Provost Ross’s House
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Provost Ross’s House is a historic 16th-century merchant’s townhouse in Aberdeen, Scotland, now incorporated into the Aberdeen Maritime Museum complex.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Provost Ross’s House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11233228 — 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: Provost Ross’s House Context triple: [Aberdeen Maritime Museum, usesBuilding, Provost Ross’s House]
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A.
Traquair House
Traquair House is Scotland’s oldest continually inhabited house, renowned for its historic architecture, royal connections, and role as a former hunting lodge of Scottish kings.
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B.
Inverleith House
Inverleith House is a historic Georgian mansion in Edinburgh that serves as an art gallery and exhibition space within the Royal Botanic Garden.
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C.
Foulis Building
The Foulis Building is a key academic and studio facility located on the Garnethill campus of the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland.
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D.
Hume House
Hume House is a historic residence in Muskegon, Michigan, preserved as part of the Hackley and Hume Historic Site that showcases the opulent Victorian-era homes of prominent local lumber barons.
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E.
Wyllie Hall
Wyllie Hall is a central academic and administrative building on the University of Wisconsin–Parkside campus.
- 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: Provost Ross’s House Target entity description: Provost Ross’s House is a historic 16th-century merchant’s townhouse in Aberdeen, Scotland, now incorporated into the Aberdeen Maritime Museum complex.
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A.
Traquair House
Traquair House is Scotland’s oldest continually inhabited house, renowned for its historic architecture, royal connections, and role as a former hunting lodge of Scottish kings.
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B.
Inverleith House
Inverleith House is a historic Georgian mansion in Edinburgh that serves as an art gallery and exhibition space within the Royal Botanic Garden.
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C.
Foulis Building
The Foulis Building is a key academic and studio facility located on the Garnethill campus of the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland.
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D.
Hume House
Hume House is a historic residence in Muskegon, Michigan, preserved as part of the Hackley and Hume Historic Site that showcases the opulent Victorian-era homes of prominent local lumber barons.
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E.
Wyllie Hall
Wyllie Hall is a central academic and administrative building on the University of Wisconsin–Parkside campus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic house
ⓘ
listed building ⓘ merchant’s townhouse ⓘ museum building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Scottish vernacular ⓘ |
| category |
16th-century houses in Scotland
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Category A listed buildings in Aberdeen ⓘ Historic buildings in Aberdeen ⓘ Houses completed in the 16th century ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crow-stepped gables
ⓘ
historic fireplaces ⓘ timber interior elements ⓘ |
| hasUse |
merchant’s house
ⓘ
museum space ⓘ townhouse ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Category A listed building
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protected building in Scotland ⓘ |
| inception | late 16th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aberdeen
NERFINISHED
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Aberdeen City Council area NERFINISHED ⓘ Aberdeen Maritime Museum complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Aberdeen city centre NERFINISHED ⓘ Aberdeenshire (historic county) NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland, United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiprow, Aberdeen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Europe/London ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Provost Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | Aberdeen City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Aberdeen City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Aberdeen Maritime Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | slate ⓘ |
| significantEvent | incorporation into Aberdeen Maritime Museum complex ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
heritage interpretation
ⓘ
museum exhibitions ⓘ |
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: Provost Ross’s House Description of subject: Provost Ross’s House is a historic 16th-century merchant’s townhouse in Aberdeen, Scotland, now incorporated into the Aberdeen Maritime Museum complex.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.