Wardle Canal
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Wardle Canal is a very short canal in Middlewich, Cheshire, England, that serves as a key junction linking the Trent and Mersey Canal with the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wardle Canal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5966186 — 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: Wardle Canal Context triple: [Middlewich, hasCanal, Wardle Canal]
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A.
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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B.
Oxford Canal
The Oxford Canal is a historic narrow canal in central England, completed in the late 18th century, that played a key role in the Industrial Revolution by linking the Midlands to the River Thames near Oxford.
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C.
Chesterfield Canal
The Chesterfield Canal is a historic English waterway running through Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, known for its restored locks, rural scenery, and role in the region’s industrial heritage.
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D.
Tavistock Canal
Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
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E.
Gloucester and Berkeley Canal
The Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, now known as the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, is a historic ship canal in Gloucestershire, England, built to provide a safer and more direct navigation route between Gloucester and the Severn Estuary.
- 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: Wardle Canal Target entity description: Wardle Canal is a very short canal in Middlewich, Cheshire, England, that serves as a key junction linking the Trent and Mersey Canal with the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal.
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A.
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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B.
Oxford Canal
The Oxford Canal is a historic narrow canal in central England, completed in the late 18th century, that played a key role in the Industrial Revolution by linking the Midlands to the River Thames near Oxford.
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C.
Chesterfield Canal
The Chesterfield Canal is a historic English waterway running through Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, known for its restored locks, rural scenery, and role in the region’s industrial heritage.
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D.
Tavistock Canal
Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
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E.
Gloucester and Berkeley Canal
The Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, now known as the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, is a historic ship canal in Gloucestershire, England, built to provide a safer and more direct navigation route between Gloucester and the Severn Estuary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | canal ⓘ |
| connectsWaterway |
Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal
ⓘ
linked to:
Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal
Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Wardle Lock Branch
ⓘ
linked to:
Wardle Lock
|
| hasEndpoint |
Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal at Wardle Lock
ⓘ
linked to:
Wardle Lock at Middlewich
Trent and Mersey Canal at Middlewich ⓘ
linked to:
Trent and Mersey Canal
|
| hasFunction |
junction canal
ⓘ
navigation ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | part of historic UK canal network ⓘ |
| hasLock | Wardle Lock ⓘ |
| isJunctionBetween |
Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal
ⓘ
Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cheshire
ⓘ
England inland waterways ⓘ Middlewich ⓘ North West England ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Middlewich Junction
ⓘ
linked to:
Middlewich Branch
|
| maintainedBy | Canal & River Trust ⓘ |
| notableFor | very short length ⓘ |
| partOf | British canal network ⓘ |
| region |
Cheshire canal system
ⓘ
linked to:
Cheshire canal network
|
| usedFor |
cruising route connection
ⓘ
leisure boating ⓘ |
| waterwayType | narrow canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wardle Canal Description of subject: Wardle Canal is a very short canal in Middlewich, Cheshire, England, that serves as a key junction linking the Trent and Mersey Canal with the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.