Foss Dyke
E226310
Foss Dyke is one of Britain’s oldest artificial canals, linking the River Trent to the city of Lincoln and serving as an important historic navigation route.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1619803 — 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: Foss Dyke Context triple: [River Trent, hasCanalConnection, Foss Dyke]
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A.
Basingstoke Canal
The Basingstoke Canal is a restored historic waterway in southern England, popular for boating, walking, and wildlife along its rural and suburban towpaths.
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B.
Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal is a historic English waterway in the East Midlands that once linked the town of Grantham to the national canal network, primarily serving 18th- and 19th-century trade and now valued for leisure and wildlife.
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C.
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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D.
Nottingham Canal
Nottingham Canal is a historic artificial waterway in Nottingham, England, built to facilitate industrial transport and now largely used for leisure and heritage purposes.
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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: Foss Dyke Target entity description: Foss Dyke is one of Britain’s oldest artificial canals, linking the River Trent to the city of Lincoln and serving as an important historic navigation route.
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A.
Basingstoke Canal
The Basingstoke Canal is a restored historic waterway in southern England, popular for boating, walking, and wildlife along its rural and suburban towpaths.
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B.
Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal is a historic English waterway in the East Midlands that once linked the town of Grantham to the national canal network, primarily serving 18th- and 19th-century trade and now valued for leisure and wildlife.
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C.
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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D.
Nottingham Canal
Nottingham Canal is a historic artificial waterway in Nottingham, England, built to facilitate industrial transport and now largely used for leisure and heritage purposes.
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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 (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial waterway
ⓘ
canal ⓘ navigation canal ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
River Trent
ⓘ
River Witham ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | between River Trent and Lincoln ⓘ |
| hasLock | Torksey Lock ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic waterway ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the oldest artificial canals in Britain ⓘ |
| linkedCity | Lincoln ⓘ |
| linkedWaterway |
River Trent
ⓘ
River Witham ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | navigation authorities in England ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Brayford Pool
ⓘ
Saxilby ⓘ Torksey ⓘ |
| notableFeature | historic navigation route to Lincoln ⓘ |
| partOf | British inland waterways network ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Lincoln ⓘ |
| region | East Midlands ⓘ |
| status | navigable ⓘ |
| terminus |
Lincoln
ⓘ
River Trent ⓘ |
| use |
inland water transport
ⓘ
leisure boating ⓘ navigation ⓘ |
| waterwayType | broad canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Foss Dyke Description of subject: Foss Dyke is one of Britain’s oldest artificial canals, linking the River Trent to the city of Lincoln and serving as an important historic navigation route.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Foss Dyke