Goring Lock
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Goring Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England, helping to manage river navigation and water levels near the village of Goring-on-Thames.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Goring Lock canonical | 3 |
| Goring Lock complex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5991234 — 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: Goring Lock Context triple: [Goring-on-Thames, hasWaterwayStructure, Goring Lock]
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A.
Iffley Lock
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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B.
Teddington Lock
Teddington Lock is a major lock and weir complex on the River Thames in southwest London, marking the tidal limit of the river and serving as an important navigation and flood-control point.
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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.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Goring Lock Target entity description: Goring Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England, helping to manage river navigation and water levels near the village of Goring-on-Thames.
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A.
Iffley Lock
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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B.
Teddington Lock
Teddington Lock is a major lock and weir complex on the River Thames in southwest London, marking the tidal limit of the river and serving as an important navigation and flood-control point.
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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.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lock
ⓘ
weir ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| crosses |
River Thames
ⓘ
linked to:
Thames
|
| downstreamFrom | Whitchurch Lock ⓘ |
| hasAccess | towpath ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
gates
ⓘ
lock island ⓘ paddles ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
controls flow of the River Thames
ⓘ
enables boats to pass a change in river level ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
lock chamber
ⓘ
weir ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Goring-on-Thames
ⓘ
Oxfordshire ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Chiltern Hills
ⓘ
North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ⓘ
linked to:
North Wessex Downs
|
| locatedOnWaterway |
River Thames
ⓘ
linked to:
Thames
|
| manages |
river navigation
ⓘ
water levels ⓘ |
| near | Goring and Streatley Bridge ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Environment Agency
ⓘ
linked to:
Environment Agency (England)
|
| region | South East England ⓘ |
| riverMile | approximately 110 miles from Teddington Lock ⓘ |
| servesSettlement |
Goring-on-Thames
ⓘ
Streatley ⓘ |
| upstreamFrom | Cleeve Lock ⓘ |
| usedFor |
recreational boating
ⓘ
river transport ⓘ |
| waterwaySystem |
non-tidal River Thames
ⓘ
linked to:
non-tidal Thames
|
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: Goring Lock Description of subject: Goring Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England, helping to manage river navigation and water levels near the village of Goring-on-Thames.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Goring Lock