Sheffield and Tinsley Canal
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The Sheffield and Tinsley Canal is a historic English waterway in South Yorkshire that links the city of Sheffield to the River Don, serving both industrial transport in the past and leisure boating today.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sheffield and Tinsley Canal canonical | 2 |
| Sheffield Canal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19556426 — 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: Sheffield and Tinsley Canal Context triple: [Tinsley Lock Flight, locatedOnWaterway, Sheffield and Tinsley Canal]
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A.
Barnsley Canal
Barnsley Canal is a historic English waterway in South Yorkshire that once served as an important industrial transport route during the canal era.
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B.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.
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C.
Huddersfield Broad Canal
Huddersfield Broad Canal is a short, wide-beam canal in West Yorkshire, England, linking Huddersfield to the Calder and Hebble Navigation as part of the region’s historic industrial waterway network.
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D.
Rochdale Canal
The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.
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E.
Macclesfield Canal
The Macclesfield Canal is a historic narrow canal in northwest England, known for its scenic route through Cheshire and its role in the region’s 19th-century industrial transport network.
- 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: Sheffield and Tinsley Canal Target entity description: The Sheffield and Tinsley Canal is a historic English waterway in South Yorkshire that links the city of Sheffield to the River Don, serving both industrial transport in the past and leisure boating today.
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A.
Barnsley Canal
Barnsley Canal is a historic English waterway in South Yorkshire that once served as an important industrial transport route during the canal era.
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B.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.
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C.
Huddersfield Broad Canal
Huddersfield Broad Canal is a short, wide-beam canal in West Yorkshire, England, linking Huddersfield to the Calder and Hebble Navigation as part of the region’s historic industrial waterway network.
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D.
Rochdale Canal
The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.
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E.
Macclesfield Canal
The Macclesfield Canal is a historic narrow canal in northwest England, known for its scenic route through Cheshire and its role in the region’s 19th-century industrial transport network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sheffield and Tinsley Canal