Herengracht

E3946

canal waterway

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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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Herengracht canonical	25
Herengracht canal	3
Herengracht 366	1
Herengracht 368	1
Herengracht 386	1
Herengracht 412	1
Herengracht 476	1
Herengracht Golden Bend section	1
Herengracht junction	1
within UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht’	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T50352 — 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: Herengracht
Context triple: [Amsterdam, hasCanal, Herengracht]

A. Netherlands Carillon
The Netherlands Carillon is a prominent bell tower and musical monument in Arlington, Virginia, gifted by the Dutch government to the United States in gratitude for American aid during and after World War II.
B. Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city in the Netherlands, renowned as a historic commercial and cultural center characterized by its canals, trading heritage, and role as the country’s principal metropolis.
C. Harlem River
The Harlem River is a tidal strait in New York City that separates Manhattan from the Bronx and connects the Hudson River to the East River.
D. Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial and entertainment hub in Midtown Manhattan, famous for its bright billboards, Broadway theaters, and New Year’s Eve ball drop.
E. Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht
The Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht are a communion of historically Catholic but non-Roman churches in Europe that reject papal infallibility and emphasize synodality, ecumenism, and a more liberal approach to doctrine and practice.
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: Herengracht
Target entity description: 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.

A. Netherlands Carillon
The Netherlands Carillon is a prominent bell tower and musical monument in Arlington, Virginia, gifted by the Dutch government to the United States in gratitude for American aid during and after World War II.
B. Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city in the Netherlands, renowned as a historic commercial and cultural center characterized by its canals, trading heritage, and role as the country’s principal metropolis.
C. Harlem River
The Harlem River is a tidal strait in New York City that separates Manhattan from the Bronx and connects the Hudson River to the East River.
D. Champs-Élysées
The Champs-Élysées is a famous Parisian avenue renowned for its luxury shops, cafés, theaters, and its role as a central site for national celebrations and major events.
E. Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial and entertainment hub in Midtown Manhattan, famous for its bright billboards, Broadway theaters, and New Year’s Eve ball drop.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal ⓘ waterway ⓘ
constructionStart	17th century ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
crosses	Leidsegracht ⓘ Reguliersgracht ⓘ Utrechtsestraat ⓘ Vijzelstraat ⓘ
developedDuring	Dutch Golden Age ⓘ
endPoint	Amstel River ⓘ
follows	Singel ⓘ
forms	part of concentric canal ring around Amsterdam centre ⓘ
formsWith	Keizersgracht ⓘ Prinsengracht ⓘ
hasFunction	status symbol for wealthy merchants ⓘ transport in early modern Amsterdam ⓘ
hasNotableBuilding	canal houses with ornate gables ⓘ
hasNotableSection	area between Vijzelstraat and Leidsestraat ⓘ
hasPart	Gouden Bocht ⓘ Herengracht self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Herengracht Golden Bend section
hasScenicValue	high ⓘ
hasUse	cultural ⓘ office ⓘ residential ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
isMajorCanalOf	Amsterdam ⓘ
knownFor	17th-century canal houses ⓘ Golden Bend ⓘ canal-side mansions ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ merchant houses ⓘ
languageOfName	Dutch ⓘ
locatedIn	Amsterdam ⓘ Grachtengordel ⓘ surface form: Amsterdam-Centrum province of North Holland ⓘ
namedAfter	Heren (Gentlemen) of Amsterdam city government ⓘ
parallelTo	Keizersgracht ⓘ Prinsengracht ⓘ
partOf	Grachtengordel ⓘ surface form: Amsterdam canal belt Grachtengordel ⓘ
startPoint	Brouwersgracht ⓘ
streetType	canal street ⓘ
tourismAttraction	yes ⓘ
urbanContext	historic city centre of Amsterdam ⓘ
waterwayType	inner-city canal ⓘ
worldHeritageSite	Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amsterdam → hasCanal → Herengracht ⓘ

Herengracht → hasPart → Herengracht self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herengracht Golden Bend section

Singel → connectedTo → Herengracht ⓘ

Singel → heritageStatus → Herengracht ⓘ

this entity surface form: within UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht’

Keizersgracht → follows → Herengracht ⓘ

Keizersgracht → parallelTo → Herengracht ⓘ

Prinsengracht → parallelTo → Herengracht ⓘ

Brouwersgracht → crosses → Herengracht ⓘ

Brouwersgracht → hasNotableIntersection → Herengracht ⓘ

Leidsegracht → crosses → Herengracht ⓘ

Grachtengordel → hasPart → Herengracht ⓘ

Gouden Bocht → locatedIn → Herengracht ⓘ

Gouden Bocht → follows → Herengracht ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herengracht canal