Iffley Lock
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Iffley Lock is a historic lock and weir on the River Thames near Oxford, England, known for its picturesque setting and traditional stone lock-keeper’s cottage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iffley Lock canonical | 5 |
| Osney Lock | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4812164 — 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: Iffley Lock Context triple: [Isis, hasNotableStructure, Iffley Lock]
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A.
Brentford Lock
Brentford Lock is a historic canal lock and waterside area on the Grand Union Canal in Brentford, west London, known for its maritime heritage and regenerated residential and leisure developments.
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B.
Tottenham Lock
Tottenham Lock is a canal lock on the River Lea in North London, used to manage water levels and enable boat navigation along the river.
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C.
Shepperton Lock
Shepperton Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England, used to manage river navigation and water levels near the town of Shepperton.
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D.
Hampstead Lane Lock
Hampstead Lane Lock is a navigation lock on the River Medway in Kent, England, used to manage water levels and enable boat passage along the river.
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E.
East Farleigh Lock
East Farleigh Lock is a navigation lock on the River Medway in Kent, England, used to manage water levels and enable boat passage along the river.
- 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: Iffley Lock Target entity description: Iffley Lock is a historic lock and weir on the River Thames near Oxford, England, known for its picturesque setting and traditional stone lock-keeper’s cottage.
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A.
Brentford Lock
Brentford Lock is a historic canal lock and waterside area on the Grand Union Canal in Brentford, west London, known for its maritime heritage and regenerated residential and leisure developments.
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B.
Tottenham Lock
Tottenham Lock is a canal lock on the River Lea in North London, used to manage water levels and enable boat navigation along the river.
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C.
Shepperton Lock
Shepperton Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England, used to manage river navigation and water levels near the town of Shepperton.
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D.
Hampstead Lane Lock
Hampstead Lane Lock is a navigation lock on the River Medway in Kent, England, used to manage water levels and enable boat passage along the river.
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E.
East Farleigh Lock
East Farleigh Lock is a navigation lock on the River Medway in Kent, England, used to manage water levels and enable boat passage along the river.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lock
ⓘ
river infrastructure ⓘ weir ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| downstreamFrom | Osney Lock ⓘ |
| hasAccess | towpath ⓘ |
| hasBuildingMaterial | stone ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | historic site ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Iffley village
ⓘ
linked to:
Iffley
Oxford city centre ⓘ
linked to:
Oxford city centre shopping area
|
| hasPhotographicInterest |
architectural photography
ⓘ
landscape photography ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
lock-keeper’s cottage
ⓘ
weir ⓘ |
| hasUse |
flood control
ⓘ
navigation control ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ rowing ⓘ tourism ⓘ water level management ⓘ |
| knownFor |
picturesque setting
ⓘ
traditional stone lock-keeper’s cottage ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Oxford ⓘ Oxfordshire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterway |
River Thames
ⓘ
linked to:
Thames
|
| maintainedBy |
Environment Agency
ⓘ
linked to:
Environment Agency (England)
|
| near | Iffley ⓘ |
| partOf |
River Thames navigation system
ⓘ
linked to:
Tideway of the River Thames
|
| riverMileFromTeddington | approximately 82 miles upstream ⓘ |
| upstreamFrom | Sandford Lock ⓘ |
| usedBy |
canoes and kayaks
ⓘ
pleasure craft ⓘ rowing boats ⓘ |
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: Iffley Lock Description of subject: Iffley Lock is a historic lock and weir on the River Thames near Oxford, England, known for its picturesque setting and traditional stone lock-keeper’s cottage.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Iffley Lock