Lingqu Canal project
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The Lingqu Canal project is an ancient Chinese waterway built under Qin Shi Huang that linked the Xiang and Li rivers, creating a strategic transport route between the Yangtze and Pearl River systems.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lingqu Canal project canonical | 1 |
| 灵渠 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9889578 — 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: Lingqu Canal project Context triple: [Qin Shi Huang, knownFor, Lingqu Canal project]
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A.
Grand Canal of China
The Grand Canal of China is an ancient, extensive man-made waterway system that historically linked northern and southern China, facilitating trade, transport, and economic integration for over a millennium.
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B.
Dujiangyan Irrigation System
Dujiangyan Irrigation System is an ancient Chinese water-management project built around the 3rd century BCE that still functions today, renowned for its innovative design that controls flooding and irrigates vast areas without using a traditional dam.
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C.
Grand Canal
The Grand Canal is the main S-shaped waterway in Venice, Italy, lined with historic palaces and serving as the city’s primary thoroughfare for boats and vaporetti.
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D.
Grand Canal
The Grand Canal is a major man-made waterway in Ireland that historically linked Dublin to the River Shannon, serving as an important route for transport and trade.
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E.
Grand Canal
The Grand Canal at Versailles is a vast ornamental waterway forming a central axis and focal point of the palace gardens, used historically for boating and court festivities.
- 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: Lingqu Canal project Target entity description: The Lingqu Canal project is an ancient Chinese waterway built under Qin Shi Huang that linked the Xiang and Li rivers, creating a strategic transport route between the Yangtze and Pearl River systems.
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A.
Grand Canal of China
The Grand Canal of China is an ancient, extensive man-made waterway system that historically linked northern and southern China, facilitating trade, transport, and economic integration for over a millennium.
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B.
Dujiangyan Irrigation System
Dujiangyan Irrigation System is an ancient Chinese water-management project built around the 3rd century BCE that still functions today, renowned for its innovative design that controls flooding and irrigates vast areas without using a traditional dam.
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C.
Grand Canal
The Grand Canal is the main S-shaped waterway in Venice, Italy, lined with historic palaces and serving as the city’s primary thoroughfare for boats and vaporetti.
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D.
Grand Canal
The Grand Canal at Versailles is a vast ornamental waterway forming a central axis and focal point of the palace gardens, used historically for boating and court festivities.
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E.
Grand Canal
The Grand Canal is a major man-made waterway in Ireland that historically linked Dublin to the River Shannon, serving as an important route for transport and trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient canal
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| basinCountry | China ⓘ |
| builtBy | Qin dynasty ⓘ |
| builtForCampaign | Qin conquest of the Baiyue regions ⓘ |
| ChineseName |
灵渠
ⓘ
linked to:
Lingqu Canal project
|
| connects |
Li River
ⓘ
Pearl River system ⓘ
linked to:
Pearl River
Xiang River ⓘ Yangtze River system ⓘ
linked to:
Yangtze River
|
| constructedUnder | Qin Shi Huang ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 214 BCE ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| currentUse |
local irrigation
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| era | Qin dynasty ⓘ |
| hasEngineeringFeature |
branch channels
ⓘ
sluice gates ⓘ water diversion weirs ⓘ |
| hasLock | flash lock ⓘ |
| hasMouth |
Li River
ⓘ
Xiang River ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| historicalFunction | link between central China and Lingnan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early example of hydraulic engineering in China
ⓘ
one of the oldest contour canals in the world ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Chinese ⓘ |
| length | approximately 36 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Guangxi
ⓘ
linked to:
Guangxi Province
South China ⓘ
linked to:
southern China
Xing'an County ⓘ
linked to:
Xingan County
|
| locatedNear | Xing'an ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pearl River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Pearl River
Yangtze River basin ⓘ |
| purpose |
facilitation of troop movements
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ military transport ⓘ navigation ⓘ strategic transport route ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Lingnan region
ⓘ
linked to:
Lingnan
|
| riverSystem |
Li River system
ⓘ
linked to:
Li River
Xiang River system ⓘ
linked to:
Xiang River basin
|
| Romanization | Lingqu ⓘ |
| status | partly navigable ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial navigation
ⓘ
grain transport ⓘ |
| waterwayType | contour canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lingqu Canal project Description of subject: The Lingqu Canal project is an ancient Chinese waterway built under Qin Shi Huang that linked the Xiang and Li rivers, creating a strategic transport route between the Yangtze and Pearl River systems.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Lingqu Canal project
linked to: Lingqu Canal project