Canal de l’Ourcq
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The Canal de l’Ourcq is a historic Parisian waterway that runs through the northeastern part of the city, serving both as an industrial-era canal and a popular recreational and cultural axis.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canal de l’Ourcq canonical | 29 |
| Canal de l'Ourcq | 10 |
| Canal de l’Ourcq (nearby) | 1 |
| Canal de l’Ourcq system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7061748 — 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 de l’Ourcq Context triple: [Parc de la Villette, traversedBy, Canal de l’Ourcq]
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A.
Canal de la Deûle
Canal de la Deûle is a navigable waterway in northern France that forms part of the regional canal network connecting the Deûle River to major industrial and urban centers such as Lille.
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B.
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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C.
Canal de la Thielle
Canal de la Thielle is a Swiss waterway that channels the Thielle River between lakes in the Jura region, playing a key role in regional drainage and navigation.
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D.
Canal du Centre
The Canal du Centre is a historic Belgian canal in the Hainaut province, renowned for its remarkable boat lifts and role in connecting industrial waterways.
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E.
Canal de Savières
The Canal de Savières is a short waterway in eastern France that links Lake Bourget to the Rhône River, serving as its natural outlet and a popular route for boating.
- 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 de l’Ourcq Target entity description: The Canal de l’Ourcq is a historic Parisian waterway that runs through the northeastern part of the city, serving both as an industrial-era canal and a popular recreational and cultural axis.
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A.
Canal de la Deûle
Canal de la Deûle is a navigable waterway in northern France that forms part of the regional canal network connecting the Deûle River to major industrial and urban centers such as Lille.
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B.
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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C.
Canal de la Thielle
Canal de la Thielle is a Swiss waterway that channels the Thielle River between lakes in the Jura region, playing a key role in regional drainage and navigation.
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D.
Canal du Centre
The Canal du Centre is a historic Belgian canal in the Hainaut province, renowned for its remarkable boat lifts and role in connecting industrial waterways.
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E.
Canal de Savières
The Canal de Savières is a short waterway in eastern France that links Lake Bourget to the Rhône River, serving as its natural outlet and a popular route for boating.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ waterway ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Napoleon I ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Canal Saint-Denis
ⓘ
Canal Saint-Martin ⓘ Seine ⓘ
linked to:
River Seine
|
| constructionStart | 1802 ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| currentUse |
cultural events axis
ⓘ
cycling route ⓘ recreational navigation ⓘ urban freight experiments ⓘ walking path ⓘ |
| designedBy | Pierre-Simon Girard ⓘ |
| endPoint | Bassin de la Villette ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
boating
ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ open-air cultural festivals ⓘ pedestrian promenades ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bassin de la Villette
ⓘ
locks ⓘ towpaths ⓘ |
| historicalEra | industrial era ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1822 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 108 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Paris
ⓘ
Seine-Saint-Denis ⓘ Seine-et-Marne ⓘ Île-de-France ⓘ
linked to:
Île-de-France region
|
| managedBy | Ville de Paris ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
converted cultural venues along banks
ⓘ
industrial heritage warehouses ⓘ straight artificial sections ⓘ |
| originalPurpose |
facilitate transport of goods
ⓘ
supply drinking water to Paris ⓘ |
| owner |
City of Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Ville de Paris
|
| partOf | Parisian canal network ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
19th arrondissement of Paris
ⓘ
Aulnay-sous-Bois ⓘ Bobigny ⓘ Bondy ⓘ Meaux ⓘ Pantin ⓘ Sevran ⓘ Villeparisis ⓘ northeastern Paris ⓘ |
| startPoint |
Port-aux-Perches
ⓘ
near Mareuil-sur-Ourcq ⓘ |
| waterSource | Ourcq River ⓘ |
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: Canal de l’Ourcq Description of subject: The Canal de l’Ourcq is a historic Parisian waterway that runs through the northeastern part of the city, serving both as an industrial-era canal and a popular recreational and cultural axis.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Canal de l’Ourcq
linked to: Canal de l’Ourcq
subject linked to:
Commune of Aulnay-sous-Bois
linked to: Canal de l’Ourcq
subject linked to:
Bobigny (department capital of Seine-Saint-Denis)
linked to: Canal de l’Ourcq
linked to: Canal de l’Ourcq
linked to: Canal de l’Ourcq
linked to: Canal de l’Ourcq
linked to: Canal de l’Ourcq
linked to: Canal de l’Ourcq
linked to: Canal de l’Ourcq
linked to: Canal de l’Ourcq
subject linked to:
Église de Pantin metro station
linked to: Canal de l’Ourcq