Spree Canal
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The Spree Canal is an artificial waterway in central Berlin that branches off from the River Spree, running through the historic city center and past landmarks such as Museum Island.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spree Canal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8529395 — 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: Spree Canal Context triple: [Friedrichswerder, Berlin, locatedWestOf, Spree 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.
Swan Canal
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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North Canal
North Canal is an irrigation waterway that forms part of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Klamath Project, delivering diverted water to agricultural lands in the Klamath Basin.
- 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: Spree Canal Target entity description: The Spree Canal is an artificial waterway in central Berlin that branches off from the River Spree, running through the historic city center and past landmarks such as Museum Island.
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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.
Swan Canal
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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E.
North Canal
North Canal is an irrigation waterway that forms part of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Klamath Project, delivering diverted water to agricultural lands in the Klamath Basin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial waterway
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canal ⓘ |
| branchesFrom | River Spree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsPast |
Alte Nationalgalerie
NERFINISHED
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Altes Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Berlin Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ Bode Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Neues Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Pergamon Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Mitte
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historic city center of Berlin ⓘ |
| hasBasinCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
artificially constructed
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inner-city waterway ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | part of the Museum Island UNESCO World Heritage Site surroundings ⓘ |
| hasMouth | River Spree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage | Spreekanal (German) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUse |
navigation
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sightseeing boat traffic ⓘ tourism ⓘ urban drainage ⓘ |
| isConnectedTo | Berlin shipping routes ⓘ |
| isEngineeredBy | human construction ⓘ |
| isLocatedOnRiverSystem | Elbe river system via the Spree and Havel ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Berlin waterway network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTouristAttractionIn | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Berlin ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | State of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
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Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Berlin City Palace
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Humboldt Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolaiviertel NERFINISHED ⓘ Unter den Linden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | River Spree basin ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | River Spree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterwayType | urban canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Spree Canal Description of subject: The Spree Canal is an artificial waterway in central Berlin that branches off from the River Spree, running through the historic city center and past landmarks such as Museum Island.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.