Barnstaple Long Bridge
E232591
Barnstaple Long Bridge is a historic multi-arched stone bridge spanning the River Taw in Barnstaple, Devon, England.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barnstaple Long Bridge canonical | 5 |
| A361 bridge at Barnstaple | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1438072 — 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: Barnstaple Long Bridge Context triple: [Barnstaple, hasBridge, Barnstaple Long Bridge]
-
A.
Swilcan Bridge
Swilcan Bridge is a small, historic stone footbridge on the 18th hole of the Old Course at St Andrews, iconic in golf for the traditional photographs of players crossing it.
-
B.
Leatherhead Bridge
Leatherhead Bridge is a historic road bridge spanning the River Mole in Leatherhead, Surrey, England.
-
C.
Ethelfleda Bridge
Ethelfleda Bridge is a historic railway bridge in Runcorn, England, carrying trains across the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal.
-
D.
Thelwall Bridge
Thelwall Bridge is a major motorway viaduct carrying the M6 over the Manchester Ship Canal and River Mersey near Warrington in Cheshire, England.
-
E.
Monnow Bridge
Monnow Bridge is a historic medieval stone bridge and gatehouse spanning the River Monnow in Monmouth, Wales, and is one of the last remaining fortified river bridges in Britain.
- 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: Barnstaple Long Bridge Target entity description: Barnstaple Long Bridge is a historic multi-arched stone bridge spanning the River Taw in Barnstaple, Devon, England.
-
A.
Swilcan Bridge
Swilcan Bridge is a small, historic stone footbridge on the 18th hole of the Old Course at St Andrews, iconic in golf for the traditional photographs of players crossing it.
-
B.
Leatherhead Bridge
Leatherhead Bridge is a historic road bridge spanning the River Mole in Leatherhead, Surrey, England.
-
C.
Ethelfleda Bridge
Ethelfleda Bridge is a historic railway bridge in Runcorn, England, carrying trains across the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal.
-
D.
Thelwall Bridge
Thelwall Bridge is a major motorway viaduct carrying the M6 over the Manchester Ship Canal and River Mersey near Warrington in Cheshire, England.
-
E.
Monnow Bridge
Monnow Bridge is a historic medieval stone bridge and gatehouse spanning the River Monnow in Monmouth, Wales, and is one of the last remaining fortified river bridges in Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arch bridge
ⓘ
historic structure ⓘ road bridge ⓘ stone bridge ⓘ |
| connects |
east bank of River Taw at Barnstaple
ⓘ
west bank of River Taw at Barnstaple ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| crosses | River Taw ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | about 180 metres ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfArches | about 16 ⓘ |
| hasConstructionType | masonry arches ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cutwaters on piers
ⓘ
segmental arches ⓘ |
| hasFootway | footpaths on at least one side ⓘ |
| hasFunction | crossing point over River Taw for local traffic ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSignificance | one of the oldest surviving bridges in Devon ⓘ |
| hasLocalName | Long Bridge ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | roughly north–south ⓘ |
| hasOwner | public authority ⓘ |
| hasParapets | stone parapets ⓘ |
| hasRoadway | narrow carriageway ⓘ |
| hasSetting | urban ⓘ |
| hasStructure | multiple arches ⓘ |
| hasTrafficRestriction | weight and width limits ⓘ |
| heritageRegister |
National Heritage List for England
ⓘ
linked to:
National Heritage List for England entry
|
| heritageStatus | Grade I listed building ⓘ |
| isLandmarkOf | Barnstaple ⓘ |
| isLocatedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| isLocatedNear |
Barnstaple railway station
ⓘ
Barnstaple town centre ⓘ
linked to:
Barnstaple
|
| isOlderThan | Barnstaple Taw Bridge ⓘ |
| isPartOf | road network of North Devon ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
heritage conservation efforts
ⓘ
local historical studies ⓘ |
| isTouristAttractionIn | Barnstaple ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Barnstaple
ⓘ
Devon ⓘ South West England ⓘ
linked to:
southwest England
|
| maintainedBy | Devon County Council ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| usedFor |
pedestrian traffic
ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ |
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: Barnstaple Long Bridge Description of subject: Barnstaple Long Bridge is a historic multi-arched stone bridge spanning the River Taw in Barnstaple, Devon, England.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.