface area in Great Britain, renowned for its scenic beauty and location within Scotland's Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
freshwater loch
ⓘ
lake ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| crossedBy |
A84 road near Lochearnhead
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A85 road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFishSpecies |
brown trout
ⓘ
char ⓘ perch ⓘ pike ⓘ rainbow trout ⓘ |
| hasHistoricEvent | Clan Neish massacre on Neish Island ⓘ |
| hasInflow |
River Earn
ⓘ
multiple small burns ⓘ |
| hasIsland | Neish Island ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Lochearnhead
ⓘ
St Fillans ⓘ |
| hasOutflow | River Earn ⓘ |
| hasShoreFeature |
camping and caravan sites
ⓘ
holiday parks and lodges ⓘ piers and jetties ⓘ villages of Lochearnhead and St Fillans ⓘ |
| knownFor |
angling
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boating ⓘ holiday accommodation ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ sailing ⓘ scenic surroundings ⓘ tourism ⓘ water skiing ⓘ watersports ⓘ |
| length | approximately 10 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Perth and Kinross
ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ Stirling council area ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Ben Vorlich
ⓘ
Ben Vorlich (Loch Lomond) ⓘ
surface form:
Ben Vorlich (Loch Earn)
Glen Ogle ⓘ Lochearnhead ⓘ St Fillans ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | approximately 87 metres ⓘ |
| orientation | roughly east–west ⓘ |
| partOf |
Central Lowlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Highlands
River Tay catchment ⓘ |
| popularActivity |
cycling around the loch
ⓘ
hillwalking on surrounding mountains ⓘ kayaking ⓘ open-water swimming ⓘ stand-up paddleboarding ⓘ |
| usedFor | hydroelectric power in the wider River Earn system ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Loch Earn Description of subject: Loch Earn is a freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, known for its scenic surroundings, outdoor recreation, and nearby villages such as Lochearnhead and St Fillans.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Loch Earn (eastern end)
subject surface form:
Perth and Kinross
subject surface form:
Perthshire