Canal latéral à la Loire
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The Canal latéral à la Loire is a French inland waterway running parallel to the Loire River, forming part of the country’s historic canal network for navigation and tourism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Canal latéral à la Loire canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9389329 — 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 latéral à la Loire Context triple: [Canal du Nivernais, connectsWith, Canal latéral à la Loire]
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A.
Canal du Nivernais
The Canal du Nivernais is a historic French inland waterway in Burgundy and Nièvre, renowned for its picturesque locks, aqueducts, and popularity with leisure boating and cycling tourism.
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B.
Canal de Roanne à Digoin
The Canal de Roanne à Digoin is a French inland waterway in the Loire region that connects the town of Roanne to the Canal latéral à la Loire, serving both navigation and leisure boating.
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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Canal de Berry
Canal de Berry is a historic French inland waterway in central France, once used for transporting goods and now largely serving recreational boating and tourism.
- 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 latéral à la Loire Target entity description: The Canal latéral à la Loire is a French inland waterway running parallel to the Loire River, forming part of the country’s historic canal network for navigation and tourism.
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A.
Canal du Nivernais
The Canal du Nivernais is a historic French inland waterway in Burgundy and Nièvre, renowned for its picturesque locks, aqueducts, and popularity with leisure boating and cycling tourism.
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B.
Canal de Roanne à Digoin
The Canal de Roanne à Digoin is a French inland waterway in the Loire region that connects the town of Roanne to the Canal latéral à la Loire, serving both navigation and leisure boating.
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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Canal de Berry
Canal de Berry is a historic French inland waterway in central France, once used for transporting goods and now largely serving recreational boating and tourism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
inland waterway ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Canal de Briare
ⓘ
Canal de Roanne à Digoin ⓘ Canal du Centre ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| endPoint | Digoin ⓘ |
| followsValleyOf |
Loire River
ⓘ
linked to:
Loire
|
| hasHeritageStatus | part of historic French inland waterway network ⓘ |
| hasLockType |
automatic lock
ⓘ
manual lock ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryFunction | bypass non-navigable sections of the Loire River ⓘ |
| hasTowpath | yes ⓘ |
| isTouristDestinationFor |
boating holidays
ⓘ
cycling along towpaths ⓘ waterside tourism ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central France ⓘ |
| managedBy | Voies navigables de France ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | lateral canal to the Loire ⓘ |
| parallels | Loire River navigation corridor ⓘ |
| partOf | French canal network ⓘ |
| runsParallelTo |
Loire River
ⓘ
linked to:
Loire
|
| startPoint | Briare ⓘ |
| traversesRegion |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
ⓘ
linked to:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ⓘ Centre-Val de Loire ⓘ |
| usedBy |
hotel barges
ⓘ
pleasure craft ⓘ rental boats ⓘ |
| usedFor |
inland navigation
ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| waterwayType | freycinet gauge canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Canal latéral à la Loire Description of subject: The Canal latéral à la Loire is a French inland waterway running parallel to the Loire River, forming part of the country’s historic canal network for navigation and tourism.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.