Thames and Severn Canal (disused) near Radcot
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The Thames and Severn Canal (disused) near Radcot is an abandoned section of the historic canal that once linked the River Thames with the River Severn in southern England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thames and Severn Canal (disused) near Radcot canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5267818 — 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: Thames and Severn Canal (disused) near Radcot Context triple: [Radcot, hasWaterway, Thames and Severn Canal (disused) near Radcot]
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A.
Thames and Medway Canal (nearby)
The Thames and Medway Canal was a 19th-century waterway in Kent, England, built to link the River Thames with the River Medway for commercial and military transport.
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B.
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is an 18th-century English inland waterway that forms a key link between the River Severn and the Midlands canal network.
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C.
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal is a historic ship canal in Gloucestershire, England, built to provide a safer, more direct navigation route bypassing a hazardous stretch of the River Severn.
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D.
Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal is a historic English waterway in the East Midlands that once linked the town of Grantham to the national canal network, primarily serving 18th- and 19th-century trade and now valued for leisure and wildlife.
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E.
Warwick and Napton Canal
The Warwick and Napton Canal is a historic English waterway that once linked Warwick to Napton Junction and now forms part of the main line of the Grand Union Canal.
- 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: Thames and Severn Canal (disused) near Radcot Target entity description: The Thames and Severn Canal (disused) near Radcot is an abandoned section of the historic canal that once linked the River Thames with the River Severn in southern England.
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A.
Thames and Medway Canal (nearby)
The Thames and Medway Canal was a 19th-century waterway in Kent, England, built to link the River Thames with the River Medway for commercial and military transport.
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B.
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is an 18th-century English inland waterway that forms a key link between the River Severn and the Midlands canal network.
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C.
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal is a historic ship canal in Gloucestershire, England, built to provide a safer, more direct navigation route bypassing a hazardous stretch of the River Severn.
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D.
Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal is a historic English waterway in the East Midlands that once linked the town of Grantham to the national canal network, primarily serving 18th- and 19th-century trade and now valued for leisure and wildlife.
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E.
Warwick and Napton Canal
The Warwick and Napton Canal is a historic English waterway that once linked Warwick to Napton Junction and now forms part of the main line of the Grand Union Canal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
disused canal section
ⓘ
waterway infrastructure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British canal network
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River Severn navigation NERFINISHED ⓘ River Thames navigation ⓘ |
| connectedWaterway | River Thames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
brick
ⓘ
earthworks ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentUse |
landscape feature
ⓘ
no regular navigation ⓘ |
| engineeringPeriod | British industrial era ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | southern England ⓘ |
| heritageAspect | remnant of industrial-era canal network in southern England ⓘ |
| historicalRole | formed part of a navigation route linking the River Thames and River Severn ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Oxfordshire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Radcot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thames ⓘ
surface form:
River Thames
|
| locatedOnWaterway | historic Thames and Severn Canal line ⓘ |
| originalPurpose | to provide a through canal route between London and the Severn estuary via the Thames and Severn ⓘ |
| partOf | Thames and Severn Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfHistoricRoute | link between River Thames and River Severn ⓘ |
| region | South East England ⓘ |
| status |
abandoned
ⓘ
disused ⓘ |
| transportMode | boat traffic (historically) ⓘ |
| usedFor | inland navigation (historically) ⓘ |
| waterManagementRole | part of historic drainage and navigation system ⓘ |
| waterwayType | artificial canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thames and Severn Canal (disused) near Radcot Description of subject: The Thames and Severn Canal (disused) near Radcot is an abandoned section of the historic canal that once linked the River Thames with the River Severn in southern England.
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