Ypres–Comines Canal
E415818
The Ypres–Comines Canal is a man-made waterway in western Belgium that connects the historic city of Ypres with the town of Comines, running through a region heavily marked by World War I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ypres–Comines Canal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4120627 — 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: Ypres–Comines Canal Context triple: [Ypres, locatedOn, Ypres–Comines Canal]
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A.
Sambre–Oise Canal
The Sambre–Oise Canal is a navigable waterway in northern France that connects the Sambre and Oise rivers and is historically noted as the site where World War I poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action.
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B.
Brussels–Charleroi Canal
The Brussels–Charleroi Canal is a major Belgian waterway that connects the industrial city of Charleroi with Brussels, serving as an important route for inland shipping and freight transport.
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C.
Canal de l’Est
Canal de l’Est is a French inland waterway that links the Meuse River with other major river basins, forming part of the country’s northeastern canal network.
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D.
Moselle Canal
The Moselle Canal is a navigable waterway in northeastern France that parallels and connects to the Moselle River, facilitating commercial and recreational boat traffic through the region.
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E.
Bois-le-Duc Canal
The Bois-le-Duc Canal is a Dutch waterway that connects the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) to the River Maas, facilitating regional navigation and transport.
- 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: Ypres–Comines Canal Target entity description: The Ypres–Comines Canal is a man-made waterway in western Belgium that connects the historic city of Ypres with the town of Comines, running through a region heavily marked by World War I.
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A.
Sambre–Oise Canal
The Sambre–Oise Canal is a navigable waterway in northern France that connects the Sambre and Oise rivers and is historically noted as the site where World War I poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action.
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B.
Brussels–Charleroi Canal
The Brussels–Charleroi Canal is a major Belgian waterway that connects the industrial city of Charleroi with Brussels, serving as an important route for inland shipping and freight transport.
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C.
Canal de l’Est
Canal de l’Est is a French inland waterway that links the Meuse River with other major river basins, forming part of the country’s northeastern canal network.
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D.
Moselle Canal
The Moselle Canal is a navigable waterway in northeastern France that parallels and connects to the Moselle River, facilitating commercial and recreational boat traffic through the region.
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E.
Bois-le-Duc Canal
The Bois-le-Duc Canal is a Dutch waterway that connects the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) to the River Maas, facilitating regional navigation and transport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| connects |
Comines
ⓘ
Ypres ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | World War I remembrance landscape (regional) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | World War I ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Flanders
ⓘ
West Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ former Western Front area ⓘ western Belgium ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Comines
ⓘ
Ypres ⓘ |
| near |
Messines Ridge
ⓘ
Ypres ⓘ
surface form:
Ypres battlefields
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| partOf | Belgian inland waterway network ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Ypres Salient fighting
ⓘ
surface form:
Ypres salient region
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| startPoint | Ypres ⓘ |
| usedAs | military position during World War I ⓘ |
| usedFor |
drainage
ⓘ
navigation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ypres–Comines Canal Description of subject: The Ypres–Comines Canal is a man-made waterway in western Belgium that connects the historic city of Ypres with the town of Comines, running through a region heavily marked by World War I.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.