Prince’s Canal
E944053
Prince’s Canal is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, renowned for its picturesque 17th-century houses and central role in the city’s canal belt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Prince’s Canal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11498045 — 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: Prince’s Canal Context triple: [Prinsengracht, literalMeaningOfName, Prince’s Canal]
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A.
Pocklington Canal
Pocklington Canal is a restored 19th-century navigation and wildlife-rich waterway in Yorkshire, England, valued for both boating and nature conservation.
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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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C.
Hamilton Canal
Hamilton Canal is a historic Dutch-era waterway in Sri Lanka that links the coastal town of Negombo with other parts of the western canal network, once used for transporting goods and people.
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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.
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.
- 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: Prince’s Canal Target entity description: Prince’s Canal is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, renowned for its picturesque 17th-century houses and central role in the city’s canal belt.
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A.
Pocklington Canal
Pocklington Canal is a restored 19th-century navigation and wildlife-rich waterway in Yorkshire, England, valued for both boating and nature conservation.
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B.
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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C.
Hamilton Canal
Hamilton Canal is a historic Dutch-era waterway in Sri Lanka that links the coastal town of Negombo with other parts of the western canal network, once used for transporting goods and people.
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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.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
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historic canal ⓘ urban waterway ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Dutch Golden Age architecture ⓘ |
| city | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| era | Dutch Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | symbol of Amsterdam’s canal heritage ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bridges
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residential canal houses ⓘ tree-lined embankments ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandscapeType | urban waterfront ⓘ |
| hasNeighbourhoodType | mixed residential and commercial ⓘ |
| hasPlanningType | planned canal belt development ⓘ |
| hasTourismType |
cultural tourism
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heritage tourism ⓘ |
| hasTransport | canal cruises ⓘ |
| hasUse |
recreational boating
ⓘ
tourist boat traffic ⓘ urban drainage ⓘ |
| hasView |
arched bridges
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canal houses ⓘ historic warehouses ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| inception | 17th century ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Amsterdam’s ring of canals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
central role in Amsterdam’s canal belt
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historic urban landscape ⓘ picturesque 17th-century canal houses ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amsterdam
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Netherlands ⓘ North Holland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Amsterdam canal belt
NERFINISHED
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Grachtengordel NERFINISHED ⓘ historic centre of Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOCriteria | cultural ⓘ |
| waterwayType | man-made canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Prince’s Canal Description of subject: Prince’s Canal is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, renowned for its picturesque 17th-century houses and central role in the city’s canal belt.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Prinsengracht