Pearl River waterway system
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The Pearl River waterway system is an extensive network of navigable rivers and channels in southern China that serves as a major corridor for regional trade and transportation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pearl River system | 2 |
| Pearl River waterway system canonical | 1 |
| PearlRiverWaterTransportSystem | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18277074 — 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: Pearl River waterway system Context triple: [Port of Foshan, partOf, Pearl River waterway system]
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A.
East Coast Inland Waterway
The East Coast Inland Waterway is a protected navigable water route along the Atlantic seaboard of the United States, used primarily by recreational and commercial vessels as an alternative to open-ocean travel.
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B.
Illinois Waterway system
The Illinois Waterway system is a network of rivers, canals, and locks in Illinois that provides a vital navigable link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
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C.
McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System
The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System is a major inland waterway project that transforms the Arkansas River and connected channels into a navigable route for commercial shipping between the Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico.
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D.
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is a man-made navigation route linking the Tennessee River to the Gulf of Mexico, providing an alternative inland shipping corridor to the Mississippi River system.
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E.
Burns Waterway
Burns Waterway is a man-made channel in northwest Indiana that connects inland waterways to Lake Michigan near the city of Portage.
- 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: Pearl River waterway system Target entity description: The Pearl River waterway system is an extensive network of navigable rivers and channels in southern China that serves as a major corridor for regional trade and transportation.
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A.
East Coast Inland Waterway
The East Coast Inland Waterway is a protected navigable water route along the Atlantic seaboard of the United States, used primarily by recreational and commercial vessels as an alternative to open-ocean travel.
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B.
Illinois Waterway system
The Illinois Waterway system is a network of rivers, canals, and locks in Illinois that provides a vital navigable link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
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C.
McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System
The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System is a major inland waterway project that transforms the Arkansas River and connected channels into a navigable route for commercial shipping between the Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico.
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D.
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is a man-made navigation route linking the Tennessee River to the Gulf of Mexico, providing an alternative inland shipping corridor to the Mississippi River system.
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E.
Burns Waterway
Burns Waterway is a man-made channel in northwest Indiana that connects inland waterways to Lake Michigan near the city of Portage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Pearl River waterway system