Lough Derravaragh
E541697
Lough Derravaragh is a scenic freshwater lake in central Ireland, famed in Irish mythology as the setting of part of the legend of the Children of Lir.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lough Derravaragh canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5574524 — 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: Lough Derravaragh Context triple: [County Westmeath, hasNotableLake, Lough Derravaragh]
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A.
Lough Allen
Lough Allen is a large glacial lake in the northwest of Ireland, known as one of the principal lakes along the River Shannon and a popular area for angling and water-based recreation.
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B.
Lough Ennell
Lough Ennell is a large freshwater lake in central Ireland known for its scenic beauty, angling, and proximity to the town of Mullingar in County Westmeath.
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C.
Lough Derg
Lough Derg is a large freshwater lake in western Ireland, renowned for its scenic beauty, recreational activities, and role as a major widening of the River Shannon.
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D.
Lough Ree
Lough Ree is a large freshwater lake in central Ireland, known as one of the major lakes on the River Shannon and a popular area for boating, fishing, and wildlife.
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E.
Lough Mask
Lough Mask is a large freshwater lake in western Ireland, known for its scenic beauty and popular trout fishing, lying mainly in County Mayo with part in County Galway.
- 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: Lough Derravaragh Target entity description: Lough Derravaragh is a scenic freshwater lake in central Ireland, famed in Irish mythology as the setting of part of the legend of the Children of Lir.
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A.
Lough Allen
Lough Allen is a large glacial lake in the northwest of Ireland, known as one of the principal lakes along the River Shannon and a popular area for angling and water-based recreation.
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B.
Lough Ennell
Lough Ennell is a large freshwater lake in central Ireland known for its scenic beauty, angling, and proximity to the town of Mullingar in County Westmeath.
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C.
Lough Derg
Lough Derg is a large freshwater lake in western Ireland, renowned for its scenic beauty, recreational activities, and role as a major widening of the River Shannon.
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D.
Lough Ree
Lough Ree is a large freshwater lake in central Ireland, known as one of the major lakes on the River Shannon and a popular area for boating, fishing, and wildlife.
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E.
Lough Mask
Lough Mask is a large freshwater lake in western Ireland, known for its scenic beauty and popular trout fishing, lying mainly in County Mayo with part in County Galway.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
freshwater lake
ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ lake ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | River Shannon basin ⓘ |
| governingJurisdiction | Westmeath County Council ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType | freshwater lake ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | mythological significance ⓘ |
| hasIrishName | Loch Dairbhreach ⓘ |
| hasRecreationFacility |
angling stands
ⓘ
boat slipways ⓘ |
| hasScenicQuality |
picturesque
ⓘ
rural landscape ⓘ |
| hasShorelineUse |
agriculture
ⓘ
rural settlement ⓘ |
| hasUse |
birdwatching
ⓘ
boating ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
coarse fish species
ⓘ
waterfowl ⓘ |
| inflows | River Inny ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Irish lake district ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
Irish literary retellings of the Children of Lir
ⓘ
local folklore ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Irish mythology associations
ⓘ
legend of the Children of Lir ⓘ scenic landscape ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Irish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | County Westmeath ⓘ |
| locatedInProvince | Leinster ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | central Ireland ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Castlepollard
ⓘ
Crookedwood ⓘ Multyfarnham ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Children of Lir ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole | setting for part of the Children of Lir legend ⓘ |
| outflows | River Inny ⓘ |
| partOf | River Inny basin ⓘ |
| touristAttractionType | natural attraction ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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: Lough Derravaragh Description of subject: Lough Derravaragh is a scenic freshwater lake in central Ireland, famed in Irish mythology as the setting of part of the legend of the Children of Lir.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Tullynally Castle (near Castlepollard)
subject linked to:
Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland