Downie (place in Angus, Scotland)
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Downie is a small rural locality in Angus, Scotland, known primarily as the origin of the Scottish toponymic surname Downie.
All labels observed (1)
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| Downie (place in Angus, Scotland) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15179135 — 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: Downie (place in Angus, Scotland) Context triple: [Downie, hasToponymicOrigin, Downie (place in Angus, Scotland)]
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Denholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Denholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland is a small village in the Scottish Borders best known as the birthplace of lexicographer James Murray, the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Monifieth, Angus, Scotland
Monifieth, Angus, Scotland is a coastal town on the north shore of the Firth of Tay in eastern Scotland, known for its golf courses and proximity to Dundee.
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C.
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland is a historic coastal town on the North Sea known for its rugged cliffs, harbor, and as the birthplace of naturalist John Muir.
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D.
Duns, Berwickshire (traditional attribution)
Duns, Berwickshire is a small town in the Scottish Borders traditionally regarded as the birthplace of the medieval philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus.
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Kinnordy, Angus, Scotland
Kinnordy in Angus, Scotland, is a rural estate area best known as the birthplace of the influential 19th-century geologist Sir Charles Lyell.
- 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: Downie (place in Angus, Scotland) Target entity description: Downie is a small rural locality in Angus, Scotland, known primarily as the origin of the Scottish toponymic surname Downie.
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A.
Denholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Denholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland is a small village in the Scottish Borders best known as the birthplace of lexicographer James Murray, the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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B.
Monifieth, Angus, Scotland
Monifieth, Angus, Scotland is a coastal town on the north shore of the Firth of Tay in eastern Scotland, known for its golf courses and proximity to Dundee.
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C.
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland is a historic coastal town on the North Sea known for its rugged cliffs, harbor, and as the birthplace of naturalist John Muir.
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D.
Duns, Berwickshire (traditional attribution)
Duns, Berwickshire is a small town in the Scottish Borders traditionally regarded as the birthplace of the medieval philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus.
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E.
Kinnordy, Angus, Scotland
Kinnordy in Angus, Scotland, is a rural estate area best known as the birthplace of the influential 19th-century geologist Sir Charles Lyell.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.