Ardeer factory
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The Ardeer factory was a vast explosives manufacturing complex in North Ayrshire, Scotland, historically one of the world’s largest dynamite and chemical works.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ardeer factory canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21402706 — 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: Ardeer factory Context triple: [Stevenston, historicallyAssociatedWith, Ardeer factory]
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Fochabers factory
Fochabers factory is Baxters’ main food production site in Fochabers, Scotland, known for manufacturing soups, preserves, and other grocery products.
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B.
Cowlairs Works
Cowlairs Works was a major railway locomotive and carriage construction and maintenance facility in Glasgow, Scotland, historically significant in the development and servicing of British railway stock.
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C.
Inverurie Works
Inverurie Works was a railway engineering and maintenance facility in Inverurie, Scotland, historically used for the repair and overhaul of locomotives and rolling stock.
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D.
Lancefield Works, Glasgow
Lancefield Works, Glasgow was a major 19th-century engineering and shipbuilding facility in Glasgow associated with the prominent marine engineer and shipbuilder Robert Napier.
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E.
Royal Ordnance Factory Dalmuir
Royal Ordnance Factory Dalmuir was a major British munitions and armaments manufacturing plant located in Clydebank, Scotland, that played a significant role in both World Wars.
- 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: Ardeer factory Target entity description: The Ardeer factory was a vast explosives manufacturing complex in North Ayrshire, Scotland, historically one of the world’s largest dynamite and chemical works.
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A.
Fochabers factory
Fochabers factory is Baxters’ main food production site in Fochabers, Scotland, known for manufacturing soups, preserves, and other grocery products.
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B.
Cowlairs Works
Cowlairs Works was a major railway locomotive and carriage construction and maintenance facility in Glasgow, Scotland, historically significant in the development and servicing of British railway stock.
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C.
Inverurie Works
Inverurie Works was a railway engineering and maintenance facility in Inverurie, Scotland, historically used for the repair and overhaul of locomotives and rolling stock.
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D.
Lancefield Works, Glasgow
Lancefield Works, Glasgow was a major 19th-century engineering and shipbuilding facility in Glasgow associated with the prominent marine engineer and shipbuilder Robert Napier.
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E.
Royal Ordnance Factory Dalmuir
Royal Ordnance Factory Dalmuir was a major British munitions and armaments manufacturing plant located in Clydebank, Scotland, that played a significant role in both World Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.