Rolling Bridge, Paddington Basin, London
E780112
Rolling Bridge, Paddington Basin, London is an innovative kinetic pedestrian bridge designed by Thomas Heatherwick that curls into an octagonal shape to allow boats to pass.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rolling Bridge, Paddington Basin, London canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9136925 — 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: Rolling Bridge, Paddington Basin, London Context triple: [Thomas Heatherwick, notableWork, Rolling Bridge, Paddington Basin, London]
-
A.
Charing Cross Bridge, London
Charing Cross Bridge, London is a central London railway and pedestrian bridge over the River Thames, famously depicted in several Impressionist paintings, including works by Claude Monet.
-
B.
Albert Bridge, London
Albert Bridge in London is a 19th-century road bridge over the River Thames, known for its distinctive pastel-colored design and ornate, hybrid suspension–cable-stayed structure.
-
C.
Millennium Bridge, Hull
Millennium Bridge in Hull is a modern pedestrian swing bridge that spans the River Hull, linking the city’s Old Town with The Deep and the eastern waterfront.
-
D.
Henley Bridge
Henley Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge spanning the River Thames in England, best known for linking Henley-on-Thames with Remenham and forming an iconic backdrop to the Henley Royal Regatta.
-
E.
Garden Bridge
Garden Bridge, more formally known as Waibaidu Bridge, is a historic steel truss bridge in Shanghai that spans Suzhou Creek and is one of the city's most iconic landmarks.
- 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: Rolling Bridge, Paddington Basin, London Target entity description: Rolling Bridge, Paddington Basin, London is an innovative kinetic pedestrian bridge designed by Thomas Heatherwick that curls into an octagonal shape to allow boats to pass.
-
A.
Charing Cross Bridge, London
Charing Cross Bridge, London is a central London railway and pedestrian bridge over the River Thames, famously depicted in several Impressionist paintings, including works by Claude Monet.
-
B.
Albert Bridge, London
Albert Bridge in London is a 19th-century road bridge over the River Thames, known for its distinctive pastel-colored design and ornate, hybrid suspension–cable-stayed structure.
-
C.
Millennium Bridge, Hull
Millennium Bridge in Hull is a modern pedestrian swing bridge that spans the River Hull, linking the city’s Old Town with The Deep and the eastern waterfront.
-
D.
Henley Bridge
Henley Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge spanning the River Thames in England, best known for linking Henley-on-Thames with Remenham and forming an iconic backdrop to the Henley Royal Regatta.
-
E.
Garden Bridge
Garden Bridge, more formally known as Waibaidu Bridge, is a historic steel truss bridge in Shanghai that spans Suzhou Creek and is one of the city's most iconic landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
kinetic bridge
ⓘ
movable bridge ⓘ pedestrian bridge ⓘ |
| architecturalDesigner | Heatherwick Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Structural Steel Design Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| borough | City of Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
bridge in the City of Westminster
ⓘ
movable bridge in the United Kingdom ⓘ tourist attraction in London ⓘ |
| city | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionCompleted | 2004 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crosses | Paddington Basin inlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | canal environment ⓘ |
| designer | Thomas Heatherwick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | pedestrian crossing ⓘ |
| hasAccess | pedestrians only ⓘ |
| hasClosingAction | rolls out to form a straight walkway ⓘ |
| hasDeckType | single deck ⓘ |
| hasDesignerRole | Thomas Heatherwick as lead designer ⓘ |
| hasEngineeringType | hydraulically actuated folding bridge ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
curls into an octagonal shape when raised
ⓘ
unfolds into a flat bridge for pedestrians ⓘ |
| hasOpeningAction | folds up section by section ⓘ |
| hasSpanType | single span ⓘ |
| hasUseStatus | in use ⓘ |
| length | approximately 12 metres ⓘ |
| location |
City of Westminster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
England ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Paddington NERFINISHED ⓘ Paddington Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| material |
steel
ⓘ
timber decking ⓘ |
| movementMechanism | hydraulic system ⓘ |
| movementType | rolling ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative rolling motion
ⓘ
unusual kinetic design ⓘ |
| numberOfSections | 8 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2004 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | hydraulic rams ⓘ |
| partOf | Paddington Waterside development NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to allow boats to pass into the basin ⓘ |
| shapeWhenRaised | octagon ⓘ |
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: Rolling Bridge, Paddington Basin, London Description of subject: Rolling Bridge, Paddington Basin, London is an innovative kinetic pedestrian bridge designed by Thomas Heatherwick that curls into an octagonal shape to allow boats to pass.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.