island of Scarba
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The island of Scarba is a small, rugged, and sparsely populated Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides, known for its dramatic coastline and powerful tidal races such as the nearby Corryvreckan whirlpool.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| island of Scarba canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6705954 — 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: island of Scarba Context triple: [Firth of Lorn, borders, island of Scarba]
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A.
Kamaran Island
Kamaran Island is the largest Yemeni island in the Red Sea, known for its strategic location near the port of Al Hudaydah and its historical role as a quarantine and military outpost.
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B.
Sant’Antioco Island
Sant’Antioco Island is a large island off the southwestern coast of Sardinia, Italy, known for its ancient Phoenician and Roman heritage, fishing traditions, and distinctive local culture.
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C.
Serpentina Island
Serpentina Island is a small island located within Guanabara Bay on the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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D.
Îlet à Cabrit
Îlet à Cabrit is a small uninhabited islet in the Les Saintes archipelago of Guadeloupe, known for its natural landscapes and remnants of historical fortifications.
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E.
Gezira Island
Gezira Island is a large Nile island in central Cairo known for its upscale Zamalek district, cultural venues, and landmarks such as the Cairo Tower.
- 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: island of Scarba Target entity description: The island of Scarba is a small, rugged, and sparsely populated Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides, known for its dramatic coastline and powerful tidal races such as the nearby Corryvreckan whirlpool.
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A.
Kamaran Island
Kamaran Island is the largest Yemeni island in the Red Sea, known for its strategic location near the port of Al Hudaydah and its historical role as a quarantine and military outpost.
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B.
Sant’Antioco Island
Sant’Antioco Island is a large island off the southwestern coast of Sardinia, Italy, known for its ancient Phoenician and Roman heritage, fishing traditions, and distinctive local culture.
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C.
Serpentina Island
Serpentina Island is a small island located within Guanabara Bay on the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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D.
Îlet à Cabrit
Îlet à Cabrit is a small uninhabited islet in the Les Saintes archipelago of Guadeloupe, known for its natural landscapes and remnants of historical fortifications.
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E.
Gezira Island
Gezira Island is a large Nile island in central Cairo known for its upscale Zamalek district, cultural venues, and landmarks such as the Cairo Tower.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Inner Hebrides island
ⓘ
island ⓘ |
| access | by boat only ⓘ |
| administrativeCouncilArea | Argyll and Bute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archipelago | Inner Hebrides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| area | approximately 15 square kilometres ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| etymology | name possibly derived from Old Norse ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
grazing land
ⓘ
rocky coastline ⓘ sea cliffs ⓘ steep hills ⓘ strong tidal currents ⓘ |
| hasGaelicName | Sgarba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyIsland |
Garvellachs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jura NERFINISHED ⓘ Luing NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyWaterBody |
Gulf of Corryvreckan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sound of Luing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
red deer
ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ seals ⓘ |
| highestElevation | 449 metres ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Cruach Scarba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dramatic coastline
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powerful tidal races ⓘ proximity to Corryvreckan whirlpool ⓘ rugged terrain ⓘ |
| languageRegion | Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Argyll and Bute
ⓘ
Firth of Lorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Inner Hebrides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Jura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Luing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Scottish mainland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Corryvreckan whirlpool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Argyll and Bute
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| population | very small ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | sparsely populated ⓘ |
| region | West Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Jura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separatedFromBy | Gulf of Corryvreckan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
deer stalking
ⓘ
sheep grazing ⓘ |
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: island of Scarba Description of subject: The island of Scarba is a small, rugged, and sparsely populated Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides, known for its dramatic coastline and powerful tidal races such as the nearby Corryvreckan whirlpool.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.