The Lock
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Lock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5525874 — 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: The Lock Context triple: [John Constable, notableWork, The Lock]
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A.
Sandiacre Lock
Sandiacre Lock is a historic canal lock on the Erewash Canal in Sandiacre, Derbyshire, known for its preserved lock-keeper’s cottage and role in the region’s industrial waterway heritage.
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B.
Kings Lock
Kings Lock is a navigation lock on the River Soar in England, used to manage water levels and enable boat passage along the waterway.
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C.
The Door with Seven Locks
The Door with Seven Locks is a 1926 crime novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, centered on a mysterious inheritance, a heavily secured tomb, and a web of murder and intrigue.
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D.
Holmes Lock
Holmes Lock is a canal lock on the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation in South Yorkshire, England, used to raise and lower boats between different water levels.
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E.
The Man with the Key
The Man with the Key is a lesser-known work by American author Robert Paul Smith, best remembered for his nostalgic classic "Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing."
- 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: The Lock Target entity description: 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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A.
Sandiacre Lock
Sandiacre Lock is a historic canal lock on the Erewash Canal in Sandiacre, Derbyshire, known for its preserved lock-keeper’s cottage and role in the region’s industrial waterway heritage.
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B.
Kings Lock
Kings Lock is a navigation lock on the River Soar in England, used to manage water levels and enable boat passage along the waterway.
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C.
The Door with Seven Locks
The Door with Seven Locks is a 1926 crime novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, centered on a mysterious inheritance, a heavily secured tomb, and a web of murder and intrigue.
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D.
Holmes Lock
Holmes Lock is a canal lock on the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation in South Yorkshire, England, used to raise and lower boats between different water levels.
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E.
The Man with the Key
The Man with the Key is a lesser-known work by American author Robert Paul Smith, best remembered for his nostalgic classic "Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landscape painting
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painting ⓘ |
| appliesToPart | canvas support ⓘ |
| artForm | easel painting ⓘ |
| basedOn | River Stour landscape between Suffolk and Essex ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
dramatic sky tones
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earth tones ⓘ greens and browns of countryside ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | John Constable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
River Stour
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
barge ⓘ cloudy sky ⓘ horse ⓘ lock-keeper operating a lock ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
| depictsLocation | Suffolk-Essex border region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBySource | art historical literature on John Constable ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Royal Academy of Arts, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Hay Wain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Romanticism
ⓘ
rural landscape painting ⓘ |
| hasArtisticTheme |
English rural life
ⓘ
man’s relationship with nature ⓘ working countryside ⓘ |
| hasCollectionHistory | sold at auction multiple times ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | iconic image of English rural landscape ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
atmospheric effects
ⓘ
dramatic lighting ⓘ naturalistic detail ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
Romantic landscape
ⓘ
naturalism ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Constable’s The Lock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Lock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1824 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Dutch landscape painting ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| location | Private collection ⓘ |
| mainSubject | working rural landscape ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | English Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | John Constable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Constable’s Stour River scenes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1824 ⓘ |
| significantEvent | achieved high prices at major art auctions ⓘ |
| significantFigure | lock-keeper ⓘ |
| significantPlace | River Stour, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Lock Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
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