Kanaal van ’s-Hertogenbosch
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Kanaal van ’s-Hertogenbosch is a historic navigation and drainage canal in the Dutch city of ’s-Hertogenbosch, built to improve water management and inland shipping connections.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kanaal van ’s-Hertogenbosch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6051652 — 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: Kanaal van ’s-Hertogenbosch Context triple: [Bois-le-Duc Canal, hasNameInLanguage, Kanaal van ’s-Hertogenbosch]
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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.
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B.
Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that connects Amsterdam to the Rhine River, serving as an important route for inland shipping and transport.
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C.
Scheldt–Rhine Canal
The Scheldt–Rhine Canal is a major shipping canal in the Netherlands that provides a direct navigable link between the Scheldt and Rhine river systems, facilitating international maritime and inland transport.
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D.
Stadskanaal canal
Stadskanaal canal is a historic waterway in the Netherlands that was constructed primarily for peat transport and gave its name to the surrounding town of Stadskanaal.
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E.
Ghent–Terneuzen Canal
The Ghent–Terneuzen Canal is a major shipping canal linking the Belgian city of Ghent to the port of Terneuzen in the Netherlands, providing an important maritime access route to the North Sea.
- 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: Kanaal van ’s-Hertogenbosch Target entity description: Kanaal van ’s-Hertogenbosch is a historic navigation and drainage canal in the Dutch city of ’s-Hertogenbosch, built to improve water management and inland shipping connections.
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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.
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B.
Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that connects Amsterdam to the Rhine River, serving as an important route for inland shipping and transport.
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C.
Scheldt–Rhine Canal
The Scheldt–Rhine Canal is a major shipping canal in the Netherlands that provides a direct navigable link between the Scheldt and Rhine river systems, facilitating international maritime and inland transport.
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D.
Stadskanaal canal
Stadskanaal canal is a historic waterway in the Netherlands that was constructed primarily for peat transport and gave its name to the surrounding town of Stadskanaal.
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E.
Ghent–Terneuzen Canal
The Ghent–Terneuzen Canal is a major shipping canal linking the Belgian city of Ghent to the port of Terneuzen in the Netherlands, providing an important maritime access route to the North Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
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drainage canal ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Netherlands ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
local waterways of ’s-Hertogenbosch
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regional drainage network around ’s-Hertogenbosch ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
historic waterway
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man-made channel ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
drainage
ⓘ
inland navigation ⓘ water management ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | historic infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfRegion | Dutch ⓘ |
| hasRole |
improving inland shipping connections for ’s-Hertogenbosch
ⓘ
improving water management in ’s-Hertogenbosch ⓘ |
| hasUse |
angling
ⓘ
boating ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Brabant
ⓘ
southern Netherlands ⓘ the Netherlands ⓘ
linked to:
Netherlands
’s-Hertogenbosch ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
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Central European Time ⓘ |
| namedAfter | ’s-Hertogenbosch ⓘ |
| partOf | regional water management system of ’s-Hertogenbosch ⓘ |
| usedFor |
flood control
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inland shipping ⓘ irrigation support ⓘ |
| waterwayType | artificial waterway ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kanaal van ’s-Hertogenbosch Description of subject: Kanaal van ’s-Hertogenbosch is a historic navigation and drainage canal in the Dutch city of ’s-Hertogenbosch, built to improve water management and inland shipping connections.
Referenced by (1)
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