Exeter Ship Canal
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Exeter Ship Canal is one of the oldest artificial waterways in England, built to bypass the River Exe’s tidal shallows and enable seagoing vessels to reach the city of Exeter.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Exeter Ship Canal canonical | 2 |
| Exeter Canal | 1 |
| Exeter Ship Canal (nearby) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17691727 — 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: Exeter Ship Canal Context triple: [River Exe, hasCanalConnection, Exeter Ship Canal]
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A.
Chester Canal
The Chester Canal is a historic waterway in Cheshire, England, now part of the Shropshire Union Canal, that once played a key role in regional trade and transport.
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B.
Tennant Canal
Tennant Canal is a historic industrial waterway in South Wales that once served as an important transport route for coal and other goods near Briton Ferry.
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C.
Bridgewater Channel Canal
Bridgewater Channel Canal is a waterway in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, best known for being spanned by the relocated historic 1831 London Bridge.
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D.
Tavistock Canal
Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
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E.
Chichester Canal
Chichester Canal is a historic waterway in West Sussex, England, that once formed part of a route linking Chichester to the sea and is now used mainly for leisure and wildlife conservation.
- 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: Exeter Ship Canal Target entity description: Exeter Ship Canal is one of the oldest artificial waterways in England, built to bypass the River Exe’s tidal shallows and enable seagoing vessels to reach the city of Exeter.
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A.
Chester Canal
The Chester Canal is a historic waterway in Cheshire, England, now part of the Shropshire Union Canal, that once played a key role in regional trade and transport.
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B.
Tennant Canal
Tennant Canal is a historic industrial waterway in South Wales that once served as an important transport route for coal and other goods near Briton Ferry.
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C.
Bridgewater Channel Canal
Bridgewater Channel Canal is a waterway in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, best known for being spanned by the relocated historic 1831 London Bridge.
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D.
Tavistock Canal
Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
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E.
Chichester Canal
Chichester Canal is a historic waterway in West Sussex, England, that once formed part of a route linking Chichester to the sea and is now used mainly for leisure and wildlife conservation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Exeter Ship Canal
linked to: Exeter Ship Canal