Swift Rapids Lock
E174063
Swift Rapids Lock is a large lock station on Ontario’s Trent–Severn Waterway, notable for its significant lift and remote, scenic setting.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swift Rapids Lock canonical | 2 |
| Swift Rapids Lock 43 | 1 |
| Swift Rapids hydroelectric generating station | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1479878 — 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: Swift Rapids Lock Context triple: [Trent–Severn Waterway, hasPart, Swift Rapids Lock]
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A.
Merrickville Locks
Merrickville Locks are a historic set of canal locks in Merrickville, Ontario, that form part of the UNESCO-listed Rideau Canal waterway.
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B.
Saint Anthony Falls
Saint Anthony Falls is a historic waterfall on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis that powered the city’s early flour and saw milling industries and shaped its development.
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C.
Smiths Falls Locks
Smiths Falls Locks are a historic set of canal locks in Smiths Falls, Ontario, that form a key part of the Rideau Canal’s navigation and heritage infrastructure.
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D.
Jones Falls Locks
Jones Falls Locks is a historic flight of canal locks on the Rideau Canal in Ontario, Canada, known for its impressive 19th-century engineering and scenic setting.
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E.
Soo Locks
The Soo Locks are a set of ship locks on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron that enable vessels to bypass the river’s rapids and navigate the Great Lakes.
- 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: Swift Rapids Lock Target entity description: Swift Rapids Lock is a large lock station on Ontario’s Trent–Severn Waterway, notable for its significant lift and remote, scenic setting.
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A.
Merrickville Locks
Merrickville Locks are a historic set of canal locks in Merrickville, Ontario, that form part of the UNESCO-listed Rideau Canal waterway.
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B.
Saint Anthony Falls
Saint Anthony Falls is a historic waterfall on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis that powered the city’s early flour and saw milling industries and shaped its development.
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C.
Smiths Falls Locks
Smiths Falls Locks are a historic set of canal locks in Smiths Falls, Ontario, that form a key part of the Rideau Canal’s navigation and heritage infrastructure.
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D.
Jones Falls Locks
Jones Falls Locks is a historic flight of canal locks on the Rideau Canal in Ontario, Canada, known for its impressive 19th-century engineering and scenic setting.
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E.
Soo Locks
The Soo Locks are a set of ship locks on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron that enable vessels to bypass the river’s rapids and navigate the Great Lakes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lock station
ⓘ
navigation lock ⓘ |
| accessibleBy |
limited road access
ⓘ
water ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Lock 43 ⓘ |
| hasChamberLength |
about 155 feet
ⓘ
about 47.2 metres ⓘ |
| hasChamberWidth |
about 13.7 metres
ⓘ
about 45 feet ⓘ |
| hasConstructionMaterial | reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| hasFeature | high single lift ⓘ |
| hasFunction | raise and lower vessels between different water levels ⓘ |
| hasLiftHeight |
about 14 metres
ⓘ
about 47 feet ⓘ |
| hasLiftType | conventional lock ⓘ |
| hasLockNumber | 43 ⓘ |
| hasManagement |
Trent–Severn Waterway National Historic Site administration
ⓘ
linked to:
Trent–Severn Waterway
|
| hasProvinceParkSystem | federal canal system of Canada ⓘ |
| hasRegion | Central Ontario ⓘ |
| hasSeason | operates during Trent–Severn navigation season ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
remote location
ⓘ
scenic surroundings ⓘ |
| hasStructure | concrete lock chamber ⓘ |
| isDownstreamFrom |
Sparrow Lake section of Trent–Severn Waterway
ⓘ
linked to:
Trent–Severn Waterway
|
| isNotableFor |
remote, scenic setting
ⓘ
significant lift ⓘ |
| isOneOf | largest locks on the Trent–Severn Waterway ⓘ |
| isTouristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| isUpstreamFrom | Big Chute Marine Railway ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ontario
ⓘ
Severn Township, Ontario ⓘ
linked to:
Severn, Ontario
|
| locatedNear |
Swift Rapids hydroelectric generating station
ⓘ
linked to:
Swift Rapids Lock
|
| locatedOnWaterway | Severn River ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Parks Canada ⓘ |
| partOf | Trent–Severn Waterway ⓘ |
| servesTraffic |
recreational boats
ⓘ
small commercial vessels ⓘ |
| usedFor |
bypassing rapids on the Severn River
ⓘ
recreational boating tourism ⓘ |
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: Swift Rapids Lock Description of subject: Swift Rapids Lock is a large lock station on Ontario’s Trent–Severn Waterway, notable for its significant lift and remote, scenic setting.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Swift Rapids Lock
linked to: Swift Rapids Lock