Nieuwe Herengracht
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Nieuwe Herengracht is a canal in central Amsterdam that forms part of the city’s historic canal network and links to the Amstel River.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nieuwe Herengracht canonical | 5 |
| Nieuwe Herengracht (street) | 1 |
| Nieuwe Herengracht quay | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T222856 — 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: Nieuwe Herengracht Context triple: [Amstel River, connectedTo, Nieuwe Herengracht]
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A.
Prinsengracht
Prinsengracht is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, known for its picturesque waterways, houseboats, and traditional canal houses.
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B.
Keizersgracht
Keizersgracht is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, renowned for its grand 17th-century canal houses and central role in the city’s UNESCO-listed canal belt.
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C.
Herengracht
Herengracht is one of Amsterdam’s most famous and historic canals, renowned for its elegant 17th-century canal houses and central role in the city’s canal belt.
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D.
Reguliersgracht
Reguliersgracht is a picturesque canal in Amsterdam’s historic center, renowned for its classic canal houses and iconic series of arched bridges.
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E.
Brouwersgracht
Brouwersgracht is a picturesque historic canal in Amsterdam, renowned for its traditional canal houses, bridges, and central location in the city’s canal belt.
- 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: Nieuwe Herengracht Target entity description: Nieuwe Herengracht is a canal in central Amsterdam that forms part of the city’s historic canal network and links to the Amstel River.
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A.
Prinsengracht
Prinsengracht is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, known for its picturesque waterways, houseboats, and traditional canal houses.
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B.
Keizersgracht
Keizersgracht is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, renowned for its grand 17th-century canal houses and central role in the city’s UNESCO-listed canal belt.
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C.
Herengracht
Herengracht is one of Amsterdam’s most famous and historic canals, renowned for its elegant 17th-century canal houses and central role in the city’s canal belt.
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D.
Reguliersgracht
Reguliersgracht is a picturesque canal in Amsterdam’s historic center, renowned for its classic canal houses and iconic series of arched bridges.
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E.
Brouwersgracht
Brouwersgracht is a picturesque historic canal in Amsterdam, renowned for its traditional canal houses, bridges, and central location in the city’s canal belt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| cityDistrict | Amsterdam-Centrum ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Amstel
ⓘ
Amstel River ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentNeighborhood |
Plantage
ⓘ
Weesperbuurt ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentUse |
cultural institutions
ⓘ
green spaces ⓘ offices ⓘ residential buildings ⓘ |
| hasBridge |
Walter Süskindbrug
ⓘ
bridge over Nieuwe Herengracht at Weesperstraat ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | WGS84 ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | named as an extension of the Herengracht ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
navigation for small vessels
ⓘ
residential frontage ⓘ tourism ⓘ urban water management ⓘ |
| hasNameLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| hasPublicTransportNearby |
Weesperplein metro station
ⓘ
tram stops on Weesperstraat ⓘ |
| hasStreetAlong |
Nieuwe Herengracht (street)
ⓘ
linked to:
Nieuwe Herengracht
|
| hasTouristAttractionNearby |
Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam
ⓘ
Jewish Historical Museum ⓘ
linked to:
Joods Historisch Museum
Portuguese Synagogue Amsterdam ⓘ |
| heritageStatus |
part of Seventeenth-century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
ⓘ
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site 1349 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amsterdam
ⓘ
Amsterdam-Centrum ⓘ province of North Holland ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| navigable | yes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Amsterdam canal belt
ⓘ
linked to:
Grachtengordel
historic canal network of Amsterdam ⓘ |
| partOfHydrologicalSystem |
Amstel river system
ⓘ
linked to:
Amstel River
|
| urbanContext | historic city centre of Amsterdam ⓘ |
| waterBody | surface water ⓘ |
| waterwayType | inner-city canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nieuwe Herengracht Description of subject: Nieuwe Herengracht is a canal in central Amsterdam that forms part of the city’s historic canal network and links to the Amstel River.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nieuwe Herengracht
linked to: Nieuwe Herengracht
subject linked to:
Jonas Daniël Meijerplein, Amsterdam