Foulby
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Foulby is a small village in West Yorkshire, England, best known as the birthplace of the pioneering 18th-century clockmaker and marine chronometer inventor John Harrison.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Foulby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15452975 — 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: Foulby Context triple: [John Harrison, placeOfBirth, Foulby]
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A.
North Ferriby
North Ferriby is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated on the north bank of the Humber Estuary.
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B.
Engleby
Engleby is a psychological novel by Sebastian Faulks that follows the unsettling, introspective narrative of a socially isolated Cambridge student who may be involved in a mysterious disappearance.
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C.
Brocklesby
Brocklesby is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural community and historic railway connections.
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D.
Woodthorpe
Woodthorpe is a suburban residential area near Arnold in Nottinghamshire, England, known for its quiet streets and local amenities.
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E.
South Ferriby
South Ferriby is a village in North Lincolnshire, England, situated on the south bank of the Humber Estuary and known historically for its cement works and riverside location.
- 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: Foulby Target entity description: Foulby is a small village in West Yorkshire, England, best known as the birthplace of the pioneering 18th-century clockmaker and marine chronometer inventor John Harrison.
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A.
North Ferriby
North Ferriby is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated on the north bank of the Humber Estuary.
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B.
Engleby
Engleby is a psychological novel by Sebastian Faulks that follows the unsettling, introspective narrative of a socially isolated Cambridge student who may be involved in a mysterious disappearance.
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C.
Brocklesby
Brocklesby is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural community and historic railway connections.
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D.
Woodthorpe
Woodthorpe is a suburban residential area near Arnold in Nottinghamshire, England, known for its quiet streets and local amenities.
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E.
South Ferriby
South Ferriby is a village in North Lincolnshire, England, situated on the south bank of the Humber Estuary and known historically for its cement works and riverside location.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.