Leicester Canal
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The Leicester Canal is a historic English waterway built during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate transport and trade in and around the city of Leicester.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Leicester Canal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3088847 — 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: Leicester Canal Context triple: [William Jessop, notableWork, Leicester Canal]
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A.
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
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B.
Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal is a historic English waterway in the East Midlands that once linked the town of Grantham to the national canal network, primarily serving 18th- and 19th-century trade and now valued for leisure and wildlife.
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C.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
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D.
Nottingham Canal
Nottingham Canal is a historic artificial waterway in Nottingham, England, built to facilitate industrial transport and now largely used for leisure and heritage purposes.
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E.
Lancaster Canal
Lancaster Canal is a historic English waterway in North West England, renowned for its lock-free main line and scenic rural route that supported regional trade during the Industrial Revolution.
- 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: Leicester Canal Target entity description: The Leicester Canal is a historic English waterway built during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate transport and trade in and around the city of Leicester.
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A.
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
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B.
Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal is a historic English waterway in the East Midlands that once linked the town of Grantham to the national canal network, primarily serving 18th- and 19th-century trade and now valued for leisure and wildlife.
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C.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
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D.
Nottingham Canal
Nottingham Canal is a historic artificial waterway in Nottingham, England, built to facilitate industrial transport and now largely used for leisure and heritage purposes.
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E.
Lancaster Canal
Lancaster Canal is a historic English waterway in North West England, renowned for its lock-free main line and scenic rural route that supported regional trade during the Industrial Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| connectsWith | other English canals ⓘ |
| constructionEra | Industrial Revolution ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| hasCurrentUse |
leisure boating
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasEconomicRole |
supporting local industry
ⓘ
supporting regional trade ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bridges
ⓘ
locks ⓘ towpaths ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
facilitating trade in and around Leicester
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facilitating transport in and around Leicester ⓘ |
| hasMedium | inland waterway ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic waterway ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Industrial Revolution ⓘ |
| isInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Midlands
ⓘ
Leicester ⓘ Leicestershire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| partOf | British canal network ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Leicestershire countryside
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city of Leicester ⓘ |
| transportMode |
barge
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boat ⓘ |
| usedFor |
trade
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transport ⓘ |
| waterwayType | navigable canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Leicester Canal Description of subject: The Leicester Canal is a historic English waterway built during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate transport and trade in and around the city of Leicester.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.