Nieuwegracht
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Nieuwegracht is a historic canal in the Dutch city of Utrecht, known for its picturesque quays, wharf cellars, and centuries-old houses lining its banks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nieuwegracht canonical | 9 |
| Kromme Nieuwegracht | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T423603 — 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: Nieuwegracht Context triple: [Utrecht, traversedBy, Nieuwegracht]
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A.
Keizersgracht
Keizersgracht is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, renowned for its grand 17th-century canal houses and central role in the city’s UNESCO-listed canal belt.
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B.
Reguliersgracht
Reguliersgracht is a picturesque canal in Amsterdam’s historic center, renowned for its classic canal houses and iconic series of arched bridges.
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C.
Brouwersgracht
Brouwersgracht is a picturesque historic canal in Amsterdam, renowned for its traditional canal houses, bridges, and central location in the city’s canal belt.
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D.
Leidsegracht
Leidsegracht is a historic canal in Amsterdam’s canal belt, known for its picturesque bridges and traditional Dutch canal houses.
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E.
Singelgracht
Singelgracht is a historic canal forming part of the outer ring of waterways around Amsterdam’s city center.
- 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: Nieuwegracht Target entity description: Nieuwegracht is a historic canal in the Dutch city of Utrecht, known for its picturesque quays, wharf cellars, and centuries-old houses lining its banks.
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A.
Keizersgracht
Keizersgracht is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, renowned for its grand 17th-century canal houses and central role in the city’s UNESCO-listed canal belt.
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B.
Reguliersgracht
Reguliersgracht is a picturesque canal in Amsterdam’s historic center, renowned for its classic canal houses and iconic series of arched bridges.
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C.
Brouwersgracht
Brouwersgracht is a picturesque historic canal in Amsterdam, renowned for its traditional canal houses, bridges, and central location in the city’s canal belt.
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D.
Leidsegracht
Leidsegracht is a historic canal in Amsterdam’s canal belt, known for its picturesque bridges and traditional Dutch canal houses.
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E.
Singelgracht
Singelgracht is a historic canal forming part of the outer ring of waterways around Amsterdam’s city center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
historic canal ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
historic buildings
ⓘ
monumental canal houses ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| environment | mixed residential and institutional buildings ⓘ |
| hasBank | lined with centuries-old houses ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
historic
ⓘ
narrow ⓘ picturesque ⓘ residential ⓘ tree-lined ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | represents Utrecht’s canal and wharf cellar tradition ⓘ |
| hasDutchName | Nieuwegracht self-link ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
arched bridges
ⓘ
historic canal houses ⓘ wharf cellars used as storage and commercial spaces ⓘ wharf-level streets along the water ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bridges
ⓘ
quays ⓘ wharf cellars ⓘ |
| hasView | historic cityscape of Utrecht ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of protected cityscape of Utrecht city centre ⓘ |
| inception | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| isPopularFor |
canal-side living
ⓘ
photography ⓘ walking ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Utrecht
ⓘ
Utrecht, Netherlands ⓘ
surface form:
city of Utrecht
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Province of Utrecht
ⓘ
surface form:
province of Utrecht
|
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| maintenanceBy |
Municipality of Utrecht
ⓘ
surface form:
municipality of Utrecht
|
| nameMeaning | New Canal ⓘ |
| parallelTo |
Oude Gracht
ⓘ
surface form:
Oudegracht
|
| partOf |
Utrecht canal system
ⓘ
inner city of Utrecht ⓘ |
| streetFunction | forms a residential street along both banks ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| transportRole | limited boat traffic ⓘ |
| urbanContext | runs through the eastern part of Utrecht city centre ⓘ |
| usedFor |
drainage
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ tourism ⓘ urban water management ⓘ |
| waterBody | connected to Utrecht canal network ⓘ |
| waterwayType | urban canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nieuwegracht Description of subject: Nieuwegracht is a historic canal in the Dutch city of Utrecht, known for its picturesque quays, wharf cellars, and centuries-old houses lining its banks.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kromme Nieuwegracht
subject surface form:
Utrecht
subject surface form:
Utrecht