Pocklington Canal
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Pocklington Canal is a restored 19th-century navigation and wildlife-rich waterway in Yorkshire, England, valued for both boating and nature conservation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pocklington Canal canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9638124 — 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: Pocklington Canal Context triple: [River Ouse, connectedWaterway, Pocklington Canal]
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A.
Keadby Canal
Keadby Canal is a navigable waterway in South Yorkshire, England, linking inland navigation routes to the River Trent near the village of Keadby.
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B.
Ellesmere Canal
The Ellesmere Canal is a historic English waterway that formed part of an ambitious late-18th-century canal network linking the industrial Midlands to the River Mersey and the Welsh border regions.
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C.
Pembroke Canal
Pembroke Canal is a waterway in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda, historically used to improve local transportation and drainage within the parish.
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D.
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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E.
Ashton Canal
The Ashton Canal is a historic narrow canal in Greater Manchester, England, that links central Manchester to the Peak Forest Canal and forms part of the region’s Pennine waterway network.
- 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: Pocklington Canal Target entity description: Pocklington Canal is a restored 19th-century navigation and wildlife-rich waterway in Yorkshire, England, valued for both boating and nature conservation.
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A.
Keadby Canal
Keadby Canal is a navigable waterway in South Yorkshire, England, linking inland navigation routes to the River Trent near the village of Keadby.
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B.
Ellesmere Canal
The Ellesmere Canal is a historic English waterway that formed part of an ambitious late-18th-century canal network linking the industrial Midlands to the River Mersey and the Welsh border regions.
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C.
Pembroke Canal
Pembroke Canal is a waterway in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda, historically used to improve local transportation and drainage within the parish.
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D.
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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E.
Ashton Canal
The Ashton Canal is a historic narrow canal in Greater Manchester, England, that links central Manchester to the Peak Forest Canal and forms part of the region’s Pennine waterway network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
navigation ⓘ |
| architect | George Leather NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo | River Derwent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1815 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasDesignation |
Site of Special Scientific Interest
NERFINISHED
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Special Area of Conservation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageFeature |
historic locks
ⓘ
original 19th-century engineering works ⓘ stone bridges ⓘ |
| hasLock |
Coates Lock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cottingwith Lock NERFINISHED ⓘ Gardham Lock NERFINISHED ⓘ Giles Lock NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandhill Lock NERFINISHED ⓘ Silburn Lock NERFINISHED ⓘ Thornton Lock NERFINISHED ⓘ Top Lock NERFINISHED ⓘ Walbut Lock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTowpath | yes ⓘ |
| length |
about 15.3 kilometres
ⓘ
about 9.5 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Riding of Yorkshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
England ⓘ Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Pocklington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Canal & River Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
aquatic plants
ⓘ
dragonflies ⓘ rich wetland habitats ⓘ waterfowl ⓘ |
| numberOfLocks | 9 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1818 ⓘ |
| popularActivity |
birdwatching
ⓘ
walking ⓘ |
| primaryFunctionAtOpening | agricultural freight transport GENERATED ⓘ |
| region | Vale of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| restorationBegan | 1960s ⓘ |
| restorationSupportedBy |
local societies
ⓘ
volunteers ⓘ |
| status |
partly navigable
ⓘ
partly restored ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Pocklington Canal Amenity Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
angling
ⓘ
leisure boating ⓘ nature conservation ⓘ |
| waterwayType | navigable waterway ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pocklington Canal Description of subject: Pocklington Canal is a restored 19th-century navigation and wildlife-rich waterway in Yorkshire, England, valued for both boating and nature conservation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.