Canal latéral à la Marne
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The Canal latéral à la Marne is a French navigable waterway running roughly parallel to the Marne River, built to provide more reliable navigation and connect major canal networks in northeastern France.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canal latéral à la Marne canonical | 2 |
| Canal de la Marne au Rhin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2381264 — 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: Canal latéral à la Marne Context triple: [Marne, hasCanal, Canal latéral à la Marne]
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A.
Canal de l'Oise à l'Aisne
The Canal de l'Oise à l'Aisne is a French inland waterway that links the Oise and Aisne river basins, forming part of the country’s navigable canal network.
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B.
Bois-le-Duc Canal
The Bois-le-Duc Canal is a Dutch waterway that connects the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) to the River Maas, facilitating regional navigation and transport.
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C.
Sambre–Oise Canal
The Sambre–Oise Canal is a navigable waterway in northern France that connects the Sambre and Oise rivers and is historically noted as the site where World War I poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action.
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D.
Canal du Nivernais
The Canal du Nivernais is a historic French inland waterway in Burgundy and Nièvre, renowned for its picturesque locks, aqueducts, and popularity with leisure boating and cycling tourism.
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E.
Canal de l’Est
Canal de l’Est is a French inland waterway that links the Meuse River with other major river basins, forming part of the country’s northeastern canal 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: Canal latéral à la Marne Target entity description: The Canal latéral à la Marne is a French navigable waterway running roughly parallel to the Marne River, built to provide more reliable navigation and connect major canal networks in northeastern France.
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A.
Canal de l'Oise à l'Aisne
The Canal de l'Oise à l'Aisne is a French inland waterway that links the Oise and Aisne river basins, forming part of the country’s navigable canal network.
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B.
Bois-le-Duc Canal
The Bois-le-Duc Canal is a Dutch waterway that connects the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) to the River Maas, facilitating regional navigation and transport.
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C.
Sambre–Oise Canal
The Sambre–Oise Canal is a navigable waterway in northern France that connects the Sambre and Oise rivers and is historically noted as the site where World War I poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action.
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D.
Canal du Nivernais
The Canal du Nivernais is a historic French inland waterway in Burgundy and Nièvre, renowned for its picturesque locks, aqueducts, and popularity with leisure boating and cycling tourism.
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E.
Canal de l’Est
Canal de l’Est is a French inland waterway that links the Meuse River with other major river basins, forming part of the country’s northeastern canal network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
navigable waterway ⓘ |
| connectsTo | French inland waterway network ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| follows |
Marne
ⓘ
surface form:
Marne River
|
| hasCharacteristic |
engineered for stable water levels
ⓘ
runs roughly parallel to the Marne River ⓘ supports barge traffic ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
facilitate regional trade
ⓘ
provide continuous navigation independent of river conditions ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName | French ⓘ |
| hasNameInFrench | Canal latéral à la Marne self-link ⓘ |
| isPartOf | French canal system ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Champagne province
ⓘ
surface form:
Champagne region
Grand Est ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Est region
northeastern France ⓘ |
| partOf | northeastern France waterway network ⓘ |
| purpose |
bypass difficult sections of the Marne River
ⓘ
connect major canal networks in northeastern France ⓘ provide reliable navigation ⓘ |
| runsParallelTo |
Marne
ⓘ
surface form:
Marne River
|
| usedFor |
commercial traffic
ⓘ
inland navigation ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ |
| waterwayType | artificial canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Canal latéral à la Marne Description of subject: The Canal latéral à la Marne is a French navigable waterway running roughly parallel to the Marne River, built to provide more reliable navigation and connect major canal networks in northeastern France.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.