Drift (canal)
E371550
Drift is a historic canal in the Dutch city of Utrecht’s inner town, forming part of its characteristic medieval waterways.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Drift (canal) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3587416 — 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: Drift (canal) Context triple: [Binnenstad, traversedBy, Drift (canal)]
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A.
Nira Left Bank Canal
Nira Left Bank Canal is a major irrigation canal in Maharashtra, India, that supplies water to agricultural areas including the Baramati region.
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B.
Singel canal
Singel canal is a historic waterway in central Amsterdam that once formed part of the city’s medieval defensive moat and is now lined with notable buildings, markets, and houseboats.
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C.
Juliana Canal
The Juliana Canal is a major Dutch shipping canal in the province of Limburg that runs roughly parallel to the river Meuse (Maas) to facilitate inland navigation and flood management.
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D.
Spuyten Duyvil Canal
Spuyten Duyvil Canal is a man-made waterway in New York City that connects the Harlem River to the Hudson River, facilitating navigation around the northern tip of Manhattan.
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E.
Sankey Canal
Sankey Canal is one of England’s earliest industrial canals, historically built to transport coal and other goods in the northwest of the country.
- 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: Drift (canal) Target entity description: Drift is a historic canal in the Dutch city of Utrecht’s inner town, forming part of its characteristic medieval waterways.
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A.
Nira Left Bank Canal
Nira Left Bank Canal is a major irrigation canal in Maharashtra, India, that supplies water to agricultural areas including the Baramati region.
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B.
Singel canal
Singel canal is a historic waterway in central Amsterdam that once formed part of the city’s medieval defensive moat and is now lined with notable buildings, markets, and houseboats.
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C.
Juliana Canal
The Juliana Canal is a major Dutch shipping canal in the province of Limburg that runs roughly parallel to the river Meuse (Maas) to facilitate inland navigation and flood management.
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D.
Spuyten Duyvil Canal
Spuyten Duyvil Canal is a man-made waterway in New York City that connects the Harlem River to the Hudson River, facilitating navigation around the northern tip of Manhattan.
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E.
Sankey Canal
Sankey Canal is one of England’s earliest industrial canals, historically built to transport coal and other goods in the northwest of the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
medieval origin
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urban canal ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | historic inner town of Utrecht ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfSurroundingArea | Dutch ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
forms part of characteristic medieval waterways of Utrecht
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situated among historic buildings in Utrecht city centre ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic canal ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Utrecht
ⓘ
inner city of Utrecht ⓘ province of Utrecht ⓘ
linked to:
Province of Utrecht
|
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| partOf |
Utrecht city canal network
ⓘ
linked to:
Utrecht canal system
medieval waterways of Utrecht ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aesthetic and cultural purposes
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small-scale navigation (historically) ⓘ urban drainage ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Drift (canal) Description of subject: Drift is a historic canal in the Dutch city of Utrecht’s inner town, forming part of its characteristic medieval waterways.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.