Fort Augustus
E171011
Fort Augustus is a small Scottish village in the Highlands, known as a popular tourist stop at the southwestern end of Loch Ness and for its Caledonian Canal locks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Augustus canonical | 6 |
| FORT AUGUSTUS | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1489215 — 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: Fort Augustus Context triple: [Loch Ness, locatedNear, Fort Augustus]
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A.
Fort Fincastle
Fort Fincastle is an 18th-century limestone fortress in Nassau, Bahamas, built to protect the harbor and now a popular historic landmark and tourist attraction.
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B.
Aberfoyle
Aberfoyle is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland, known as a gateway to the Trossachs and the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
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C.
Auld Brig
Auld Brig is a historic medieval stone bridge in Ayr, Scotland, famously associated with Robert Burns and local legend.
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D.
Fort Regent
Fort Regent is a historic 19th-century hilltop fort in Saint Helier, Jersey, now used primarily as a leisure and entertainment complex.
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E.
Fort William
Fort William is a historic urban area in Thunder Bay, Ontario, known for its origins as a fur trade and transportation hub on Lake Superior.
- 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: Fort Augustus Target entity description: Fort Augustus is a small Scottish village in the Highlands, known as a popular tourist stop at the southwestern end of Loch Ness and for its Caledonian Canal locks.
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A.
Fort Fincastle
Fort Fincastle is an 18th-century limestone fortress in Nassau, Bahamas, built to protect the harbor and now a popular historic landmark and tourist attraction.
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B.
Aberfoyle
Aberfoyle is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland, known as a gateway to the Trossachs and the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
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C.
Auld Brig
Auld Brig is a historic medieval stone bridge in Ayr, Scotland, famously associated with Robert Burns and local legend.
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D.
Fort Regent
Fort Regent is a historic 19th-century hilltop fort in Saint Helier, Jersey, now used primarily as a leisure and entertainment complex.
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E.
Fort William
Fort William is a major town in the western Scottish Highlands, known as a gateway to Ben Nevis and a popular center for outdoor activities and tourism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
settlement
ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ village ⓘ |
| climate | temperate oceanic climate ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distanceToFortWilliam | approximately 31 miles ⓘ |
| distanceToInverness | approximately 33 miles ⓘ |
| economy | tourism-based economy ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
boating
ⓘ
cycling ⓘ walking ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
guest houses
ⓘ
hotels ⓘ petrol station ⓘ restaurants ⓘ shops ⓘ visitor centre ⓘ |
| hasDialCode | 01320 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Caledonian Canal
ⓘ
surface form:
Caledonian Canal locks
flight of canal locks through the village ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSite |
Fort Augustus Abbey
ⓘ
site of former Fort Augustus military fort ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAttraction |
Caledonian Canal towpath
ⓘ
Great Glen Way ⓘ
surface form:
Great Glen Way long-distance path
|
| hasNearbyWaterBody |
Loch Ness
ⓘ
Loch Oich ⓘ |
| hasPostcodeDistrict | PH32 ⓘ |
| hasPostTown |
Fort Augustus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
FORT AUGUSTUS
|
| hasReligiousBuilding | former Benedictine abbey ⓘ |
| hasRiver | River Oich ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection | A82 road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransport | bus services to Inverness and Fort William ⓘ |
| historicalName | Cill Chuimein ⓘ |
| isPopularFor |
boat trips on Loch Ness
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ viewing Caledonian Canal locks ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
outlet of River Oich into Loch Ness
ⓘ
southwestern end of Loch Ness ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Inverness
ⓘ
surface form:
Inverness and Fort William
|
| locatedIn |
Scotland
ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Highland council area ⓘ |
| locatedInParish | Boleskine and Abertarff ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Caledonian Canal
ⓘ
Loch Ness ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Duke of Cumberland
ⓘ
surface form:
William Augustus Duke of Cumberland
|
| partOf | Great Glen ⓘ |
| region | Lochaber area of Highland ⓘ |
| touristSeason | summer months ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Fort Augustus Description of subject: Fort Augustus is a small Scottish village in the Highlands, known as a popular tourist stop at the southwestern end of Loch Ness and for its Caledonian Canal locks.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
FORT AUGUSTUS