Shannon–Erne Waterway
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The Shannon–Erne Waterway is a navigable canal and river system linking the River Shannon in Ireland with the River Erne in Northern Ireland, popular for boating, angling, and scenic tourism.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shannon waterway network | 1 |
| Shannon waterway system | 1 |
| Shannon–Erne Waterway canonical | 1 |
| Shannon–Erne waterway system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6346720 — 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: Shannon–Erne Waterway Context triple: [County Leitrim, hasNotableTourismArea, Shannon–Erne Waterway]
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A.
Blackstone Canal
The Blackstone Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in the northeastern United States that played a key role in early industrial transportation and the development of mill towns in the Blackstone Valley.
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B.
Duluth Ship Canal
The Duluth Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Duluth, Minnesota, that provides access between Lake Superior and the Duluth–Superior Harbor for large commercial and recreational vessels.
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C.
Keweenaw Waterway
The Keweenaw Waterway is a navigable canal and natural waterway system in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula, connecting Lake Superior’s north and south shores.
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D.
Sitcum Waterway
Sitcum Waterway is an industrial maritime channel in Tacoma, Washington, forming part of the harbor infrastructure connected to Commencement Bay.
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E.
Corning Canal
The Corning Canal is an irrigation waterway in California that forms a segment of the federal Tehama-Colusa Canal system, delivering Sacramento River water to agricultural lands in the northern Central Valley.
- 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: Shannon–Erne Waterway Target entity description: The Shannon–Erne Waterway is a navigable canal and river system linking the River Shannon in Ireland with the River Erne in Northern Ireland, popular for boating, angling, and scenic tourism.
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A.
Blackstone Canal
The Blackstone Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in the northeastern United States that played a key role in early industrial transportation and the development of mill towns in the Blackstone Valley.
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B.
Duluth Ship Canal
The Duluth Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Duluth, Minnesota, that provides access between Lake Superior and the Duluth–Superior Harbor for large commercial and recreational vessels.
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C.
Keweenaw Waterway
The Keweenaw Waterway is a navigable canal and natural waterway system in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula, connecting Lake Superior’s north and south shores.
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D.
Sitcum Waterway
Sitcum Waterway is an industrial maritime channel in Tacoma, Washington, forming part of the harbor infrastructure connected to Commencement Bay.
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E.
Corning Canal
The Corning Canal is an irrigation waterway in California that forms a segment of the federal Tehama-Colusa Canal system, delivering Sacramento River water to agricultural lands in the northern Central Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
navigable waterway ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ waterway ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Erne System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
River Erne NERFINISHED ⓘ River Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ Shannon Navigation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crosses | border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| hasBasinCountry |
Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
automatic locks
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electrically operated locks ⓘ fishing stands ⓘ harbours ⓘ lock key card system ⓘ moorings ⓘ picnic areas ⓘ waymarked navigation channel ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | restored historic canal ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfBridges | 34 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfHarbours | 15 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfLocks | 16 ⓘ |
| hasPart | Ballinamore–Ballyconnell Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1994 ⓘ |
| length | 63 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
County Cavan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
County Fermanagh NERFINISHED ⓘ County Leitrim NERFINISHED ⓘ Island of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ border region between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | River Erne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Waterways Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalName | Ballinamore and Ballyconnell Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalOpeningDate | 1860 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Waterways Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Shannon–Erne navigation system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Ballinamore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ballyconnell NERFINISHED ⓘ Belturbet NERFINISHED ⓘ Leitrim village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reopened | 1994 ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | River Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
angling
ⓘ
cruising holidays ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Shannon–Erne Waterway Description of subject: The Shannon–Erne Waterway is a navigable canal and river system linking the River Shannon in Ireland with the River Erne in Northern Ireland, popular for boating, angling, and scenic tourism.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shannon waterway system
this entity surface form:
Shannon waterway network
this entity surface form:
Shannon–Erne waterway system