Measham
E447136
Measham is a large village in Leicestershire, England, historically associated with coal mining and located near the River Mease.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Measham canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4494952 — 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: Measham Context triple: [River Mease, crossesNear, Measham]
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A.
Mirfield
Mirfield is a small town in West Yorkshire, England, known for its position on major rail routes and its historic textile industry.
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B.
Padiham
Padiham is a small town in Lancashire, England, situated near Burnley and known for its industrial heritage and proximity to the River Calder.
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C.
Ribblehead
Ribblehead is a remote hamlet in North Yorkshire, England, best known for its dramatic moorland setting and the iconic Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle–Carlisle railway.
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D.
Holmfirth
Holmfirth is a small town in West Yorkshire, England, best known as the primary filming location for the long-running British sitcom "Last of the Summer Wine."
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E.
Maltby
Maltby is an English surname of likely locational origin, associated with various places named Maltby in England.
- 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: Measham Target entity description: Measham is a large village in Leicestershire, England, historically associated with coal mining and located near the River Mease.
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A.
Mirfield
Mirfield is a small town in West Yorkshire, England, known for its position on major rail routes and its historic textile industry.
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B.
Padiham
Padiham is a small town in Lancashire, England, situated near Burnley and known for its industrial heritage and proximity to the River Calder.
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C.
Ribblehead
Ribblehead is a remote hamlet in North Yorkshire, England, best known for its dramatic moorland setting and the iconic Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle–Carlisle railway.
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D.
Holmfirth
Holmfirth is a small town in West Yorkshire, England, best known as the primary filming location for the long-running British sitcom "Last of the Summer Wine."
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E.
Maltby
Maltby is an English surname of likely locational origin, associated with various places named Maltby in England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil parish
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| category |
Civil parishes in Leicestershire
ⓘ
North West Leicestershire District NERFINISHED ⓘ Villages in Leicestershire ⓘ |
| ceremonialCounty | Leicestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constituencyWestminster | North West Leicestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| dialCode | 01530 ⓘ |
| district | North West Leicestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
primary school
ⓘ
public houses ⓘ recreation ground ⓘ shops ⓘ village hall ⓘ |
| hasCanal | Ashby Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Measham Church of England Primary School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Measham Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernment | Measham Parish Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature | National Forest ⓘ |
| hasPostcodeDistrict | DE12 ⓘ |
| hasPostTown | SWADLINCOTE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | St Laurence Church, Measham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoad |
A42
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A444 ⓘ |
| historicalIndustry |
brickmaking
ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ pottery ⓘ |
| historicallyAssociatedWith | coal mining ⓘ |
| historicalTransport | Ashby Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Midlands
ⓘ
Leicestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedInValleyOf | River Mease NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Swadlincote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Ashby-de-la-Zouch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
River Mease NERFINISHED ⓘ Swadlincote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| osGridReference | SK330120 ⓘ |
| partOf | National Forest area ⓘ |
| population | approximately 5000 ⓘ |
| populationCensusYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| timeZone | GMT ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | BST ⓘ |
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: Measham Description of subject: Measham is a large village in Leicestershire, England, historically associated with coal mining and located near the River Mease.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.