St Rollox Locomotive Works
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St Rollox Locomotive Works is a historic railway engineering and locomotive repair facility in Springburn, Glasgow, that played a major role in Scotland’s railway industry.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16560957 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St Rollox Locomotive Works Context triple: [Springburn, railwayHeritageSite, St Rollox Locomotive Works]
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North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was a major Scottish engineering firm and one of the largest locomotive manufacturers in the world during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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York Carriage Works
York Carriage Works was a major railway rolling stock manufacturing and maintenance facility in York, England, historically significant for building and servicing trains for the British rail network.
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C.
LMS Derby Works
LMS Derby Works was a major British railway engineering and locomotive-building facility in Derby, England, operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and its successors.
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D.
Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
The Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company was a British industrial firm known for producing railway rolling stock and military vehicles, including notable World War II tanks.
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E.
Sir William Arrol & Co.
Sir William Arrol & Co. was a prominent Scottish civil engineering and construction firm renowned for building major late 19th-century steel bridges and landmark structures in the United Kingdom.
- 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: St Rollox Locomotive Works Target entity description: St Rollox Locomotive Works is a historic railway engineering and locomotive repair facility in Springburn, Glasgow, that played a major role in Scotland’s railway industry.
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A.
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was a major Scottish engineering firm and one of the largest locomotive manufacturers in the world during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
York Carriage Works
York Carriage Works was a major railway rolling stock manufacturing and maintenance facility in York, England, historically significant for building and servicing trains for the British rail network.
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C.
LMS Derby Works
LMS Derby Works was a major British railway engineering and locomotive-building facility in Derby, England, operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and its successors.
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D.
Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
The Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company was a British industrial firm known for producing railway rolling stock and military vehicles, including notable World War II tanks.
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E.
Sir William Arrol & Co.
Sir William Arrol & Co. was a prominent Scottish civil engineering and construction firm renowned for building major late 19th-century steel bridges and landmark structures in the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
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