Address to a Haggis
E156475
"Address to a Haggis" is a humorous and celebratory Scots-language poem by Robert Burns that praises the traditional Scottish dish haggis and is famously recited at Burns suppers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Address to a Haggis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1364855 — 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: Address to a Haggis Context triple: [Robert Burns, notableWork, Address to a Haggis]
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A.
Hackett
Hackett is the middle name of David H. Souter, a former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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B.
Haggerty
Haggerty is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as business, politics, and the arts.
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C.
Gowland
Gowland is the middle name of Frederick Gowland Hopkins, the English biochemist and Nobel laureate known for his work on vitamins and essential nutrients.
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D.
Harrold
Harrold is a given name and surname, used as a variant spelling of Harold.
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E.
Horton
Horton is the middle name of the influential British mathematician John H. Conway, renowned for his work in group theory, knot theory, and recreational mathematics.
- 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: Address to a Haggis Target entity description: "Address to a Haggis" is a humorous and celebratory Scots-language poem by Robert Burns that praises the traditional Scottish dish haggis and is famously recited at Burns suppers.
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A.
Hackett
Hackett is the middle name of David H. Souter, a former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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B.
Haggerty
Haggerty is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as business, politics, and the arts.
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C.
Gowland
Gowland is the middle name of Frederick Gowland Hopkins, the English biochemist and Nobel laureate known for his work on vitamins and essential nutrients.
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D.
Harrold
Harrold is a given name and surname, used as a variant spelling of Harold.
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E.
Horton
Horton is the middle name of the influential British mathematician John H. Conway, renowned for his work in group theory, knot theory, and recreational mathematics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scots-language poem
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poem ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Burns Night
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surface form:
Burns supper
Robert Burns ⓘ Scottish cuisine ⓘ Scottish national identity ⓘ |
| author | Robert Burns ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| culture | Scottish ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1786 ⓘ |
| describes |
eating of haggis
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preparation of haggis ⓘ |
| firstLine | Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face ⓘ |
| genre |
humorous poem
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occasional poem ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus | iconic Scottish poem ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Scottish cultural celebrations
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perception of haggis as national dish ⓘ |
| hasNotablePhrase |
Great chieftain o the puddin-race
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Weel are ye wordy o a grace ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Scottish pride
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celebration of common folk food ⓘ praise of haggis ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Robert Burns's poems ⓘ |
| involvesRitual |
cutting the haggis during recitation
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piping in the haggis ⓘ raising a toast with whisky ⓘ |
| language | Scots ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
dialect writing
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hyperbole ⓘ personification of haggis ⓘ |
| literaryForm | ode ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Scottish Enlightenment era literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject | haggis ⓘ |
| meter | irregular ⓘ |
| partOf |
Poems of Robert Burns
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surface form:
Robert Burns's works
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| placeOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| recitationLanguage | Scots ⓘ |
| setToMusic | yes ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Burns Night recitation tradition ⓘ |
| targetAudience | guests at Burns suppers ⓘ |
| tone |
celebratory
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humorous ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
Burns Night celebration
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Burns supper ritual ⓘ |
| yearOfPublication | 1787 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Address to a Haggis Description of subject: "Address to a Haggis" is a humorous and celebratory Scots-language poem by Robert Burns that praises the traditional Scottish dish haggis and is famously recited at Burns suppers.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.