Knowe of Yarso
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Knowe of Yarso is a Neolithic chambered cairn and burial monument on the island of Rousay in Orkney, Scotland, noted for its well-preserved structure and archaeological significance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Knowe of Yarso canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9205493 — 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: Knowe of Yarso Context triple: [Rousay, hasSite, Knowe of Yarso]
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A.
Fonte das Lágrimas
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B.
Woven Stone
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C.
Dragonseye
Dragonseye is a science fantasy novel in Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series that explores the early days of dragonrider society as it prepares for the deadly return of Thread.
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D.
Gates of the Mountains
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E.
The Strid
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- 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: Knowe of Yarso Target entity description: Knowe of Yarso is a Neolithic chambered cairn and burial monument on the island of Rousay in Orkney, Scotland, noted for its well-preserved structure and archaeological significance.
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A.
Fonte das Lágrimas
Fonte das Lágrimas is a historic fountain in Coimbra, Portugal, romantically associated with the tragic medieval love story of Pedro and Inês de Castro.
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B.
Woven Stone
Woven Stone is a poetry and prose collection by Acoma Pueblo writer Simon J. Ortiz that explores Native American identity, history, and resistance.
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C.
Dragonseye
Dragonseye is a science fantasy novel in Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series that explores the early days of dragonrider society as it prepares for the deadly return of Thread.
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D.
Gates of the Mountains
Gates of the Mountains is a dramatic limestone canyon and popular scenic and recreational area along the Missouri River in Montana, famed for being named by Meriwether Lewis during the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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E.
The Strid
The Strid is a notoriously narrow, fast-flowing and dangerous stretch of the River Wharfe in Yorkshire, England, known for its deceptive appearance and strong undercurrents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neolithic chambered cairn
ⓘ
burial monument ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ |
| access | by footpath ⓘ |
| category |
chambered cairn in Orkney
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prehistoric burial monument in Scotland ⓘ |
| condition | well-preserved ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalFind |
animal bones
ⓘ
human remains ⓘ pottery fragments ⓘ stone tools ⓘ |
| hasPart |
burial cells
ⓘ
cairn mound ⓘ stone-built chamber ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Scheduled Ancient Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Rousay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Orkney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ island of Rousay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| near |
Eynhallow Sound
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Midhowe chambered cairn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Rousay archaeological landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Neolithic ⓘ |
| region | Orkney Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | archaeological significance ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burial
ⓘ
ritual activity ⓘ |
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: Knowe of Yarso Description of subject: Knowe of Yarso is a Neolithic chambered cairn and burial monument on the island of Rousay in Orkney, Scotland, noted for its well-preserved structure and archaeological significance.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.