Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal
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The Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal is a rural stretch of England’s historic Grand Union Canal network, running through Leicestershire and serving as a key route for leisure boating and local waterways heritage.
All labels observed (1)
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| Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13493721 — 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: Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal Context triple: [Foxton Locks, connectedTo, Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal]
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Leicester Canal
The Leicester Canal is a historic English waterway built during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate transport and trade in and around the city of Leicester.
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Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal
The Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal is a narrow canal branch in Buckinghamshire, England, linking the town of Aylesbury to the main line of the Grand Union Canal.
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Loughborough Canal
Loughborough Canal is a waterway serving the town of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England, forming part of the region’s historic canal network for transport and leisure boating.
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Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal is a historic English waterway in the East Midlands that once linked the town of Grantham to the national canal network, primarily serving 18th- and 19th-century trade and now valued for leisure and wildlife.
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E.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
- 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: Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal Target entity description: The Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal is a rural stretch of England’s historic Grand Union Canal network, running through Leicestershire and serving as a key route for leisure boating and local waterways heritage.
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A.
Leicester Canal
The Leicester Canal is a historic English waterway built during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate transport and trade in and around the city of Leicester.
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B.
Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal
The Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal is a narrow canal branch in Buckinghamshire, England, linking the town of Aylesbury to the main line of the Grand Union Canal.
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C.
Loughborough Canal
Loughborough Canal is a waterway serving the town of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England, forming part of the region’s historic canal network for transport and leisure boating.
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D.
Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal is a historic English waterway in the East Midlands that once linked the town of Grantham to the national canal network, primarily serving 18th- and 19th-century trade and now valued for leisure and wildlife.
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E.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.