Waag
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Waag is a historic weighing house located on the Grote Markt, notable for its traditional role in trade and its characteristic Dutch architecture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waag canonical | 4 |
| Waag (weigh house) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3046152 — 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: Waag Context triple: [Waag (Weighing House) on Grote Markt, hasName, Waag]
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A.
De Dam
De Dam is Amsterdam’s central and historic main square, known for its royal palace, national monument, and role as a major public gathering place.
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B.
De Wolden
De Wolden is a rural municipality in the northeastern Netherlands known for its scenic landscapes, small villages, and agricultural character.
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C.
Schwansen
Schwansen is a rural peninsula in northern Germany situated between the Schlei inlet and the Eckernförde Bay in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
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D.
Zwartewaal
Zwartewaal is a small village in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland.
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E.
Walcheren
Walcheren is a peninsula and former island in the Dutch province of Zeeland, known for its coastal towns, beaches, and strategic location at the mouth of the Western Scheldt.
- 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: Waag Target entity description: Waag is a historic weighing house located on the Grote Markt, notable for its traditional role in trade and its characteristic Dutch architecture.
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A.
De Dam
De Dam is Amsterdam’s central and historic main square, known for its royal palace, national monument, and role as a major public gathering place.
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B.
De Wolden
De Wolden is a rural municipality in the northeastern Netherlands known for its scenic landscapes, small villages, and agricultural character.
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C.
Schwansen
Schwansen is a rural peninsula in northern Germany situated between the Schlei inlet and the Eckernförde Bay in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
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D.
Zwartewaal
Zwartewaal is a small village in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland.
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E.
Walcheren
Walcheren is a peninsula and former island in the Dutch province of Zeeland, known for its coastal towns, beaches, and strategic location at the mouth of the Western Scheldt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
ⓘ
weigh house ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Dutch architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
local merchants
ⓘ
urban trade regulation ⓘ |
| category |
commercial heritage building
ⓘ
market building ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| culturalRole | symbol of historic commerce ⓘ |
| function | public weighing facility ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arcades
ⓘ
brick construction ⓘ gabled roof ⓘ ornamental façade ⓘ weighing hall ⓘ |
| hasPublicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| heritageSignificance | historic role in local trade ⓘ |
| locatedIn | city centre ⓘ |
| location | Grote Markt ⓘ |
| notableFor |
characteristic Dutch architecture
ⓘ
traditional role in trade ⓘ |
| partOf | historic city centre ⓘ |
| tourism | local tourist attraction ⓘ |
| use |
trade
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weighing goods ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Waag Description of subject: Waag is a historic weighing house located on the Grote Markt, notable for its traditional role in trade and its characteristic Dutch architecture.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Waag (weigh house)