Prinses Margrietkanaal

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canal navigation canal waterway

The Prinses Margrietkanaal is a major Dutch navigation canal in the northern Netherlands, serving as an important waterway for commercial shipping and recreational boating.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Prinses Margriet Canal	6
Prinses Margrietkanaal canonical	3
Princess Margriet Canal	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2316168 — 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: Prinses Margrietkanaal
Context triple: [Van Starkenborghkanaal, connectsWith, Prinses Margrietkanaal]

A. 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.
B. Wilhelmina Canal
The Wilhelmina Canal is a major Dutch waterway in the province of North Brabant, constructed to improve regional shipping and industrial transport connections.
C. Boerenwetering canal
The Boerenwetering canal is a waterway in Amsterdam that separates the De Pijp neighborhood from the Museumplein and Oud-Zuid areas.
D. Jacob van Lennepkanaal
Jacob van Lennepkanaal is a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands, named after the Dutch writer Jacob van Lennep and forming part of the city's historic waterway network.
E. Admiraal de Ruijterweg canal
Admiraal de Ruijterweg canal is a waterway in Amsterdam associated with the Admiraal de Ruijterweg area, forming part of the city’s historic urban canal network.
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: Prinses Margrietkanaal
Target entity description: The Prinses Margrietkanaal is a major Dutch navigation canal in the northern Netherlands, serving as an important waterway for commercial shipping and recreational boating.

A. 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.
B. Wilhelmina Canal
The Wilhelmina Canal is a major Dutch waterway in the province of North Brabant, constructed to improve regional shipping and industrial transport connections.
C. Boerenwetering canal
The Boerenwetering canal is a waterway in Amsterdam that separates the De Pijp neighborhood from the Museumplein and Oud-Zuid areas.
D. Jacob van Lennepkanaal
Jacob van Lennepkanaal is a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands, named after the Dutch writer Jacob van Lennep and forming part of the city's historic waterway network.
E. Admiraal de Ruijterweg canal
Admiraal de Ruijterweg canal is a waterway in Amsterdam associated with the Admiraal de Ruijterweg area, forming part of the city’s historic urban canal network.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal ⓘ navigation canal ⓘ waterway ⓘ
bridgeTypeAlongRoute	fixed bridges ⓘ movable bridges ⓘ
connects	Eemskanaal ⓘ IJsselmeer ⓘ Van Starkenborghkanaal ⓘ Zwolle–Meppel canal system ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
crosses	Frisian Lakes region ⓘ linked to: Dutch lake district
hasDutchName	Prinses Margrietkanaal ⓘ
hasFrisianName	Prinses Margrietkanaal ⓘ
hasFunction	bypass for shallow and winding natural waterways in Friesland ⓘ
hasLock	Aduard lock ⓘ Gaarkeuken lock ⓘ Prinses Margrietsluis ⓘ
hasRole	key link between IJsselmeer and Ems region waterways ⓘ
isPartOfCorridor	north–south connection between Randstad and northern seaports ⓘ
languageOfName	Dutch ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Netherlands ⓘ linked to: Northern Netherlands province of Drenthe ⓘ province of Friesland ⓘ province of Groningen ⓘ
namedAfter	Princess Margriet of the Netherlands ⓘ
nearbyCity	Groningen ⓘ Leeuwarden ⓘ
nearbyTown	Bergum (Burgum) ⓘ Grou ⓘ Joure ⓘ Sneek ⓘ Stroobos ⓘ
openedForNavigation	20th century ⓘ
operator	Rijkswaterstaat ⓘ
parallelTo	Van Starkenborghkanaal (on part of its route) ⓘ linked to: Van Starkenborghkanaal
partOf	Dutch inland waterway network ⓘ main east–west shipping route in northern Netherlands ⓘ
supports	bulk cargo transport ⓘ container shipping ⓘ pleasure craft traffic ⓘ
use	commercial shipping ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ
waterwayClass	Class Va inland waterway (large Rhine vessels) ⓘ
waterwayNumber	Dutch national waterway network A-route ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Van Starkenborghkanaal → connectsWith → Prinses Margrietkanaal ⓘ

Prinses Margrietkanaal → hasDutchName → Prinses Margrietkanaal ⓘ

Prinses Margrietkanaal → hasFrisianName → Prinses Margrietkanaal ⓘ

Dutch inland waterway network → hasPart → Prinses Margriet Canal ⓘ