Fossdyke Navigation
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Fossdyke Navigation is one of England’s oldest artificial canals, linking the River Trent to the River Witham and serving as a historic inland waterway route in Lincolnshire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fossdyke Navigation canonical | 3 |
| Foss Dyke navigation system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18198582 — 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: Fossdyke Navigation Context triple: [Inland waterway network of England, hasPart, Fossdyke Navigation]
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A.
Stour Navigation
Stour Navigation is a historic system of locks and channel improvements that made the River Stour between Essex and Suffolk navigable for commercial river traffic.
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B.
River Wey Navigation
The River Wey Navigation is a historic canalised river in Surrey, England, forming part of one of the country’s earliest navigable waterways and linking the River Wey to the River Thames.
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C.
Great Ouse Navigation
The Great Ouse Navigation is a managed inland waterway in eastern England that forms part of the River Great Ouse system, used for boating, recreation, and local transport.
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D.
Sleaford Navigation
Sleaford Navigation is a restored historic canal in Lincolnshire, England, that once served as an important waterway for transporting goods to and from the town of Sleaford.
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E.
Sankey Brook Navigation
Sankey Brook Navigation is an early British industrial canal in northwest England that played a key role in transporting coal and supporting the region’s industrial development.
- 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: Fossdyke Navigation Target entity description: Fossdyke Navigation is one of England’s oldest artificial canals, linking the River Trent to the River Witham and serving as a historic inland waterway route in Lincolnshire.
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A.
Stour Navigation
Stour Navigation is a historic system of locks and channel improvements that made the River Stour between Essex and Suffolk navigable for commercial river traffic.
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B.
River Wey Navigation
The River Wey Navigation is a historic canalised river in Surrey, England, forming part of one of the country’s earliest navigable waterways and linking the River Wey to the River Thames.
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C.
Great Ouse Navigation
The Great Ouse Navigation is a managed inland waterway in eastern England that forms part of the River Great Ouse system, used for boating, recreation, and local transport.
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D.
Sleaford Navigation
Sleaford Navigation is a restored historic canal in Lincolnshire, England, that once served as an important waterway for transporting goods to and from the town of Sleaford.
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E.
Sankey Brook Navigation
Sankey Brook Navigation is an early British industrial canal in northwest England that played a key role in transporting coal and supporting the region’s industrial development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.