Ickles Lock
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Ickles Lock is a canal lock on the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation in South Yorkshire, England, used to raise and lower boats between different water levels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ickles Lock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5047899 — 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: Ickles Lock Context triple: [Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation, hasLock, Ickles Lock]
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A.
Nickajack Lock
Nickajack Lock is a navigation lock on the Tennessee River in Tennessee that helps manage river traffic and water levels as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority system.
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B.
Kembs lock
Kembs lock is a major navigation lock on the Grand Canal d’Alsace in eastern France, facilitating ship passage along the Rhine.
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C.
Kings Lock
Kings Lock is a navigation lock on the River Soar in England, used to manage water levels and enable boat passage along the waterway.
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D.
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.
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E.
Tarleton Lock
Tarleton Lock is a canal lock located at the junction of the Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the River Douglas in Lancashire, England.
- 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: Ickles Lock Target entity description: Ickles Lock is a canal lock on the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation in South Yorkshire, England, used to raise and lower boats between different water levels.
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A.
Nickajack Lock
Nickajack Lock is a navigation lock on the Tennessee River in Tennessee that helps manage river traffic and water levels as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority system.
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B.
Kembs lock
Kembs lock is a major navigation lock on the Grand Canal d’Alsace in eastern France, facilitating ship passage along the Rhine.
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C.
Kings Lock
Kings Lock is a navigation lock on the River Soar in England, used to manage water levels and enable boat passage along the waterway.
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D.
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.
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E.
Tarleton Lock
Tarleton Lock is a canal lock located at the junction of the Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the River Douglas in Lancashire, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal lock
ⓘ
navigation lock ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasAccessFor |
boats
ⓘ
narrowboats ⓘ pleasure craft ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
gates
ⓘ
lock chamber ⓘ paddles ⓘ sluices ⓘ |
| hasEngineeringDiscipline | civil engineering ⓘ |
| hasFunction | enables navigation past a change in water level ⓘ |
| hasGeographicContext |
northern England
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern England
|
| hasLanguageOfLocalToponym | English ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
facilitate inland navigation
ⓘ
support commercial and leisure boating ⓘ |
| isInlandWaterwayStructure | true ⓘ |
| isPartOfTransportNetwork | British canal network ⓘ |
| isStructureOn | man-made navigation channel ⓘ |
| isSubjectTo | British inland waterway regulations ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation ⓘ South Yorkshire ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricCounty | Yorkshire ⓘ |
| operatedOn | artificially maintained water levels ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation lock system
ⓘ
linked to:
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
|
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ |
| transportInfrastructureType | inland waterway infrastructure ⓘ |
| usedFor |
lowering boats between different water levels
ⓘ
raising boats between different water levels ⓘ |
| waterway | Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ickles Lock Description of subject: Ickles Lock is a canal lock on the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation in South Yorkshire, England, used to raise and lower boats between different water levels.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.