Swan Canal
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Swan Canal is a historic waterway in Saint Petersburg, Russia, running alongside the Summer Garden and connecting the Moyka and Fontanka rivers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swan Canal canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7098154 — 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: Swan Canal Context triple: [Summer Garden, locatedNear, Swan Canal]
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A.
Feeder Canal
The Feeder Canal is an artificial waterway in Bristol, England, that connects the River Avon to Bristol Harbour and helps regulate water levels for the city’s docks.
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B.
Sunnyside Canal
Sunnyside Canal is a major irrigation canal in Washington State that supplies water to agricultural lands in the Yakima Valley.
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C.
Murray Canal
The Murray Canal is a man-made waterway in Ontario, Canada, that provides a navigable shortcut between the Bay of Quinte and Lake Ontario as part of the Trent–Severn Waterway.
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D.
Chester Canal
The Chester Canal is a historic waterway in Cheshire, England, now part of the Shropshire Union Canal, that once played a key role in regional trade and transport.
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E.
Tennant Canal
Tennant Canal is a historic industrial waterway in South Wales that once served as an important transport route for coal and other goods near Briton Ferry.
- 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: Swan Canal Target entity description: Swan Canal is a historic waterway in Saint Petersburg, Russia, running alongside the Summer Garden and connecting the Moyka and Fontanka rivers.
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A.
Feeder Canal
The Feeder Canal is an artificial waterway in Bristol, England, that connects the River Avon to Bristol Harbour and helps regulate water levels for the city’s docks.
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B.
Sunnyside Canal
Sunnyside Canal is a major irrigation canal in Washington State that supplies water to agricultural lands in the Yakima Valley.
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C.
Murray Canal
The Murray Canal is a man-made waterway in Ontario, Canada, that provides a navigable shortcut between the Bay of Quinte and Lake Ontario as part of the Trent–Severn Waterway.
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D.
Chester Canal
The Chester Canal is a historic waterway in Cheshire, England, now part of the Shropshire Union Canal, that once played a key role in regional trade and transport.
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E.
Tennant Canal
Tennant Canal is a historic industrial waterway in South Wales that once served as an important transport route for coal and other goods near Briton Ferry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Fontanka River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moyka River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Summer Garden area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentPark | Summer Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentStreet | Lebiazhya Kanavka Embankment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Lebiazhya Kanavka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBankType | granite embankments ⓘ |
| hasBridge |
First Sadovy Bridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second Sadovy Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Swan Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCity | Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLength | about 0.65 kilometres ⓘ |
| hasMouthIn | Fontanka River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInRussian | Лебяжья канавка ⓘ |
| hasSourceIn | Moyka River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historic | true ⓘ |
| isTouristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central District of Saint Petersburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| locatedNear |
Field of Mars
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Palace Embankment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterSystem | Neva River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | historic center of Saint Petersburg ⓘ |
| region | Northwestern Federal District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runsAlongside | Summer Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
drainage of Summer Garden area
ⓘ
urban water management ⓘ |
| watercourseType | artificial canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Swan Canal Description of subject: Swan Canal is a historic waterway in Saint Petersburg, Russia, running alongside the Summer Garden and connecting the Moyka and Fontanka rivers.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.