Albert Canal
E145976
The Albert Canal is a major Belgian waterway linking the Meuse River to the port of Antwerp, serving as an important route for inland shipping and freight transport.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Albert Canal canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1186673 — 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: Albert Canal Context triple: [Maas, hasCanalConnection, Albert Canal]
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A.
Union Canal
The Union Canal is a historic Scottish waterway that links Edinburgh to the Forth & Clyde Canal near Falkirk, once vital for transporting coal and other goods and now used mainly for leisure boating and recreation.
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B.
Forth and Clyde Canal
The Forth and Clyde Canal is a historic Scottish waterway that crosses the Central Belt, linking the Firth of Forth on the east coast with the Firth of Clyde on the west.
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C.
Peak Forest Canal
The Peak Forest Canal is a historic narrow canal in northwest England that was built to transport limestone from Derbyshire and now serves as a scenic route for leisure boating and walking.
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D.
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
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E.
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.
- 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: Albert Canal Target entity description: The Albert Canal is a major Belgian waterway linking the Meuse River to the port of Antwerp, serving as an important route for inland shipping and freight transport.
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A.
Union Canal
The Union Canal is a historic Scottish waterway that links Edinburgh to the Forth & Clyde Canal near Falkirk, once vital for transporting coal and other goods and now used mainly for leisure boating and recreation.
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B.
Forth and Clyde Canal
The Forth and Clyde Canal is a historic Scottish waterway that crosses the Central Belt, linking the Firth of Forth on the east coast with the Firth of Clyde on the west.
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C.
Peak Forest Canal
The Peak Forest Canal is a historic narrow canal in northwest England that was built to transport limestone from Derbyshire and now serves as a scenic route for leisure boating and walking.
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D.
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
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E.
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| bypasses |
Meuse River meanders between Liège and Maastricht
ⓘ
linked to:
Meuse
|
| connectsWith |
Meuse River
ⓘ
linked to:
Meuse
Port of Antwerp ⓘ Scheldt River ⓘ
linked to:
Scheldt
|
| constructionStartDate | 1930 ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| economicRole | major corridor for industrial freight ⓘ |
| endPoint | Antwerp ⓘ |
| hasBridgeClearance | raised to allow high-capacity container ships ⓘ |
| hasFunction | relieving road and rail freight congestion ⓘ |
| hasLock |
Hasselt locks
ⓘ
linked to:
Hasselt
Lanaye lock complex ⓘ Wijnegem locks ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
bridges
ⓘ
dikes ⓘ locks ⓘ viaducts ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | damaged during World War II ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1939 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 129 kilometres ⓘ |
| linksIndustrialRegions |
Antwerp port area
ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Antwerp
Liège industrial basin ⓘ
linked to:
Belgian coal basin
|
| locatedIn | Belgium ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Genk
ⓘ
linked to:
Genk, Belgium
Hasselt ⓘ Herentals ⓘ Maastricht ⓘ |
| maximumVesselTonnage | approximately 9000 tonnes ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
King Albert I of Belgium
ⓘ
linked to:
Albert I of Belgium
|
| operator | Flanders Hydraulics and Flemish government agencies ⓘ |
| partOf | Belgian inland waterway network ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Antwerp Province
ⓘ
Limburg Province ⓘ Liège Province ⓘ
linked to:
Province of Liège
|
| primaryUse |
freight transport
ⓘ
inland shipping ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Flanders
ⓘ
Wallonia ⓘ |
| startPoint | Liège ⓘ |
| status | navigable ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | key link between Rhine–Meuse basin and Port of Antwerp ⓘ |
| terminusPort | Port of Antwerp ⓘ |
| usedFor |
bulk cargo transport
ⓘ
container transport ⓘ |
| waterSource |
Meuse River
ⓘ
linked to:
Meuse
|
| waterwayClass | European Class IV ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Albert Canal Description of subject: The Albert Canal is a major Belgian waterway linking the Meuse River to the port of Antwerp, serving as an important route for inland shipping and freight transport.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.