Bruce Tunnel
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Bruce Tunnel is a historic canal tunnel in Wiltshire, England, carrying the Kennet and Avon Canal beneath Savernake Forest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bruce Tunnel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5095831 — 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: Bruce Tunnel Context triple: [Kennet and Avon Canal, hasPart, Bruce Tunnel]
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A.
Malpas Tunnel
Malpas Tunnel is a historic canal tunnel in southern France, notable as one of the first navigable tunnels built for the Canal du Midi in the 17th century.
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B.
Cosgrove Tunnel
Cosgrove Tunnel is a major water-supply conduit in Massachusetts that carries drinking water from the Wachusett Reservoir toward the Boston metropolitan area.
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C.
Moffat Tunnel
The Moffat Tunnel is a major railroad and water tunnel that cuts through the Continental Divide in Colorado, providing a crucial transportation and utility link between the Denver area and the western slope of the Rocky Mountains.
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D.
Caldecott Tunnel
The Caldecott Tunnel is a major highway tunnel in the San Francisco Bay Area that carries traffic through the Berkeley Hills between Oakland and Contra Costa County.
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E.
Butterley Tunnel
Butterley Tunnel is a historic 18th-century canal tunnel in Derbyshire, England, renowned as a major engineering work of the early British canal era.
- 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: Bruce Tunnel Target entity description: Bruce Tunnel is a historic canal tunnel in Wiltshire, England, carrying the Kennet and Avon Canal beneath Savernake Forest.
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A.
Malpas Tunnel
Malpas Tunnel is a historic canal tunnel in southern France, notable as one of the first navigable tunnels built for the Canal du Midi in the 17th century.
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B.
Cosgrove Tunnel
Cosgrove Tunnel is a major water-supply conduit in Massachusetts that carries drinking water from the Wachusett Reservoir toward the Boston metropolitan area.
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C.
Moffat Tunnel
The Moffat Tunnel is a major railroad and water tunnel that cuts through the Continental Divide in Colorado, providing a crucial transportation and utility link between the Denver area and the western slope of the Rocky Mountains.
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D.
Caldecott Tunnel
The Caldecott Tunnel is a major highway tunnel in the San Francisco Bay Area that carries traffic through the Berkeley Hills between Oakland and Contra Costa County.
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E.
Butterley Tunnel
Butterley Tunnel is a historic 18th-century canal tunnel in Derbyshire, England, renowned as a major engineering work of the early British canal era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal tunnel
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| carriedBy | Kennet and Avon Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| hasAccessRestriction | waterborne access only ⓘ |
| hasConstructionMaterial |
brick
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| hasCrossSectionType | brick-lined horseshoe profile ⓘ |
| hasLength |
approximately 459 metres
ⓘ
approximately 502 yards ⓘ |
| hasLighting | no fixed internal lighting ⓘ |
| hasManagement | Canal & River Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNavigationType | narrowboat navigation ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfPortals | 2 ⓘ |
| hasOriginalPurpose | improving transport between London and Bristol via canal ⓘ |
| hasPortalDecoration | ornamental brick and stone portals ⓘ |
| hasTowpath | false ⓘ |
| hasWaterwayType | navigable canal ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic structure ⓘ |
| isBetween |
Crofton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wootton Rivers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOnWaterway | Kennet and Avon Canal summit pound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
heritage tourism
ⓘ
leisure boating ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Savernake Forest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wiltshire ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedInPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| partOf | Kennet and Avon Canal route NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesUnder | Savernake Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bruce Tunnel Description of subject: Bruce Tunnel is a historic canal tunnel in Wiltshire, England, carrying the Kennet and Avon Canal beneath Savernake Forest.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.