Fosse Way
E37684
Fosse Way is an ancient Roman road in Britain that ran diagonally across the country, linking Exeter in the southwest to Lincoln in the northeast.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fosse Way canonical | 8 |
| Fosse Way (via connecting roads) | 1 |
| Roman road Fosse Way | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T284911 — 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: Fosse Way Context triple: [Roman roads, hasPart, Fosse Way]
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A.
M62 motorway
The M62 motorway is a major trans-Pennine route in northern England, linking cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, and Hull.
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B.
M74 motorway
The M74 motorway is a major Scottish motorway forming a key part of the route between Glasgow and the English border, carrying long-distance traffic towards the M6.
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C.
A92 road
The A92 road is a major trunk route in eastern Scotland that connects several key towns and cities, including linking the area around Glenrothes to the wider regional road network.
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D.
A12 road
The A12 road is a major trunk route in eastern England that connects London with coastal towns in Essex and Suffolk before continuing toward Norfolk.
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E.
A25 road
The A25 road is an important east–west route in South East England that runs through Surrey and connects several towns between Guildford and Sevenoaks.
- 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: Fosse Way Target entity description: Fosse Way is an ancient Roman road in Britain that ran diagonally across the country, linking Exeter in the southwest to Lincoln in the northeast.
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A.
M62 motorway
The M62 motorway is a major trans-Pennine route in northern England, linking cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, and Hull.
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B.
M74 motorway
The M74 motorway is a major Scottish motorway forming a key part of the route between Glasgow and the English border, carrying long-distance traffic towards the M6.
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C.
A92 road
The A92 road is a major trunk route in eastern Scotland that connects several key towns and cities, including linking the area around Glenrothes to the wider regional road network.
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D.
A12 road
The A12 road is a major trunk route in eastern England that connects London with coastal towns in Essex and Suffolk before continuing toward Norfolk.
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E.
A25 road
The A25 road is an important east–west route in South East England that runs through Surrey and connects several towns between Guildford and Sevenoaks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman road
ⓘ
ancient road ⓘ |
| alignment | diagonal across Britain ⓘ |
| approximateLength |
230 miles
ⓘ
370 km ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
Romans ⓘ |
| category |
Archaeological sites in England
ⓘ
Roman roads in England ⓘ |
| connects |
northeast England
ⓘ
southwest England ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crosses |
River Avon vicinity
ⓘ
River Trent vicinity ⓘ |
| dateOfConstruction | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| direction | southwest-to-northeast ⓘ |
| endPoint | Lincoln ⓘ |
| era | Roman Britain ⓘ |
| etymology | from Latin "fossa" meaning ditch ⓘ |
| followsRiver |
River Exe vicinity
ⓘ
River Trent vicinity ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | scheduled monument (in sections) ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Roman Britain ⓘ |
| influences | modern road alignments in England ⓘ |
| knownFor | remarkably straight alignment ⓘ |
| laterFunction | internal communication route ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Britain
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Britain
England ⓘ |
| modernCountry |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| nearbyRomanTown |
Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter)
ⓘ
linked to:
Exeter
Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) ⓘ
linked to:
Lindum Colonia
|
| originalFunction | frontier line in early Roman occupation ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman road network in Britain ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Bath
ⓘ
Cirencester ⓘ Exeter ⓘ Ilchester ⓘ Leicester ⓘ Lincoln ⓘ |
| roadType | long-distance road ⓘ |
| startPoint | Exeter ⓘ |
| surface | metalled road ⓘ |
| terminusCityNortheast | Lincoln ⓘ |
| terminusCitySouthwest | Exeter ⓘ |
| usedFor |
communication
ⓘ
military movement ⓘ trade ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Fosse Way Description of subject: Fosse Way is an ancient Roman road in Britain that ran diagonally across the country, linking Exeter in the southwest to Lincoln in the northeast.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fosse Way
subject linked to:
Roman city of Lindum Colonia
linked to: Fosse Way
subject linked to:
Roman Ermine Street