Naburn Weir
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Naburn Weir is a river structure on the River Ouse in North Yorkshire, England, built to control water levels and aid navigation near the village of Naburn.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barmby Barrage | 1 |
| Naburn Weir canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9638137 — 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: Naburn Weir Context triple: [River Ouse, hasWeir, Naburn Weir]
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A.
Bath Weir
Bath Weir is a distinctive curved weir on the River Avon in the city of Bath, England, known as a prominent historic and scenic riverside feature near Pulteney Bridge.
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B.
Abbeystead Dam
Abbeystead Dam is a small reservoir dam in Lancashire, England, known for its role in the 1984 Abbeystead disaster explosion.
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C.
Newby Bridge Weir
Newby Bridge Weir is a man-made river structure in Cumbria, England, that regulates water flow and levels near the village of Newby Bridge at the southern end of Windermere.
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D.
Evesham weir
Evesham weir is a river structure on the River Avon in Evesham, Worcestershire, used to control water levels and flow near the town.
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E.
Old Windsor Weir
Old Windsor Weir is a river control structure on the River Thames in Berkshire, England, used to manage water levels and flow near Old Windsor Lock.
- 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: Naburn Weir Target entity description: Naburn Weir is a river structure on the River Ouse in North Yorkshire, England, built to control water levels and aid navigation near the village of Naburn.
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A.
Bath Weir
Bath Weir is a distinctive curved weir on the River Avon in the city of Bath, England, known as a prominent historic and scenic riverside feature near Pulteney Bridge.
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B.
Abbeystead Dam
Abbeystead Dam is a small reservoir dam in Lancashire, England, known for its role in the 1984 Abbeystead disaster explosion.
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C.
Newby Bridge Weir
Newby Bridge Weir is a man-made river structure in Cumbria, England, that regulates water flow and levels near the village of Newby Bridge at the southern end of Windermere.
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D.
Evesham weir
Evesham weir is a river structure on the River Avon in Evesham, Worcestershire, used to control water levels and flow near the town.
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E.
Old Windsor Weir
Old Windsor Weir is a river control structure on the River Thames in Berkshire, England, used to manage water levels and flow near Old Windsor Lock.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river structure
ⓘ
weir ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crosses | River Ouse ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
facilitating boat passage via lock
ⓘ
regulation of river flow ⓘ |
| hasPart | Naburn Lock ⓘ |
| locatedDownstreamOf | York ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
North Yorkshire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ civil parish of Naburn ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Naburn ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterway | River Ouse ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | York city centre ⓘ |
| locatedUpstreamOf |
Barmby Barrage
ⓘ
linked to:
Naburn Weir
|
| maintainedBy | navigation authorities on the River Ouse ⓘ |
| material |
concrete
ⓘ
masonry ⓘ |
| nearCity | York ⓘ |
| nearSettlement | Naburn ⓘ |
| partOf | River Ouse infrastructure ⓘ |
| purpose |
aid to navigation
ⓘ
water level control ⓘ |
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ |
| river | River Ouse ⓘ |
| usedFor |
maintaining upstream water levels
ⓘ
navigation of River Ouse ⓘ |
| watercourse | River Ouse ⓘ |
| waterwaySystem | River Ouse navigation ⓘ |
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: Naburn Weir Description of subject: Naburn Weir is a river structure on the River Ouse in North Yorkshire, England, built to control water levels and aid navigation near the village of Naburn.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Naburn Weir