Naviglio Piccolo
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Naviglio Piccolo is an alternate name for the Naviglio della Martesana, a historic canal in the Lombardy region of Italy that forms part of Milan’s traditional navigable waterway system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Naviglio Piccolo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10035057 — 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: Naviglio Piccolo Context triple: [Naviglio della Martesana, alsoKnownAs, Naviglio Piccolo]
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A.
Naviglio Grande
Naviglio Grande is a historic canal in the Milan area, renowned for its role in regional trade and irrigation and now a popular scenic and cultural attraction.
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B.
Rivelino
Rivelino is a legendary Brazilian attacking midfielder renowned for his powerful left foot, inventive dribbling, and key role in Brazil’s 1970 World Cup–winning team.
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C.
Pescorocchiano
Pescorocchiano is a small Italian municipality in the Lazio region, known for its rural landscape and historic hilltop setting within the Province of Rieti.
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D.
Fiumelatte
Fiumelatte is a small Italian village on Lake Como known for its short, seasonally flowing “milk-colored” river, considered one of the shortest rivers in Italy.
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E.
Torrente Bosisio
Torrente Bosisio is a small stream in Lombardy, northern Italy, that serves as one of the main tributaries feeding Lake Annone.
- 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: Naviglio Piccolo Target entity description: Naviglio Piccolo is an alternate name for the Naviglio della Martesana, a historic canal in the Lombardy region of Italy that forms part of Milan’s traditional navigable waterway system.
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A.
Naviglio Grande
Naviglio Grande is a historic canal in the Milan area, renowned for its role in regional trade and irrigation and now a popular scenic and cultural attraction.
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B.
Rivelino
Rivelino is a legendary Brazilian attacking midfielder renowned for his powerful left foot, inventive dribbling, and key role in Brazil’s 1970 World Cup–winning team.
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C.
Pescorocchiano
Pescorocchiano is a small Italian municipality in the Lazio region, known for its rural landscape and historic hilltop setting within the Province of Rieti.
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D.
Fiumelatte
Fiumelatte is a small Italian village on Lake Como known for its short, seasonally flowing “milk-colored” river, considered one of the shortest rivers in Italy.
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E.
Torrente Bosisio
Torrente Bosisio is a small stream in Lombardy, northern Italy, that serves as one of the main tributaries feeding Lake Annone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| alternateNameOf | Naviglio della Martesana ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Adda River ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| flowsTowards | Milan ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | Little Naviglio ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic canal ⓘ |
| historicalFunction | link between Milan and Adda River ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Lombardy canal network
ⓘ
linked to:
Lombardy irrigation network
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| languageOfName | Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
ⓘ
Lombardy ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Martesana area ⓘ |
| partOf |
Milan canal system
ⓘ
Navigli of Milan ⓘ traditional navigable waterways of Milan ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Milan ⓘ |
| region | Lombardy ⓘ |
| transportRole | inland navigation route ⓘ |
| use |
irrigation
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navigation ⓘ water supply ⓘ |
| waterwayType | artificial canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Naviglio Piccolo Description of subject: Naviglio Piccolo is an alternate name for the Naviglio della Martesana, a historic canal in the Lombardy region of Italy that forms part of Milan’s traditional navigable waterway system.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.