Lough Neagh
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Lough Neagh is a large freshwater lake in Northern Ireland known as the biggest lake by surface area in the British Isles and an important site for wildlife, fishing, and water supply.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lough Neagh canonical | 64 |
| Lough Neagh basin | 5 |
| Lough Neagh (partly) | 1 |
| Lough Neagh drainage basin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T779418 — 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 Neagh Context triple: [Northern Ireland, largestLake, Lough Neagh]
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A.
Lough Mahon
Lough Mahon is a tidal estuarine inlet forming part of Cork Harbour on the south coast of Ireland.
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B.
North Channel
North Channel is a long, scenic waterway in Ontario, Canada, renowned among boaters and paddlers for its rugged islands, clear waters, and sheltered cruising between Lake Huron’s mainland and Manitoulin Island.
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C.
North Channel
The North Channel is the strait between northeastern Ireland and southwestern Scotland that links the Irish Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
River Lagan
River Lagan is a major river in Northern Ireland that flows through Belfast and has played a central role in the city's industrial and urban development.
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E.
Dublin Bay
Dublin Bay is a natural inlet on Ireland’s east coast that forms the maritime gateway to the city of Dublin and is noted for its scenic shoreline and ecological significance.
- 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 Neagh Target entity description: Lough Neagh is a large freshwater lake in Northern Ireland known as the biggest lake by surface area in the British Isles and an important site for wildlife, fishing, and water supply.
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A.
Lough Mahon
Lough Mahon is a tidal estuarine inlet forming part of Cork Harbour on the south coast of Ireland.
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B.
North Channel
The North Channel is the strait between northeastern Ireland and southwestern Scotland that links the Irish Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.
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C.
North Channel
North Channel is a long, scenic waterway in Ontario, Canada, renowned among boaters and paddlers for its rugged islands, clear waters, and sheltered cruising between Lake Huron’s mainland and Manitoulin Island.
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D.
River Lagan
River Lagan is a major river in Northern Ireland that flows through Belfast and has played a central role in the city's industrial and urban development.
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E.
Dublin Bay
Dublin Bay is a natural inlet on Ireland’s east coast that forms the maritime gateway to the city of Dublin and is noted for its scenic shoreline and ecological significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
freshwater lake
ⓘ
lake ⓘ natural feature ⓘ |
| averageDepth | approximately 9 metres ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
Ireland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| ecologicalStatus | important site for birds ⓘ |
| formationType | post-glacial lake ⓘ |
| hasIsland |
Coney Island
ⓘ
Peters Island ⓘ Poxies Rock ⓘ Rams Island ⓘ |
| inflow |
Ballinderry River
ⓘ
Blackwater River ⓘ Crumlin River ⓘ Moyola River ⓘ Six Mile Water ⓘ Upper Bann ⓘ
linked to:
River Bann
|
| languageNameEnglish | Lough Neagh ⓘ |
| languageNameIrish | Loch nEathach ⓘ |
| languageNameScots | Lough Neagh ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ireland
ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Antrim
ⓘ
linked to:
County Antrim
Belfast ⓘ Craigavon ⓘ Lurgan ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | approximately 25 metres ⓘ |
| maximumLength | approximately 30 km ⓘ |
| maximumWidth | approximately 21 km ⓘ |
| mythology | associated with Irish legends about the giant Fionn mac Cumhaill ⓘ |
| notableFor |
eel fishing
ⓘ
sand and gravel extraction ⓘ |
| outflow |
Lower Bann
ⓘ
linked to:
River Bann
|
| partOf | British Isles ⓘ |
| shoreCounty |
Antrim
ⓘ
linked to:
County Antrim
Armagh ⓘ Down ⓘ Londonderry ⓘ
linked to:
County Londonderry
Tyrone ⓘ |
| surfaceArea | approximately 392 square kilometres ⓘ |
| surfaceAreaRank | largest lake by surface area in the British Isles ⓘ |
| uses |
commercial fishing
ⓘ
drinking water supply ⓘ recreation ⓘ wildlife habitat ⓘ |
| waterSupplyTo |
Belfast
ⓘ
other parts of Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| 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 Neagh Description of subject: Lough Neagh is a large freshwater lake in Northern Ireland known as the biggest lake by surface area in the British Isles and an important site for wildlife, fishing, and water supply.
Referenced by (71)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lough Neagh
linked to: Lough Neagh
linked to: Lough Neagh
subject linked to:
Blackwater River
linked to: Lough Neagh
subject linked to:
Coney Island
subject linked to:
Coney Island
linked to: Lough Neagh
subject linked to:
Randalstown, County Antrim, Ireland
subject linked to:
River Blackwater