Bois-le-Duc Canal
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The Bois-le-Duc Canal is a Dutch waterway that connects the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) to the River Maas, facilitating regional navigation and transport.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bois-le-Duc Canal canonical | 1 |
| Kanaal van Bois-le-Duc | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1186675 — 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: Bois-le-Duc Canal Context triple: [Maas, hasCanalConnection, Bois-le-Duc Canal]
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A.
Sambre–Oise Canal
The Sambre–Oise Canal is a navigable waterway in northern France that connects the Sambre and Oise rivers and is historically noted as the site where World War I poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action.
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B.
Grand Canal d’Alsace
The Grand Canal d’Alsace is a major artificial waterway in eastern France that diverts and regulates part of the Rhine for navigation, hydroelectric power, and flood control.
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C.
Rhine–Herne Canal
The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
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D.
Canal du Midi
The Canal du Midi is a historic 17th-century canal in southern France, renowned as an engineering masterpiece that links the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
Van Starkenborghkanaal
The Van Starkenborghkanaal is a key Dutch shipping canal in the province of Groningen that forms part of an important east–west inland waterway connection in the northern Netherlands.
- 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: Bois-le-Duc Canal Target entity description: The Bois-le-Duc Canal is a Dutch waterway that connects the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) to the River Maas, facilitating regional navigation and transport.
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A.
Sambre–Oise Canal
The Sambre–Oise Canal is a navigable waterway in northern France that connects the Sambre and Oise rivers and is historically noted as the site where World War I poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action.
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B.
Grand Canal d’Alsace
The Grand Canal d’Alsace is a major artificial waterway in eastern France that diverts and regulates part of the Rhine for navigation, hydroelectric power, and flood control.
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C.
Rhine–Herne Canal
The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
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D.
Canal du Midi
The Canal du Midi is a historic 17th-century canal in southern France, renowned as an engineering masterpiece that links the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
Van Starkenborghkanaal
The Van Starkenborghkanaal is a key Dutch shipping canal in the province of Groningen that forms part of an important east–west inland waterway connection in the northern Netherlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| connectsCityToRiver | ’s-Hertogenbosch–Maas ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Meuse
ⓘ
River Maas ⓘ
linked to:
river Maas
’s-Hertogenbosch ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| facilitates |
regional navigation
ⓘ
regional transport ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
navigation
ⓘ
transport ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Kanaal van Bois-le-Duc
ⓘ
linked to:
Bois-le-Duc Canal
Kanaal van ’s-Hertogenbosch ⓘ |
| languageOfLocalName | Dutch ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Europe
ⓘ
North Brabant ⓘ southern Netherlands ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bois-le-Duc ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch canal network ⓘ |
| regionServed |
North Brabant region
ⓘ
linked to:
North Brabant
’s-Hertogenbosch region ⓘ |
| terminus |
River Maas
ⓘ
linked to:
river Maas
’s-Hertogenbosch ⓘ |
| usedFor |
inland navigation
ⓘ
shipping ⓘ |
| waterwayType | inland waterway ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bois-le-Duc Canal Description of subject: The Bois-le-Duc Canal is a Dutch waterway that connects the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) to the River Maas, facilitating regional navigation and transport.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bois-le-Duc Canal