Weurt lock
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Weurt lock is a major Dutch navigation lock complex near Nijmegen that regulates water levels and ship traffic between the Waal River and the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Weurt lock canonical | 1 |
| Weurt locks | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3134151 — 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: Weurt lock Context triple: [Amsterdam–Rhine Canal, hasLock, Weurt lock]
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A.
IJmuiden locks
The IJmuiden locks are a major Dutch lock complex that forms the key maritime gateway between the North Sea and the port of Amsterdam.
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B.
Groothoofdspoort
Groothoofdspoort is a historic city gate and waterfront landmark in Dordrecht, Netherlands, known for its picturesque location where several rivers meet.
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C.
Oosterhoogebrug lock
Oosterhoogebrug lock is a navigation lock on the Eemskanaal in the Netherlands that regulates water levels and vessel passage along the canal.
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D.
Woudenberg
Woudenberg is a small Dutch municipality and town located in the central Netherlands.
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E.
Stadhouderspoort
Stadhouderspoort is a historic gate within The Hague’s Binnenhof complex, traditionally associated with the access route used by the stadtholders of the Dutch Republic.
- 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: Weurt lock Target entity description: Weurt lock is a major Dutch navigation lock complex near Nijmegen that regulates water levels and ship traffic between the Waal River and the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal.
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A.
IJmuiden locks
The IJmuiden locks are a major Dutch lock complex that forms the key maritime gateway between the North Sea and the port of Amsterdam.
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B.
Groothoofdspoort
Groothoofdspoort is a historic city gate and waterfront landmark in Dordrecht, Netherlands, known for its picturesque location where several rivers meet.
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C.
Oosterhoogebrug lock
Oosterhoogebrug lock is a navigation lock on the Eemskanaal in the Netherlands that regulates water levels and vessel passage along the canal.
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D.
Woudenberg
Woudenberg is a small Dutch municipality and town located in the central Netherlands.
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E.
Stadhouderspoort
Stadhouderspoort is a historic gate within The Hague’s Binnenhof complex, traditionally associated with the access route used by the stadtholders of the Dutch Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
navigation lock complex
ⓘ
waterway infrastructure ⓘ |
| connectsWaterway |
Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
ⓘ
Waal ⓘ
surface form:
Waal River
|
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| function |
flood control
ⓘ
navigation ⓘ water level management ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage | Sluis Weurt ⓘ |
| hasPart |
control building
ⓘ
gates ⓘ lock chambers ⓘ weirs ⓘ |
| isMajorInfrastructureFor |
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
ⓘ
surface form:
Rhine–Meuse delta
|
| languageOfName | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Weurt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
municipality of Nijmegen
ⓘ
province of Gelderland ⓘ |
| locatedInRiverBasin |
Rhine River Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Rhine basin
|
| locatedNear | Nijmegen ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterway |
Waal
ⓘ
surface form:
Waal River
|
| maintainedBy | Rijkswaterstaat ⓘ |
| navigationCategory | inland waterway lock ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Nijmegen ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterway |
Maas-Waal canal
ⓘ
surface form:
Maas–Waal canal
|
| openingYear | 20th century ⓘ |
| partOf |
Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
ⓘ
surface form:
Amsterdam–Rhine Canal system
Dutch inland waterway network ⓘ |
| regulates |
ship traffic
ⓘ
water levels ⓘ |
| servesCity | Nijmegen ⓘ |
| servesRegion | eastern Netherlands ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | regulates access between Waal River and Amsterdam–Rhine Canal ⓘ |
| usedFor |
barge traffic
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ commercial shipping ⓘ inland shipping ⓘ |
| waterwayRole | bypass for Rhine river shipping via Amsterdam–Rhine Canal ⓘ |
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: Weurt lock Description of subject: Weurt lock is a major Dutch navigation lock complex near Nijmegen that regulates water levels and ship traffic between the Waal River and the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Maas-Waal Canal
this entity surface form:
Weurt locks