canal Zuid-Willemsvaart (nearby)
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Canal Zuid-Willemsvaart is a historic Dutch navigation canal in the southern Netherlands that connects Maastricht to ’s-Hertogenbosch and serves both transport and regional water management.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| canal Zuid-Willemsvaart (nearby) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3482745 — 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 Zuid-Willemsvaart (nearby) Context triple: [Aarle-Rixtel, locatedOn, canal Zuid-Willemsvaart (nearby)]
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A.
Boerenwetering canal
The Boerenwetering canal is a waterway in Amsterdam that separates the De Pijp neighborhood from the Museumplein and Oud-Zuid areas.
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B.
Jacob van Lennepkanaal
Jacob van Lennepkanaal is a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands, named after the Dutch writer Jacob van Lennep and forming part of the city's historic waterway network.
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C.
Admiraal de Ruijterweg canal
Admiraal de Ruijterweg canal is a waterway in Amsterdam associated with the Admiraal de Ruijterweg area, forming part of the city’s historic urban canal network.
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D.
Nieuwe Waterweg
Nieuwe Waterweg is a major artificial ship canal in the Netherlands that provides a direct deep-water connection between the North Sea and the port of Rotterdam.
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E.
Zijdelwaard
Zijdelwaard is a residential neighborhood in the town of Uithoorn in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.
- 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 Zuid-Willemsvaart (nearby) Target entity description: Canal Zuid-Willemsvaart is a historic Dutch navigation canal in the southern Netherlands that connects Maastricht to ’s-Hertogenbosch and serves both transport and regional water management.
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A.
Boerenwetering canal
The Boerenwetering canal is a waterway in Amsterdam that separates the De Pijp neighborhood from the Museumplein and Oud-Zuid areas.
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B.
Jacob van Lennepkanaal
Jacob van Lennepkanaal is a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands, named after the Dutch writer Jacob van Lennep and forming part of the city's historic waterway network.
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C.
Admiraal de Ruijterweg canal
Admiraal de Ruijterweg canal is a waterway in Amsterdam associated with the Admiraal de Ruijterweg area, forming part of the city’s historic urban canal network.
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D.
Nieuwe Waterweg
Nieuwe Waterweg is a major artificial ship canal in the Netherlands that provides a direct deep-water connection between the North Sea and the port of Rotterdam.
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E.
Zijdelwaard
Zijdelwaard is a residential neighborhood in the town of Uithoorn in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
navigation canal ⓘ waterway ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Netherlands ⓘ |
| connects |
Maastricht
ⓘ
’s-Hertogenbosch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Meuse
ⓘ
various regional waterways in North Brabant ⓘ |
| constructionPurpose |
bypass difficult stretches of the Meuse
ⓘ
improve navigation between Maastricht and ’s-Hertogenbosch ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Helmond
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maastricht ⓘ Sittard-Geleen ⓘ
surface form:
Sittard-Geleen region
Weert NERFINISHED ⓘ ’s-Hertogenbosch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearby |
Helmond industrial areas
ⓘ
Maastricht ⓘ
surface form:
Maastricht city center
Weert urban area ⓘ ’s-Hertogenbosch ⓘ
surface form:
’s-Hertogenbosch historic center
|
| hasPart |
bridges
ⓘ
harbors ⓘ locks ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic infrastructure ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1822 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Meuse basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Meuse river basin
Limburg (Netherlands) ⓘ
surface form:
province of Limburg (Netherlands)
province of North Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Netherlands ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Willem I der Nederlanden
ⓘ
surface form:
Willem I of the Netherlands
|
| opened | 1826 ⓘ |
| operator | Rijkswaterstaat ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch inland waterway network ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | shipping route between Maastricht and ’s-Hertogenbosch ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Limburg (Netherlands)
ⓘ
North Brabant ⓘ |
| secondaryFunction |
drainage
ⓘ
water level control ⓘ |
| startPoint | Maastricht ⓘ |
| transportMode |
barge traffic
ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ |
| use |
freight transport
ⓘ
inland navigation ⓘ regional water management ⓘ |
| waterwayType | canalized river and artificial canal ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: canal Zuid-Willemsvaart (nearby) Description of subject: Canal Zuid-Willemsvaart is a historic Dutch navigation canal in the southern Netherlands that connects Maastricht to ’s-Hertogenbosch and serves both transport and regional water management.
Referenced by (1)
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