Gaillard Cut
E206892
Gaillard Cut is a historically significant, narrow, excavated channel through the Continental Divide in Panama that forms a key segment of the Panama Canal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gaillard Cut canonical | 10 |
| Konyu Cutting | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1840281 — 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: Gaillard Cut Context triple: [Pedro Miguel Locks, connectsTo, Gaillard Cut]
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A.
Lancing
Lancing is a large coastal village and civil parish on the English Channel in West Sussex, England.
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B.
Loscutoff
Loscutoff is the surname of former Boston Celtics forward Jim Loscutoff, whose number 18 was retired by the team in his honor.
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C.
La Coupée
La Coupée is a dramatic, narrow isthmus with steep cliffs and a coastal road that forms the striking land bridge between the main island of Sark and Little Sark in the Channel Islands.
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D.
Racha
Racha is a mountainous historical region in northwestern Georgia known for its scenic landscapes, traditional villages, and distinctive wines.
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E.
Blatch
Blatch is the surname of Nora Stanton Blatch, an early 20th-century American civil engineer, suffragist, and women's rights activist.
- 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: Gaillard Cut Target entity description: Gaillard Cut is a historically significant, narrow, excavated channel through the Continental Divide in Panama that forms a key segment of the Panama Canal.
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A.
Lancing
Lancing is a large coastal village and civil parish on the English Channel in West Sussex, England.
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B.
Loscutoff
Loscutoff is the surname of former Boston Celtics forward Jim Loscutoff, whose number 18 was retired by the team in his honor.
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C.
La Coupée
La Coupée is a dramatic, narrow isthmus with steep cliffs and a coastal road that forms the striking land bridge between the main island of Sark and Little Sark in the Channel Islands.
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D.
Racha
Racha is a mountainous historical region in northwestern Georgia known for its scenic landscapes, traditional villages, and distinctive wines.
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E.
Blatch
Blatch is the surname of Nora Stanton Blatch, an early 20th-century American civil engineer, suffragist, and women's rights activist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial waterway
ⓘ
canal cut ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Panama Canal Authority ⓘ |
| connects |
Gatun Lake
ⓘ
Miraflores Lake ⓘ Pedro Miguel Locks ⓘ |
| constructedBy |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| constructionEndYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| constructionStartYear | 1904 ⓘ |
| crosses | Continental Divide ⓘ |
| excavatedVolume | over 100 million cubic meters of material ⓘ |
| experienced |
frequent landslides during construction
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post-construction landslides affecting navigation ⓘ |
| formerlyKnownAs | Culebra Cut ⓘ |
| forms | key segment of Panama Canal ⓘ |
| geologicalFeature | cuts through Culebra Formation ⓘ |
| hasEngineeringSignificance | major excavation through rock and earth ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
site of major construction accidents and fatalities
ⓘ
symbol of U.S. engineering achievement ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 13 kilometers
ⓘ
approximately 8.1 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Isthmus of Panama
ⓘ
Panama ⓘ |
| maximumDepthExcavation | over 100 meters in some sections ⓘ |
| minimumWidthAfterWidening | about 192 meters ⓘ |
| minimumWidthBeforeWidening | about 91 meters ⓘ |
| nameChangedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| nameChangeYear | 1915 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | David du Bose Gaillard ⓘ |
| navigationRole |
critical bottleneck of Panama Canal
ⓘ
one-way traffic control historically required ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Gamboa
ⓘ
Paraiso ⓘ Pedro Miguel ⓘ
linked to:
Pedro Miguel Locks
|
| openedForTrafficYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Panama Canal
ⓘ
Panama Canal Pacific approach system ⓘ
linked to:
Panama Canal
Panama Canal main channel ⓘ
linked to:
Panama Canal
|
| passesNear |
Contractors Hill
ⓘ
Gold Hill ⓘ |
| separates |
Atlantic Ocean drainage basin
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean drainage basin ⓘ |
| underControlOf |
Republic of Panama since 1999
ⓘ
United States until 1999 ⓘ |
| usedFor | international maritime transit ⓘ |
| waterSource | Gatun Lake ⓘ |
| widened | multiple times in 20th century ⓘ |
| wideningProgram | major widening completed in 2001 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gaillard Cut Description of subject: Gaillard Cut is a historically significant, narrow, excavated channel through the Continental Divide in Panama that forms a key segment of the Panama Canal.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gaillard Cut