Pedro Miguel Locks
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Pedro Miguel Locks is one of the key lock complexes of the Panama Canal, enabling ships to be raised and lowered between the Pacific Ocean and the canal’s interior waterways.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pedro Miguel Locks canonical | 11 |
| Pedro Miguel | 1 |
| Pedro Miguel, Panama | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T318573 — 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: Pedro Miguel Locks Context triple: [Panama Canal, hasLockSystem, Pedro Miguel Locks]
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A.
José Alexander Cora
José Alexander Cora is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball infielder and the current manager of the Boston Red Sox, known for leading the team to a World Series championship in 2018.
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B.
Nicolás Bobadilla
Nicolás Bobadilla was a 16th-century Spanish priest and one of the original companions of Ignatius of Loyola who helped establish the early Jesuit order.
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C.
Jorge
Jorge is the birth name of Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and the first pope from the Americas.
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D.
José Miguel Infante
José Miguel Infante was a Chilean lawyer, politician, and prominent early independence leader who played a key role in shaping the country’s first republican institutions.
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E.
Claudio López
Claudio López is a retired Argentine forward known for his speed and goal-scoring prowess, who starred for clubs such as Valencia, Lazio, and Club América as well as the Argentina national team.
- 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: Pedro Miguel Locks Target entity description: Pedro Miguel Locks is one of the key lock complexes of the Panama Canal, enabling ships to be raised and lowered between the Pacific Ocean and the canal’s interior waterways.
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A.
José Alexander Cora
José Alexander Cora is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball infielder and the current manager of the Boston Red Sox, known for leading the team to a World Series championship in 2018.
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B.
Nicolás Bobadilla
Nicolás Bobadilla was a 16th-century Spanish priest and one of the original companions of Ignatius of Loyola who helped establish the early Jesuit order.
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C.
Jorge
Jorge is the birth name of Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and the first pope from the Americas.
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D.
José Miguel Infante
José Miguel Infante was a Chilean lawyer, politician, and prominent early independence leader who played a key role in shaping the country’s first republican institutions.
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E.
Claudio López
Claudio López is a retired Argentine forward known for his speed and goal-scoring prowess, who starred for clubs such as Valencia, Lazio, and Club América as well as the Argentina national team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Panama Canal infrastructure
ⓘ
lock complex ⓘ |
| belongsToCanalSection | Pacific locks section ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Culebra Cut
ⓘ
Gaillard Cut ⓘ Miraflores Locks ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| constructionStart | early 20th century ⓘ |
| country | Panama ⓘ |
| designedFor | ocean-going vessels ⓘ |
| elevationChange | approximately 9 meters ⓘ |
| engineeringSignificance | key component of Panama Canal lock system ⓘ |
| function |
enable transit between Pacific Ocean and canal interior
ⓘ
lower ships ⓘ raise ships ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
culvert-based filling and emptying system
ⓘ
lock chamber ⓘ miter gates ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructureRole |
navigation control
ⓘ
water level regulation ⓘ |
| heritageSignificance | major 20th-century civil engineering work ⓘ |
| historicalEra | early 1900s ⓘ |
| isAdjacentTo |
Gaillard Cut
ⓘ
Miraflores Locks ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Panama
ⓘ
Panama Canal Zone ⓘ
linked to:
Panama Canal Zone (historical)
|
| locatedNear |
Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal
ⓘ
linked to:
Panama Canal
Pedro Miguel, Panama ⓘ
linked to:
Pedro Miguel Locks
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| lockType |
concrete lock
ⓘ
gravity-fed lock ⓘ |
| namedAfter | nearby village of Pedro Miguel ⓘ |
| nearbyBodyOfWater |
Miraflores Lake
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| numberOfChambers | 1 ⓘ |
| opened | 1914 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Panama Canal Authority ⓘ |
| operator |
Autoridad del Canal de Panamá
ⓘ
linked to:
Panama Canal Authority
|
| partOf |
Panama Canal
ⓘ
original Panama Canal lock system ⓘ |
| positionInCanal | Pacific side ⓘ |
| region | Panamá Province ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| transportMode | maritime shipping ⓘ |
| usedFor |
international maritime trade
ⓘ
transit between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via Panama Canal ⓘ |
| waterSource | Gatun Lake ⓘ |
| waterwayServed | Panama Canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pedro Miguel Locks Description of subject: Pedro Miguel Locks is one of the key lock complexes of the Panama Canal, enabling ships to be raised and lowered between the Pacific Ocean and the canal’s interior waterways.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pedro Miguel Locks
linked to: Pedro Miguel Locks