Alexandria Canal
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The Alexandria Canal was a 19th-century waterway in Virginia that linked the city of Alexandria to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, serving as an important commercial and strategic route before and during the Civil War.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12520447 — 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: Alexandria Canal Context triple: [Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia, associatedWith, Alexandria Canal]
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St. Peters Canal
St. Peters Canal is a historic man-made waterway in Nova Scotia, Canada, that allows vessels to pass between the Atlantic Ocean and the inland Bras d'Or Lake.
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Menua Canal
The Menua Canal is an ancient irrigation and water-supply channel built in the 9th century BCE under the Urartian king Menua near modern-day Van in eastern Turkey.
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Tamiami Canal
Tamiami Canal is a major man-made waterway in South Florida that runs parallel to the Tamiami Trail, helping drain the Everglades and manage water flow around the Miami metropolitan area.
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D.
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway in Egypt that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, serving as one of the world’s most important shipping routes between Europe and Asia.
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Ohau Canal
Ohau Canal is a man-made waterway in New Zealand’s South Island that links hydroelectric lakes in the Mackenzie Basin and is popular for salmon and trout fishing.
- 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: Alexandria Canal Target entity description: The Alexandria Canal was a 19th-century waterway in Virginia that linked the city of Alexandria to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, serving as an important commercial and strategic route before and during the Civil War.
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A.
St. Peters Canal
St. Peters Canal is a historic man-made waterway in Nova Scotia, Canada, that allows vessels to pass between the Atlantic Ocean and the inland Bras d'Or Lake.
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B.
Menua Canal
The Menua Canal is an ancient irrigation and water-supply channel built in the 9th century BCE under the Urartian king Menua near modern-day Van in eastern Turkey.
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C.
Tamiami Canal
Tamiami Canal is a major man-made waterway in South Florida that runs parallel to the Tamiami Trail, helping drain the Everglades and manage water flow around the Miami metropolitan area.
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D.
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway in Egypt that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, serving as one of the world’s most important shipping routes between Europe and Asia.
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E.
Ohau Canal
Ohau Canal is a man-made waterway in New Zealand’s South Island that links hydroelectric lakes in the Mackenzie Basin and is popular for salmon and trout fishing.
- F. None of above. chosen
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