Muir of Ord
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Muir of Ord is a small village in the Scottish Highlands known for its historic distillery and position as a local transport hub near the Black Isle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Muir of Ord canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7402397 — 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: Muir of Ord Context triple: [Black Isle, containsSettlement, Muir of Ord]
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A.
Montgomery of Skelmorlie
Montgomery of Skelmorlie is a Scottish cadet branch of the noble Montgomery family historically associated with the Skelmorlie estate in Ayrshire.
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B.
Kyle of Sutherland
Kyle of Sutherland is a tidal estuary in the Scottish Highlands formed by the confluence of several rivers before they flow into the Dornoch Firth.
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C.
Campbell of Auchinbreck
Campbell of Auchinbreck is a prominent cadet branch of the Scottish Clan Campbell historically associated with lands in Argyll and notable roles in Highland politics and warfare.
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D.
Maclean of Brolas
Maclean of Brolas is a distinguished cadet branch of the Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, historically associated with the Isle of Mull and the clan’s traditional warrior aristocracy.
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E.
Maclean of Drimnin
Maclean of Drimnin is a notable cadet branch of the historic Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with lands around Drimnin on the west coast of Scotland.
- 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: Muir of Ord Target entity description: Muir of Ord is a small village in the Scottish Highlands known for its historic distillery and position as a local transport hub near the Black Isle.
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A.
Montgomery of Skelmorlie
Montgomery of Skelmorlie is a Scottish cadet branch of the noble Montgomery family historically associated with the Skelmorlie estate in Ayrshire.
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B.
Kyle of Sutherland
Kyle of Sutherland is a tidal estuary in the Scottish Highlands formed by the confluence of several rivers before they flow into the Dornoch Firth.
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C.
Campbell of Auchinbreck
Campbell of Auchinbreck is a prominent cadet branch of the Scottish Clan Campbell historically associated with lands in Argyll and notable roles in Highland politics and warfare.
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D.
Maclean of Brolas
Maclean of Brolas is a distinguished cadet branch of the Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, historically associated with the Isle of Mull and the clan’s traditional warrior aristocracy.
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E.
Maclean of Drimnin
Maclean of Drimnin is a notable cadet branch of the historic Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with lands around Drimnin on the west coast of Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| category |
Populated places in Ross and Cromarty
ⓘ
Villages in Highland ⓘ |
| councilArea | Highland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| dialCode | 01463 ⓘ |
| distanceFromBeauly | approximately 3 miles east ⓘ |
| distanceFromInverness | approximately 13 miles northwest ⓘ |
| gaelicName | Am Blàr Dubh ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
Muir of Ord Golf Club
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
churches ⓘ primary school ⓘ shops ⓘ village hall ⓘ |
| hasDistillery | Glen Ord Distillery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEvent | annual agricultural show ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Muir of Ord railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicCounty | Ross-shire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Glen Ord Distillery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
agricultural market history ⓘ transport hub role ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| lieutenancyArea | Ross and Cromarty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Highland council area
ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Black Isle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
A832 road
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A9 road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearRiver | River Beauly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| OSGridReference | NH549499 ⓘ |
| postcodeArea | IV ⓘ |
| postcodeDistrict | IV6 ⓘ |
| postTown | Muir of Ord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayLine |
Far North Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kyle of Lochalsh Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Ross and Cromarty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalIndustry |
agriculture
ⓘ
whisky production ⓘ |
| transportRole |
junction for routes to Dingwall
ⓘ
junction for routes to Inverness ⓘ junction for routes to the Black Isle ⓘ |
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: Muir of Ord Description of subject: Muir of Ord is a small village in the Scottish Highlands known for its historic distillery and position as a local transport hub near the Black Isle.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.