Prinses Margrietkanaal
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The Prinses Margrietkanaal is a major Dutch navigation canal in the northern Netherlands, serving as an important waterway for commercial shipping and recreational boating.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prinses Margrietkanaal canonical | 3 |
| Princess Margriet Canal | 1 |
| Prinses Margriet Canal | 1 |
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]
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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.
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.
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C.
Boerenwetering canal
The Boerenwetering canal is a waterway in Amsterdam that separates the De Pijp neighborhood from the Museumplein and Oud-Zuid areas.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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C.
Boerenwetering canal
The Boerenwetering canal is a waterway in Amsterdam that separates the De Pijp neighborhood from the Museumplein and Oud-Zuid areas.
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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.
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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 |
Dutch lake district
ⓘ
surface form:
Frisian Lakes region
|
| hasDutchName | Prinses Margrietkanaal self-link ⓘ |
| hasFrisianName | Prinses Margrietkanaal self-link ⓘ |
| 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
ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
surface form:
Van Starkenborghkanaal (on part of its route)
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| 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
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Prinses Margrietkanaal Description of subject: The Prinses Margrietkanaal is a major Dutch navigation canal in the northern Netherlands, serving as an important waterway for commercial shipping and recreational boating.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Prinses Margriet Canal
this entity surface form:
Princess Margriet Canal