Holy Loch
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Holy Loch is a sea loch on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, historically known as a Royal Navy and later U.S. Navy submarine base.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holy Loch canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5849693 — 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: Holy Loch Context triple: [Dunoon, hasNearbyFeature, Holy Loch]
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A.
Loch Drunkie
Loch Drunkie is a small freshwater loch in the Trossachs area of central Scotland, known for its scenic forested surroundings and popular walking and wildlife-watching opportunities.
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B.
Loch of Sabiston
Loch of Sabiston is a shallow freshwater loch on the Orkney Mainland in Scotland, known for its birdlife and surrounding agricultural landscape.
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C.
Lochgelly Loch
Lochgelly Loch is a small freshwater lake in Fife, Scotland, known historically for serving the nearby town of Lochgelly and its surrounding mining communities.
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D.
Loch Coruisk
Loch Coruisk is a remote, freshwater loch in the heart of the Cuillin mountains on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, renowned for its dramatic, rugged scenery and popularity with hikers and climbers.
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E.
Loch of Harray
Loch of Harray is a large freshwater loch on Mainland Orkney in Scotland, noted for its rich birdlife and proximity to major Neolithic archaeological sites.
- 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: Holy Loch Target entity description: Holy Loch is a sea loch on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, historically known as a Royal Navy and later U.S. Navy submarine base.
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A.
Loch Drunkie
Loch Drunkie is a small freshwater loch in the Trossachs area of central Scotland, known for its scenic forested surroundings and popular walking and wildlife-watching opportunities.
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B.
Loch of Sabiston
Loch of Sabiston is a shallow freshwater loch on the Orkney Mainland in Scotland, known for its birdlife and surrounding agricultural landscape.
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C.
Lochgelly Loch
Lochgelly Loch is a small freshwater lake in Fife, Scotland, known historically for serving the nearby town of Lochgelly and its surrounding mining communities.
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D.
Loch Coruisk
Loch Coruisk is a remote, freshwater loch in the heart of the Cuillin mountains on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, renowned for its dramatic, rugged scenery and popularity with hikers and climbers.
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E.
Loch of Harray
Loch of Harray is a large freshwater loch on Mainland Orkney in Scotland, noted for its rich birdlife and proximity to major Neolithic archaeological sites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | sea loch ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| etymology | name traditionally linked to early Christian or sacred associations ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
marina
ⓘ
settlements along shore ⓘ wooded hillsides ⓘ yacht moorings ⓘ |
| hasInflow | River Eachaig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
Royal Navy torpedo testing
ⓘ
Royal Navy training area ⓘ |
| hosted |
US Navy Submarine Squadron 14
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
USS Canopus NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Hunley NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Proteus NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Simon Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ floating dry dock USS Los Alamos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Argyll and Bute
ⓘ
Cowal peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Firth of Clyde NERFINISHED ⓘ west coast of Scotland ⓘ |
| mouthOf | River Eachaig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalUseStart | World War I era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalUseStart | World War II era ⓘ |
| near |
Benmore Botanic Garden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benmore Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ Dunoon NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Loch Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ Kilmun NERFINISHED ⓘ Kilmun Arboretum NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandbank ⓘ Sandbank village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opensInto | Firth of Clyde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Royal Navy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
Argyll Forest Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clyde sea lochs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Highlands and Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
Cold War nuclear deterrent
ⓘ
North Atlantic naval operations ⓘ |
| usedAs |
Polaris submarine base
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Navy base ⓘ United States Navy submarine base ⓘ fleet ballistic missile submarine support base ⓘ naval anchorage ⓘ ship repair facility location ⓘ |
| USNBaseClosed | 1992 ⓘ |
| USNBaseEstablished | 1961 ⓘ |
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: Holy Loch Description of subject: Holy Loch is a sea loch on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, historically known as a Royal Navy and later U.S. Navy submarine base.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.