Mortlach
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Mortlach is a renowned Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery, celebrated for its rich, meaty character and complex, sherry-influenced expressions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mortlach canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10644329 — 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: Mortlach Context triple: [Diageo, brandOwnerOf, Mortlach]
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A.
Pulteney
Pulteney is an English surname historically associated with the prominent political figure William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, and other notable British families.
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B.
Aberfeldy
Aberfeldy is a small Scottish town in Perth and Kinross, known for its picturesque Highland setting, historic Wade’s Bridge, and nearby whisky distillery.
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C.
Brora
Brora is a small coastal village in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, known historically for its fishing, coal mining, and whisky distilling.
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D.
Glenmoriston
Glenmoriston is a scenic Highland glen in the Scottish Highlands, known for its rugged landscapes, historical associations with local clans, and proximity to Loch Ness.
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E.
Glenrothes
Glenrothes is a planned new town in central Fife, Scotland, serving as an administrative and commercial hub for the surrounding 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: Mortlach Target entity description: Mortlach is a renowned Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery, celebrated for its rich, meaty character and complex, sherry-influenced expressions.
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A.
Pulteney
Pulteney is an English surname historically associated with the prominent political figure William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, and other notable British families.
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B.
Aberfeldy
Aberfeldy is a small Scottish town in Perth and Kinross, known for its picturesque Highland setting, historic Wade’s Bridge, and nearby whisky distillery.
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C.
Brora
Brora is a small coastal village in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, known historically for its fishing, coal mining, and whisky distilling.
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D.
Glenmoriston
Glenmoriston is a scenic Highland glen in the Scottish Highlands, known for its rugged landscapes, historical associations with local clans, and proximity to Loch Ness.
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E.
Glenrothes
Glenrothes is a planned new town in central Fife, Scotland, serving as an administrative and commercial hub for the surrounding region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scotch whisky distillery
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single malt whisky brand ⓘ |
| caskTypesUsed |
American oak casks
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European oak casks ⓘ ex-bourbon casks ⓘ ex-sherry casks ⓘ |
| character |
complex
ⓘ
full-bodied ⓘ meaty ⓘ rich ⓘ sherry-influenced ⓘ |
| coreExpression |
Mortlach 12 Year Old The Wee Witchie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mortlach 16 Year Old Distiller’s Dram NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortlach 18 Year Old NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortlach 20 Year Old Cowie’s Blue Seal NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortlach 25 Year Old NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortlach Rare Old NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1823 ⓘ |
| founder |
Alexander Gordon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Donald Mackintosh NERFINISHED ⓘ James Findlater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCondensers | worm tubs GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasMashTunType | traditional mash tun ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStills | 6 ⓘ |
| hasProductType | single malt Scotch whisky ⓘ |
| hasSpiritStills | 3 ⓘ |
| hasVisitorCentre | yes ⓘ |
| hasWashStills | 3 ⓘ |
| legalStatus | licensed distillery ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dufftown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Speyside whisky region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mothballed | no ⓘ |
| nearbyDistillery |
Balvenie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glenfiddich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
use of sherry casks
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use of worm tub condensers ⓘ |
| notableNickname | The Beast of Dufftown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableUse | key malt in Johnnie Walker blends ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Diageo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousOwner |
Distillers Company Limited
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Walker & Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionStyle | 2.81 distillation ⓘ |
| region | Speyside NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | blended Scotch whiskies ⓘ |
| waterSource | Conval Hills springs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Mortlach Description of subject: Mortlach is a renowned Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery, celebrated for its rich, meaty character and complex, sherry-influenced expressions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.