Ware Lock
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Ware Lock is a canal lock on the River Lee Navigation in Hertfordshire, England, used to raise and lower boats between different water levels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ware Lock canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10976012 — 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: Ware Lock Context triple: [Lee Navigation, hasLock, Ware Lock]
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A.
Teston Lock
Teston Lock is a navigation lock on the River Medway in Kent, England, used to manage river levels and enable boat passage.
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B.
The Lock
The Lock is a celebrated 1824 landscape painting by English Romantic artist John Constable, depicting rural life along the River Stour with dramatic naturalistic detail.
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C.
Cuton Lock
Cuton Lock is a canal lock on the River Chelmer in Essex, England, used to raise and lower boats along the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.
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D.
Aduard lock
Aduard lock is a water control structure in the Netherlands that regulates navigation and water levels along the Prinses Margriet Canal near the village of Aduard.
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E.
Kembs lock
Kembs lock is a major navigation lock on the Grand Canal d’Alsace in eastern France, facilitating ship passage along the Rhine.
- 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: Ware Lock Target entity description: Ware Lock is a canal lock on the River Lee Navigation in Hertfordshire, England, used to raise and lower boats between different water levels.
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A.
Teston Lock
Teston Lock is a navigation lock on the River Medway in Kent, England, used to manage river levels and enable boat passage.
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B.
The Lock
The Lock is a celebrated 1824 landscape painting by English Romantic artist John Constable, depicting rural life along the River Stour with dramatic naturalistic detail.
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C.
Cuton Lock
Cuton Lock is a canal lock on the River Chelmer in Essex, England, used to raise and lower boats along the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.
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D.
Aduard lock
Aduard lock is a water control structure in the Netherlands that regulates navigation and water levels along the Prinses Margriet Canal near the village of Aduard.
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E.
Kembs lock
Kembs lock is a major navigation lock on the Grand Canal d’Alsace in eastern France, facilitating ship passage along the Rhine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal lock
ⓘ
navigation lock ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasAccess | towpath ⓘ |
| hasBasinCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasFunction | raise and lower boats between different water levels ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | traditional British canal infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasPublicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| hasStructureType | pound lock ⓘ |
| isInUseFor |
inland waterway navigation
ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ |
| isPartOfRoute |
Lea Valley waterway network
ⓘ
linked to:
River Lea Navigation
|
| isSubjectOf |
canal enthusiast publications
ⓘ
local waterway guides ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Hertfordshire ⓘ Ware ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterway | River Lee Navigation ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Canal & River Trust ⓘ |
| near |
Ware railway station
ⓘ
town of Ware ⓘ |
| partOf | River Lee Navigation lock system ⓘ |
| region | East of England ⓘ |
| towpathUsedFor |
cycling
ⓘ
walking ⓘ |
| usedBy |
commercial vessels (small-scale)
ⓘ
narrowboats ⓘ pleasure craft ⓘ |
| watercourse | River Lea ⓘ |
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: Ware Lock Description of subject: Ware Lock is a canal lock on the River Lee Navigation in Hertfordshire, England, used to raise and lower boats between different water levels.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.