Castle Stalker
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Castle Stalker is a picturesque medieval tower house on a small tidal islet in Loch Laich, Argyll, Scotland, renowned for its dramatic setting and appearances in popular media such as "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Castle Stalker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7241378 — 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: Castle Stalker Context triple: [Clan Stewart, historicalSeat, Castle Stalker]
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A.
Castle Gloom
Castle Gloom is the former name of Castle Campbell, a medieval Scottish stronghold overlooking the town of Dollar in Clackmannanshire.
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B.
Castlecomer
Castlecomer is a small Irish town in County Kilkenny known historically for its coal mining industry and surrounding woodland landscape.
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C.
Castle Doom
Castle Doom is the heavily fortified, high-tech medieval-style stronghold that serves as Doctor Doom’s primary seat of power and residence in the fictional nation of Latveria.
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D.
Castle Rising
Castle Rising is a historic village and former parliamentary borough in Norfolk, England, known for its medieval castle and past representation in the UK Parliament.
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E.
Storm’s End
Storm’s End is a massive, ancient coastal fortress in the Stormlands of Westeros, famed for its seemingly impregnable walls and long-standing strategic importance in the politics of the Seven Kingdoms.
- 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: Castle Stalker Target entity description: Castle Stalker is a picturesque medieval tower house on a small tidal islet in Loch Laich, Argyll, Scotland, renowned for its dramatic setting and appearances in popular media such as "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
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A.
Castle Gloom
Castle Gloom is the former name of Castle Campbell, a medieval Scottish stronghold overlooking the town of Dollar in Clackmannanshire.
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B.
Castlecomer
Castlecomer is a small Irish town in County Kilkenny known historically for its coal mining industry and surrounding woodland landscape.
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C.
Castle Doom
Castle Doom is the heavily fortified, high-tech medieval-style stronghold that serves as Doctor Doom’s primary seat of power and residence in the fictional nation of Latveria.
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D.
Castle Rising
Castle Rising is a historic village and former parliamentary borough in Norfolk, England, known for its medieval castle and past representation in the UK Parliament.
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E.
Storm’s End
Storm’s End is a massive, ancient coastal fortress in the Stormlands of Westeros, famed for its seemingly impregnable walls and long-standing strategic importance in the politics of the Seven Kingdoms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
castle
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medieval building ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ tower house ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
NERFINISHED
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The Sea of Souls (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ various travel documentaries ⓘ |
| approximateConstructionDate | early 14th century (original fortification) ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | medieval ⓘ |
| buildingType | tower house ⓘ |
| builtFor | Clan MacDougall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| currentOwnership | private ownership ⓘ |
| featuredIn | photography and calendars ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
battlements
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corner turrets ⓘ parapet walk ⓘ thick defensive walls ⓘ vaulted basement ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Scheduled Ancient Monument ⓘ |
| laterOwnedBy |
Campbell family
NERFINISHED
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Clan Stewart of Appin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Argyll
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| location | Loch Laich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Appin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody | Loch Linnhe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
appearances in popular media
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island setting in sea loch ⓘ well-preserved medieval tower house architecture ⓘ |
| numberOfStoreys | four ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| originallyOwnedBy | Clan MacDougall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlooks | Loch Laich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | Castle Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh in Monty Python and the Holy Grail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicAccessType | guided tours by arrangement ⓘ |
| rebuiltBy | Sir John Stewart of Appin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rebuiltIn | 1440s ⓘ |
| region | Argyll and Bute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| restorationCompleted | 1960s ⓘ |
| restoredBy | Charles Stewart of Achara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingDescribedAs |
dramatic
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picturesque ⓘ |
| situatedNear | Port Appin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| situatedOn | tidal islet ⓘ |
| underwentRestoration | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedAsFilmLocationIn | Monty Python and the Holy Grail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewedFrom |
A828 road
NERFINISHED
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Port Appin ferry ⓘ |
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: Castle Stalker Description of subject: Castle Stalker is a picturesque medieval tower house on a small tidal islet in Loch Laich, Argyll, Scotland, renowned for its dramatic setting and appearances in popular media such as "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.