Bridge of Sighs
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The Bridge of Sighs is a 19th-century arched stone bridge in Glasgow, Scotland, known for carrying funeral processions into the Glasgow Necropolis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bridge of Sighs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9380457 — 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: Bridge of Sighs Context triple: [Glasgow Necropolis, hasAccessPoint, Bridge of Sighs]
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Bridge of Sighs
The Bridge of Sighs is an enclosed white limestone bridge in Venice that famously connected the Doge’s Palace to the city prison and became a symbol of romantic melancholy and historic justice.
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Bridge of Sighs
The Bridge of Sighs is a distinctive covered skyway in Oxford that links two parts of Hertford College and is one of the city’s most photographed landmarks.
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Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge
Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge is a covered 19th-century stone bridge at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, famed for its picturesque Gothic Revival design and status as one of the city’s most iconic landmarks.
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Duncan Passage
Duncan Passage is a strait in the Andaman Islands of India that separates South Andaman Island from Little Andaman Island in the Bay of Bengal.
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Accademia Bridge
The Accademia Bridge is one of Venice’s main wooden-arched pedestrian bridges, offering iconic views over the Grand Canal and connecting the San Marco and Dorsoduro districts.
- 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: Bridge of Sighs Target entity description: The Bridge of Sighs is a 19th-century arched stone bridge in Glasgow, Scotland, known for carrying funeral processions into the Glasgow Necropolis.
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A.
Bridge of Sighs
The Bridge of Sighs is an enclosed white limestone bridge in Venice that famously connected the Doge’s Palace to the city prison and became a symbol of romantic melancholy and historic justice.
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B.
Bridge of Sighs
The Bridge of Sighs is a distinctive covered skyway in Oxford that links two parts of Hertford College and is one of the city’s most photographed landmarks.
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C.
Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge
Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge is a covered 19th-century stone bridge at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, famed for its picturesque Gothic Revival design and status as one of the city’s most iconic landmarks.
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D.
Duncan Passage
Duncan Passage is a strait in the Andaman Islands of India that separates South Andaman Island from Little Andaman Island in the Bay of Bengal.
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E.
Accademia Bridge
The Accademia Bridge is one of Venice’s main wooden-arched pedestrian bridges, offering iconic views over the Grand Canal and connecting the San Marco and Dorsoduro districts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century structure
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arched bridge ⓘ bridge ⓘ stone bridge ⓘ |
| accessRestriction | pedestrians only ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Necropolis Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Glasgow Necropolis
NERFINISHED
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Victorian funerary architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Bridges in Glasgow
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Pedestrian bridges in Scotland ⓘ Stone bridges in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| city | Glasgow ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| crosses | Molendinar Burn (culverted)? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | pedestrian bridge ⓘ |
| hasApproachFrom | Cathedral Square, Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | symbolic threshold between city and city of the dead ⓘ |
| hasDesign | arched ⓘ |
| hasParapet | stone parapet ⓘ |
| hasSpanType | single span ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Glasgow Cathedral
NERFINISHED
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Glasgow Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed structure (Scotland) ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Italian Renaissance bridges ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Glasgow
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Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Glasgow Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bridge of Sighs (Venice) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
High Street, Glasgow
NERFINISHED
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Tennent’s Wellpark Brewery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
carrying funeral corteges into Glasgow Necropolis
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picturesque views of Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Glasgow City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Glasgow Necropolis complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse | funeral processions ⓘ |
| providesAccessTo | Glasgow Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central Belt of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Victorian ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor | access to cemetery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bridge of Sighs Description of subject: The Bridge of Sighs is a 19th-century arched stone bridge in Glasgow, Scotland, known for carrying funeral processions into the Glasgow Necropolis.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.