Half Moon Battery
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Half Moon Battery is a prominent curved artillery fortification forming part of the defensive walls on the eastern side of Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Half Moon Battery canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1292234 — 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: Half Moon Battery Context triple: [Edinburgh Castle, contains, Half Moon Battery]
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A.
The Battery
The Battery is a historic defensive seawall and promenade in Charleston, South Carolina, famed for its antebellum homes and views of Charleston Harbor and Fort Sumter.
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B.
Halfmoon
Halfmoon is a suburban town in eastern New York State known for its residential communities and proximity to the Capital District.
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C.
Half Moon
Half Moon is the English name of the Dutch ship Halve Maen, famed for Henry Hudson’s 1609 voyage that led to the exploration of present-day New York.
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D.
Electryon
Electryon is a king of Mycenae in Greek mythology, known primarily as the grandfather of the hero Heracles.
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E.
Grand Lunar
Grand Lunar is the supreme ruler of the insect-like Selenite civilization in H. G. Wells's science fiction novel "The First Men in the Moon."
- 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: Half Moon Battery Target entity description: Half Moon Battery is a prominent curved artillery fortification forming part of the defensive walls on the eastern side of Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.
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A.
The Battery
The Battery is a historic defensive seawall and promenade in Charleston, South Carolina, famed for its antebellum homes and views of Charleston Harbor and Fort Sumter.
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B.
Halfmoon
Halfmoon is a suburban town in eastern New York State known for its residential communities and proximity to the Capital District.
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C.
Half Moon
Half Moon is the English name of the Dutch ship Halve Maen, famed for Henry Hudson’s 1609 voyage that led to the exploration of present-day New York.
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D.
Electryon
Electryon is a king of Mycenae in Greek mythology, known primarily as the grandfather of the hero Heracles.
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E.
Grand Lunar
Grand Lunar is the supreme ruler of the insect-like Selenite civilization in H. G. Wells's science fiction novel "The First Men in the Moon."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artillery fortification
ⓘ
bastion ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | military architecture ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | stone ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cannon embrasures
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curtain wall ⓘ parapet ⓘ |
| hasFunction | defensive battery ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark |
Argyle Tower
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Forewall Battery ⓘ Portcullis Gate ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | east-facing ⓘ |
| hasPanoramicView |
Calton Hill
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Firth of Forth ⓘ Holyrood Park ⓘ |
| hasShape | curved ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Edinburgh
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surface form:
city of Edinburgh
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| heritageStatus | part of Scheduled Monument Edinburgh Castle ⓘ |
| isTouristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Edinburgh ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Castle Rock ⓘ |
| locatedOnSideOf | eastern side of Edinburgh Castle ⓘ |
| location | Edinburgh Castle ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operator | Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Old Town of Edinburgh
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Royal Mile ⓘ |
| partOf |
Edinburgh Castle visitor route
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defensive walls of Edinburgh Castle ⓘ eastern defences of Edinburgh Castle ⓘ |
| usedFor | artillery defence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Half Moon Battery Description of subject: Half Moon Battery is a prominent curved artillery fortification forming part of the defensive walls on the eastern side of Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.