Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal
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The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is the western gateway where ships enter or exit the canal from the Pacific Ocean near Panama City.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal canonical | 11 |
| Pacific entrance of Panama Canal | 1 |
| Panama Canal Pacific entrance | 1 |
| Panama Canal entrance (Pacific) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8730603 — 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: Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal Context triple: [Fort Kobbe, near, Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal]
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A.
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a man-made waterway in Panama that dramatically shortens maritime travel by allowing ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America.
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B.
Panama Bay
Panama Bay is a marine exhibit at Osaka’s Aquarium Kaiyukan that recreates the coastal ecosystem of the Central American bay with its characteristic sea life.
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C.
Isthmus of Panama
The Isthmus of Panama is the narrow strip of land in Central America that links North and South America and separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Panama Canal watershed
The Panama Canal watershed is the extensive drainage basin in central Panama that collects rainfall and feeds the locks and lakes essential for the operation of the Panama Canal.
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E.
Nicaragua Canal Basin
The Nicaragua Canal Basin is a proposed interoceanic waterway region in Nicaragua envisioned to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via major inland water bodies and surrounding drainage areas.
- 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: Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal Target entity description: The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is the western gateway where ships enter or exit the canal from the Pacific Ocean near Panama City.
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A.
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a man-made waterway in Panama that dramatically shortens maritime travel by allowing ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America.
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B.
Panama Bay
Panama Bay is a marine exhibit at Osaka’s Aquarium Kaiyukan that recreates the coastal ecosystem of the Central American bay with its characteristic sea life.
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C.
Isthmus of Panama
The Isthmus of Panama is the narrow strip of land in Central America that links North and South America and separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Panama Canal watershed
The Panama Canal watershed is the extensive drainage basin in central Panama that collects rainfall and feeds the locks and lakes essential for the operation of the Panama Canal.
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E.
Nicaragua Canal Basin
The Nicaragua Canal Basin is a proposed interoceanic waterway region in Nicaragua envisioned to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via major inland water bodies and surrounding drainage areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal Description of subject: The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is the western gateway where ships enter or exit the canal from the Pacific Ocean near Panama City.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal