Minden Aqueduct
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The Minden Aqueduct is a large navigable aqueduct in Germany that carries the Mittelland Canal over the River Weser near the town of Minden.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Minden Aqueduct canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7500423 — 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: Minden Aqueduct Context triple: [Minden, hasLandmark, Minden Aqueduct]
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A.
Chirk Aqueduct
Chirk Aqueduct is a historic early-19th-century navigable aqueduct in Wales, designed by Thomas Telford to carry the Llangollen Canal across the River Ceiriog near the town of Chirk.
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B.
Kelvin Aqueduct
Kelvin Aqueduct is a historic canal aqueduct in Glasgow, Scotland, that carries the Forth and Clyde Canal over the River Kelvin.
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C.
Almond Aqueduct
Almond Aqueduct is a historic stone aqueduct in Scotland that carries the Union Canal over the River Almond near Edinburgh.
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D.
Wigwell Aqueduct
Wigwell Aqueduct is a historic stone-built waterway structure in Derbyshire, England, carrying the Cromford Canal over the Wigwell valley.
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E.
Avon Aqueduct
The Avon Aqueduct is a historic 19th-century Scottish aqueduct that carries the Union Canal over the River Avon near Linlithgow, and is one of the largest aqueducts of its kind in the United Kingdom.
- 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: Minden Aqueduct Target entity description: The Minden Aqueduct is a large navigable aqueduct in Germany that carries the Mittelland Canal over the River Weser near the town of Minden.
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A.
Chirk Aqueduct
Chirk Aqueduct is a historic early-19th-century navigable aqueduct in Wales, designed by Thomas Telford to carry the Llangollen Canal across the River Ceiriog near the town of Chirk.
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B.
Kelvin Aqueduct
Kelvin Aqueduct is a historic canal aqueduct in Glasgow, Scotland, that carries the Forth and Clyde Canal over the River Kelvin.
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C.
Almond Aqueduct
Almond Aqueduct is a historic stone aqueduct in Scotland that carries the Union Canal over the River Almond near Edinburgh.
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D.
Wigwell Aqueduct
Wigwell Aqueduct is a historic stone-built waterway structure in Derbyshire, England, carrying the Cromford Canal over the Wigwell valley.
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E.
Avon Aqueduct
The Avon Aqueduct is a historic 19th-century Scottish aqueduct that carries the Union Canal over the River Avon near Linlithgow, and is one of the largest aqueducts of its kind in the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
navigable aqueduct
ⓘ
water bridge ⓘ |
| bridgeType | aqueduct bridge ⓘ |
| carries | Mittelland Canal ⓘ |
| connects |
eastern section of Mittelland Canal
ⓘ
western section of Mittelland Canal ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| crosses |
River Weser
ⓘ
linked to:
Weser
|
| crossesNear | Minden ⓘ |
| crossesRiver | Weser ⓘ |
| crossingType | canal over river ⓘ |
| function | carries canal traffic over the River Weser ⓘ |
| GermanName |
Wasserstraßenkreuz Minden
ⓘ
linked to:
Weser-Mittelland Canal waterway crossing
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| hasLanguage | German ⓘ |
| heritageSignificance | important structure of German inland waterways ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
German federal waterways network
ⓘ
linked to:
German inland waterway network
|
| locatedIn |
Germany
ⓘ
Minden ⓘ North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ |
| locatedInBasin |
Weser basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Weser drainage basin
|
| locatedInCountry |
Federal Republic of Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
Germany
|
| locatedOnWaterway | Mittelland Canal ⓘ |
| near |
town of Minden
ⓘ
linked to:
Village of Minden
|
| notableFor | large navigable aqueduct structure ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mittelland Canal system
ⓘ
linked to:
Mittelland Canal
|
| region |
Ostwestfalen-Lippe
ⓘ
linked to:
South Westphalia
|
| transportType | waterborne traffic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
inland waterway transport
ⓘ
navigation ⓘ |
| waterwayType | aqueduct ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Minden Aqueduct Description of subject: The Minden Aqueduct is a large navigable aqueduct in Germany that carries the Mittelland Canal over the River Weser near the town of Minden.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Weser Bridge