Brig o’ Doon
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Brig o’ Doon is a historic 15th-century stone arch bridge in Alloway, Scotland, famed for its association with Robert Burns’s poem “Tam o’ Shanter.”
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brig o Doon | 2 |
| Brig o’ Doon canonical | 2 |
| Brig o' Doon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6342430 — 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: Brig o’ Doon Context triple: [Alloway, hasAttraction, Brig o’ Doon]
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A.
Dalmuir
Dalmuir is a residential district in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, known for its historical ties to shipbuilding and its location on the River Clyde.
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B.
Glamis
Glamis is a historic Scottish village best known for Glamis Castle, the legendary childhood home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the setting of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
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C.
Strathendrick
Strathendrick is a rural district in central Scotland, centered on the River Endrick and known for its pastoral landscapes and small villages.
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D.
Dunnichen
Dunnichen is a small rural village in eastern Scotland, historically noted as a possible site of the Battle of Dunnichen (Nechtansmere) in 685 AD.
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E.
Tullibigeal
Tullibigeal is a small rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural community and location within the Riverina region.
- 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: Brig o’ Doon Target entity description: Brig o’ Doon is a historic 15th-century stone arch bridge in Alloway, Scotland, famed for its association with Robert Burns’s poem “Tam o’ Shanter.”
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A.
Dalmuir
Dalmuir is a residential district in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, known for its historical ties to shipbuilding and its location on the River Clyde.
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B.
Glamis
Glamis is a historic Scottish village best known for Glamis Castle, the legendary childhood home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the setting of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
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C.
Strathendrick
Strathendrick is a rural district in central Scotland, centered on the River Endrick and known for its pastoral landscapes and small villages.
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D.
Dunnichen
Dunnichen is a small rural village in eastern Scotland, historically noted as a possible site of the Battle of Dunnichen (Nechtansmere) in 685 AD.
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E.
Tullibigeal
Tullibigeal is a small rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural community and location within the Riverina region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic bridge
ⓘ
stone arch bridge ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | stone arch ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Robert Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 15th century ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 15th century ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Ayrshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crosses | River Doon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousFor |
appearance in the poem "Tam o’ Shanter"
ⓘ
association with Robert Burns ⓘ |
| formerUse | road traffic ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Old Bridge of Doon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchShape | highly cambered ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | WGS84 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
Scottish folklore
ⓘ
Scottish literary heritage ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | protected structure ⓘ |
| hasHistoricEra | Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInEnglish | Brig o’ Doon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyStructure | new bridge over the River Doon ⓘ |
| hasParapet | yes ⓘ |
| hasRoadwaySurface | cobbled ⓘ |
| hasSpanType | single arch ⓘ |
| hasTourismCategory |
historic monument
ⓘ
literary tourism site ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Category A listed building ⓘ |
| isAccessedVia | Alloway village paths ⓘ |
| isDepictedIn | tourist imagery of Alloway ⓘ |
| isInParish | Alloway parish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLocatedNear |
Alloway Auld Kirk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Burns Cottage NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Burns Birthplace Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | paintings and illustrations inspired by "Tam o’ Shanter" ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | South Ayrshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Alloway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | local authorities of South Ayrshire ⓘ |
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| mentionedInWork | "Tam o’ Shanter" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSpans | 1 ⓘ |
| over | River Doon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Robert Burns heritage attractions in Alloway ⓘ |
| region | Lowlands of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor | pedestrian traffic ⓘ |
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
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: Brig o’ Doon Description of subject: Brig o’ Doon is a historic 15th-century stone arch bridge in Alloway, Scotland, famed for its association with Robert Burns’s poem “Tam o’ Shanter.”
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Brig o Doon
this entity surface form:
Brig o' Doon
this entity surface form:
Brig o Doon