Tomintoul
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Tomintoul is a small Highland village in northeastern Scotland, often noted as one of the highest settlements in the Scottish Highlands and a gateway to the Cairngorms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tomintoul canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7600040 — 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: Tomintoul Context triple: [Moray, Scotland, containsSettlement, Tomintoul]
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A.
Tinonee
Tinonee is a small rural village in New South Wales, Australia, known for its historic charm and riverside setting near Taree.
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B.
Kinloch
Kinloch is a small settlement on the Isle of Rùm in Scotland, serving as the island’s main village and harbour.
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C.
Craighorn
Craighorn is a hill in central Scotland located near the town of Alva in Clackmannanshire, popular with local walkers for its accessible ascent and scenic views.
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D.
Kilgetty
Kilgetty is a small village in Pembrokeshire, Wales, known as a local residential and service hub near the coastal resort of Saundersfoot.
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E.
Wauchope
Wauchope is a rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known as a gateway to the hinterland near Port Macquarie and the surrounding Mid North Coast 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: Tomintoul Target entity description: Tomintoul is a small Highland village in northeastern Scotland, often noted as one of the highest settlements in the Scottish Highlands and a gateway to the Cairngorms.
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A.
Tinonee
Tinonee is a small rural village in New South Wales, Australia, known for its historic charm and riverside setting near Taree.
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B.
Kinloch
Kinloch is a small settlement on the Isle of Rùm in Scotland, serving as the island’s main village and harbour.
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C.
Craighorn
Craighorn is a hill in central Scotland located near the town of Alva in Clackmannanshire, popular with local walkers for its accessible ascent and scenic views.
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D.
Kilgetty
Kilgetty is a small village in Pembrokeshire, Wales, known as a local residential and service hub near the coastal resort of Saundersfoot.
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E.
Wauchope
Wauchope is a rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known as a gateway to the hinterland near Port Macquarie and the surrounding Mid North Coast region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| category |
Highland villages in Scotland
ⓘ
Villages in Moray ⓘ Villages in the Cairngorms National Park ⓘ |
| climate | cool maritime climate ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
approximately 14 miles south of Grantown-on-Spey
ⓘ
approximately 45 miles southeast of Inverness ⓘ |
| economy |
tourism
ⓘ
whisky-related tourism ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 345 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 18th century ⓘ |
| governingCouncilArea | Moray Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
hotels and guesthouses
ⓘ
shops and cafes ⓘ village square ⓘ |
| hasDialCode | 01807 ⓘ |
| hasMainStreet | The Square NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyWhiskyDistillery | Tomintoul Distillery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostcodeDistrict | AB37 ⓘ |
| hasPostTown | BALLINDALLOCH NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalLanguage | Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the highest villages in the Scottish Highlands
ⓘ
gateway to the Cairngorms ⓘ |
| laidOutBy | Alexander Gordon 4th Duke of Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Highland region of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Strath Avon NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ northeastern Scotland ⓘ |
| locatedOn | River Avon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Cairngorm Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glenlivet Estate NERFINISHED ⓘ Lecht ski area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryConstituency |
Moray (Scottish Parliament)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moray (UK Parliament) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cairngorms National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| touristAttraction |
scenic Highland landscape
ⓘ
walking and hiking routes ⓘ wildlife watching ⓘ |
| traditionalCounty | Banffshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transport | located on the A939 road ⓘ |
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: Tomintoul Description of subject: Tomintoul is a small Highland village in northeastern Scotland, often noted as one of the highest settlements in the Scottish Highlands and a gateway to the Cairngorms.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Banffshire