Barnstaple Taw Bridge
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Barnstaple Taw Bridge is a more modern road bridge spanning the River Taw in Barnstaple, Devon, built to supplement the historic Barnstaple Long Bridge and improve local traffic flow.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barnstaple Taw Bridge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10149446 — 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 Taw Bridge Context triple: [Barnstaple Long Bridge, isOlderThan, Barnstaple Taw Bridge]
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A.
Barnstaple Long Bridge
Barnstaple Long Bridge is a historic multi-arched stone bridge spanning the River Taw in Barnstaple, Devon, England.
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B.
Bideford Long Bridge
Bideford Long Bridge is a historic multi-arched stone bridge in Bideford, Devon, spanning the River Torridge and serving as one of the town’s most notable landmarks.
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C.
Totnes Bridge
Totnes Bridge is a historic stone road bridge in the town of Totnes, Devon, England, notable for carrying traffic across the River Dart.
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D.
Fretherne Bridge
Fretherne Bridge is a road swing bridge spanning the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal in Gloucestershire, England.
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E.
Pershore Bridge
Pershore Bridge is a historic stone road bridge in Pershore, Worcestershire, that carries traffic across the River Avon.
- 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 Taw Bridge Target entity description: Barnstaple Taw Bridge is a more modern road bridge spanning the River Taw in Barnstaple, Devon, built to supplement the historic Barnstaple Long Bridge and improve local traffic flow.
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A.
Barnstaple Long Bridge
Barnstaple Long Bridge is a historic multi-arched stone bridge spanning the River Taw in Barnstaple, Devon, England.
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B.
Bideford Long Bridge
Bideford Long Bridge is a historic multi-arched stone bridge in Bideford, Devon, spanning the River Torridge and serving as one of the town’s most notable landmarks.
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C.
Totnes Bridge
Totnes Bridge is a historic stone road bridge in the town of Totnes, Devon, England, notable for carrying traffic across the River Dart.
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D.
Fretherne Bridge
Fretherne Bridge is a road swing bridge spanning the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal in Gloucestershire, England.
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E.
Pershore Bridge
Pershore Bridge is a historic stone road bridge in Pershore, Worcestershire, that carries traffic across the River Avon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | road bridge ⓘ |
| access | public road bridge ⓘ |
| connects | road networks on opposite banks of the River Taw ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crosses |
River Taw
ⓘ
river in North Devon ⓘ |
| function | carries road traffic ⓘ |
| geographicContext | North Devon ⓘ |
| hasNearbyStructure | Barnstaple Long Bridge ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | not historic compared to Barnstaple Long Bridge ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
road network of Barnstaple
ⓘ
transport infrastructure of Devon ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Barnstaple
ⓘ
Devon ⓘ England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| material | modern construction materials ⓘ |
| municipality |
North Devon District
ⓘ
linked to:
North Devon
|
| namedAfter | River Taw ⓘ |
| purpose |
improve local traffic flow
ⓘ
supplement Barnstaple Long Bridge ⓘ |
| region |
South West England
ⓘ
linked to:
southwest England
|
| relativeLocation | within the town of Barnstaple ⓘ |
| replacesInFunction | Barnstaple Long Bridge ⓘ |
| roadTypeCarried | local roads ⓘ |
| spans | River Taw ⓘ |
| trafficRole | relieves congestion on Barnstaple Long Bridge ⓘ |
| usedFor |
road transport
ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Taw Bridge Description of subject: Barnstaple Taw Bridge is a more modern road bridge spanning the River Taw in Barnstaple, Devon, built to supplement the historic Barnstaple Long Bridge and improve local traffic flow.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.