Neptune's Staircase
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Neptune's Staircase is a famous series of canal locks in Scotland that dramatically raises boats along the Caledonian Canal near Fort William.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Neptune's Staircase canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7066588 — 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: Neptune's Staircase Context triple: [Caledonian Canal, hasLock, Neptune's Staircase]
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A.
Neptune’s Window
Neptune’s Window is a narrow gap in the cliffs of Deception Island in Antarctica that offers a sheltered vantage point for observing the surrounding sea and ice.
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B.
Neptune's Grotto
Neptune's Grotto is a famous coastal cave in Sardinia known for its dramatic limestone formations and stunning seaside location.
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C.
Neptune’s Bellows
Neptune’s Bellows is the narrow, often treacherous sea passage that serves as the main ship entrance into the flooded volcanic caldera of Deception Island in Antarctica.
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D.
Neptune’s Kingdom
Neptune’s Kingdom is a nautical-themed family entertainment center at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk featuring mini-golf, arcade games, and other indoor attractions.
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E.
The Mines of Neptune
The Mines of Neptune is a work by Elisabeth Mann Borgese that explores the political, legal, and environmental dimensions of humanity’s use and governance of the oceans and their resources.
- 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: Neptune's Staircase Target entity description: Neptune's Staircase is a famous series of canal locks in Scotland that dramatically raises boats along the Caledonian Canal near Fort William.
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A.
Neptune’s Window
Neptune’s Window is a narrow gap in the cliffs of Deception Island in Antarctica that offers a sheltered vantage point for observing the surrounding sea and ice.
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B.
Neptune's Grotto
Neptune's Grotto is a famous coastal cave in Sardinia known for its dramatic limestone formations and stunning seaside location.
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C.
Neptune’s Bellows
Neptune’s Bellows is the narrow, often treacherous sea passage that serves as the main ship entrance into the flooded volcanic caldera of Deception Island in Antarctica.
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D.
Neptune’s Kingdom
Neptune’s Kingdom is a nautical-themed family entertainment center at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk featuring mini-golf, arcade games, and other indoor attractions.
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E.
The Mines of Neptune
The Mines of Neptune is a work by Elisabeth Mann Borgese that explores the political, legal, and environmental dimensions of humanity’s use and governance of the oceans and their resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil engineering structure
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flight of locks ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architect | Thomas Telford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsWaterways |
higher level of Caledonian Canal toward Loch Lochy
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sea level at Corpach ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1822 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1803 ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| engineer | Thomas Telford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccess | road access from Banavie ⓘ |
| hasApproximateTransitTime | about 90 minutes for a boat ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
basins between locks
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lock gates ⓘ pedestrian bridges ⓘ |
| hasFunction | raises boats between different water levels ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
iron
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stone ⓘ |
| hasNearbyRailwayStation | Banavie railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyRoad | A830 road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportationType | canal traffic ⓘ |
| hasViewingArea | towpath ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Category A listed structure ⓘ |
| isMajorLockFlightOn | Caledonian Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPopularFor |
photography
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sightseeing ⓘ watching boats pass through locks ⓘ |
| isSectionOf | Great Glen waterway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Banavie
NERFINISHED
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Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedInCouncilArea | Highland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Lochaber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Fort William NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Neptune, Roman god of the sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature | Ben Nevis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyTown | Fort William NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfLocks | 8 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Scottish Canals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Caledonian Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| totalRise |
about 19 metres
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about 62 feet ⓘ |
| tourismType | industrial heritage tourism ⓘ |
| waterway | Caledonian Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Neptune's Staircase Description of subject: Neptune's Staircase is a famous series of canal locks in Scotland that dramatically raises boats along the Caledonian Canal near Fort William.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.