Clinton's Ditch
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Clinton's Ditch is an early nickname for the Erie Canal, the 19th-century New York waterway championed by Governor DeWitt Clinton that dramatically boosted trade and westward expansion in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clinton's Ditch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T142829 — 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: Clinton's Ditch Context triple: [Erie Canal, nickname, Clinton's Ditch]
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A.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal style of address used for the presiding officer of the Massachusetts Senate.
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B.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal spoken address traditionally used for the sitting President of the United States.
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C.
Committee to Re-elect the President
The Committee to Re-elect the President was U.S. President Richard Nixon’s 1972 campaign organization, best known for its central role in financing and orchestrating activities that led to the Watergate scandal.
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D.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days refers to the intense early period of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in 1933 when a flurry of New Deal legislation was rapidly enacted to combat the Great Depression.
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E.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days was the brief 1815 period between Napoleon Bonaparte’s return from exile and his final defeat at Waterloo, marking the last phase of the Napoleonic Wars.
- 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: Clinton's Ditch Target entity description: Clinton's Ditch is an early nickname for the Erie Canal, the 19th-century New York waterway championed by Governor DeWitt Clinton that dramatically boosted trade and westward expansion in the United States.
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A.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal style of address used for the presiding officer of the Massachusetts Senate.
-
B.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal spoken address traditionally used for the sitting President of the United States.
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C.
Committee to Re-elect the President
The Committee to Re-elect the President was U.S. President Richard Nixon’s 1972 campaign organization, best known for its central role in financing and orchestrating activities that led to the Watergate scandal.
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D.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days refers to the intense early period of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in 1933 when a flurry of New Deal legislation was rapidly enacted to combat the Great Depression.
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E.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days was the brief 1815 period between Napoleon Bonaparte’s return from exile and his final defeat at Waterloo, marking the last phase of the Napoleonic Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical name
ⓘ
nickname ⓘ |
| appliedTo | Erie Canal ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
growth of trade in the United States
ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | DeWitt Clinton ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Albany, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Albany
Buffalo, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Buffalo
|
| associatedWithProject | construction of the Erie Canal ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describes | costly public works project ⓘ |
| hasBroaderTerm |
nicknames of public works
ⓘ
political pejoratives in the United States ⓘ |
| hasConnotation |
derisive nickname
ⓘ
political nickname ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York
ⓘ
State of New York ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. state of New York
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| namedAfter | DeWitt Clinton ⓘ |
| politicalContext | New York state politics ⓘ |
| refersTo | Erie Canal ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American transportation history
ⓘ
Great Lakes–Atlantic Ocean trade route ⓘ
linked to:
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
economic development of New York ⓘ internal improvements in the United States ⓘ |
| subjectOf | political opposition to Erie Canal ⓘ |
| usedBy |
critics of the Erie Canal project
ⓘ
opponents of DeWitt Clinton ⓘ |
| usedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| waterwayType | canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clinton's Ditch Description of subject: Clinton's Ditch is an early nickname for the Erie Canal, the 19th-century New York waterway championed by Governor DeWitt Clinton that dramatically boosted trade and westward expansion in the United States.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.