Ashby Canal
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Ashby Canal is a historic narrow canal in the English Midlands, originally built for coal transport and now popular for leisure boating and waterside recreation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ashby Canal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7195542 — 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: Ashby Canal Context triple: [Hinckley, hasRiver, Ashby Canal]
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A.
Ellesmere Canal
The Ellesmere Canal is a historic English waterway that formed part of an ambitious late-18th-century canal network linking the industrial Midlands to the River Mersey and the Welsh border regions.
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B.
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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C.
Keadby Canal
Keadby Canal is a navigable waterway in South Yorkshire, England, linking inland navigation routes to the River Trent near the village of Keadby.
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D.
Pembroke Canal
Pembroke Canal is a waterway in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda, historically used to improve local transportation and drainage within the parish.
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E.
Chesterfield Canal
The Chesterfield Canal is a historic English waterway running through Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, known for its restored locks, rural scenery, and role in the region’s industrial heritage.
- 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: Ashby Canal Target entity description: Ashby Canal is a historic narrow canal in the English Midlands, originally built for coal transport and now popular for leisure boating and waterside recreation.
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A.
Ellesmere Canal
The Ellesmere Canal is a historic English waterway that formed part of an ambitious late-18th-century canal network linking the industrial Midlands to the River Mersey and the Welsh border regions.
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B.
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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C.
Keadby Canal
Keadby Canal is a navigable waterway in South Yorkshire, England, linking inland navigation routes to the River Trent near the village of Keadby.
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D.
Pembroke Canal
Pembroke Canal is a waterway in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda, historically used to improve local transportation and drainage within the parish.
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E.
Chesterfield Canal
The Chesterfield Canal is a historic English waterway running through Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, known for its restored locks, rural scenery, and role in the region’s industrial heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| connectsTo | Coventry Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | late 18th century ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasBranch | Ashby Canal restoration sections ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | heritage waterway ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | rural surroundings ⓘ |
| hasFeature | lock-free main line ⓘ |
| hasLength | about 22 miles ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Hinckley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Market Bosworth NERFINISHED ⓘ Shackerstone NERFINISHED ⓘ Snarestone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRestorationBody |
Ashby Canal Association
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ashby Canal Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Moira Furnace
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
aqueducts ⓘ bridges ⓘ |
| hasTowpath | public footpath ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Midlands
ⓘ
England ⓘ Leicestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ Staffordshire ⓘ Warwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ West Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Canal & River Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ashby-de-la-Zouch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingDate | early 19th century ⓘ |
| originalUse | coal transport ⓘ |
| partiallyClosedDueTo | mining subsidence ⓘ |
| popularFor |
angling
ⓘ
narrowboat holidays ⓘ walking ⓘ wildlife watching ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
leisure boating
ⓘ
waterside recreation ⓘ |
| status |
navigable in part
ⓘ
partly disused ⓘ |
| subjectOf | heritage restoration projects ⓘ |
| terminus |
Marston Junction
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Snarestone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterwaySystem | British canal network ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ashby Canal Description of subject: Ashby Canal is a historic narrow canal in the English Midlands, originally built for coal transport and now popular for leisure boating and waterside recreation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.