Strassenverkehrsamt des Kantons Zürich
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The Strassenverkehrsamt des Kantons Zürich is the cantonal road traffic authority responsible for vehicle registration, driver licensing, and traffic regulation enforcement in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Strassenverkehrsamt Zürich | 1 |
| Strassenverkehrsamt des Kantons Zürich canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3337069 — 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: Strassenverkehrsamt des Kantons Zürich Context triple: [ZH, regulatedBy, Strassenverkehrsamt des Kantons Zürich]
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A.
Swiss Federal Roads Office
The Swiss Federal Roads Office is the national authority responsible for planning, regulating, and overseeing Switzerland’s motorway and national road network.
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B.
General Directorate of Traffic
The General Directorate of Traffic is the national authority within Egypt’s police structure responsible for regulating road traffic, enforcing driving laws, and overseeing vehicle and driver licensing across the country.
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C.
Zürich trolleybus network
The Zürich trolleybus network is an electric bus system in Zürich, Switzerland, forming a key component of the city’s public transport with multiple routes powered by overhead wires.
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D.
Zürich tram network
The Zürich tram network is an extensive urban light rail system serving the city of Zürich and its suburbs, forming the backbone of the city’s public transportation.
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E.
City Council of Zurich
The City Council of Zurich is the executive authority responsible for administering and managing the municipal government of Switzerland’s largest city.
- 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: Strassenverkehrsamt des Kantons Zürich Target entity description: The Strassenverkehrsamt des Kantons Zürich is the cantonal road traffic authority responsible for vehicle registration, driver licensing, and traffic regulation enforcement in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
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A.
Swiss Federal Roads Office
The Swiss Federal Roads Office is the national authority responsible for planning, regulating, and overseeing Switzerland’s motorway and national road network.
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B.
General Directorate of Traffic
The General Directorate of Traffic is the national authority within Egypt’s police structure responsible for regulating road traffic, enforcing driving laws, and overseeing vehicle and driver licensing across the country.
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C.
Zürich trolleybus network
The Zürich trolleybus network is an electric bus system in Zürich, Switzerland, forming a key component of the city’s public transport with multiple routes powered by overhead wires.
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D.
Zürich tram network
The Zürich tram network is an extensive urban light rail system serving the city of Zürich and its suburbs, forming the backbone of the city’s public transportation.
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E.
City Council of Zurich
The City Council of Zurich is the executive authority responsible for administering and managing the municipal government of Switzerland’s largest city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cantonal road traffic authority
ⓘ
government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
StVA Zürich
ⓘ
Strassenverkehrsamt Zürich ⓘ
linked to:
Strassenverkehrsamt des Kantons Zürich
|
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| governingLaw |
Swiss federal road traffic law
ⓘ
cantonal law of Zürich ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
implementation of Swiss road traffic law at cantonal level
ⓘ
issuing driving licences ⓘ issuing vehicle licence plates ⓘ maintenance of driver registers ⓘ maintenance of vehicle registers ⓘ monitoring compliance with traffic regulations ⓘ organising driving tests ⓘ supervision of vehicle roadworthiness ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canton of Zürich
ⓘ
Zürich ⓘ
linked to:
Zurich
|
| officialLanguage | German ⓘ |
| operatesInJurisdiction | Canton of Zürich ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kanton Zürich
ⓘ
linked to:
Canton of Zürich
public administration of the Canton of Zürich ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
driver licensing
ⓘ
road traffic administration ⓘ traffic regulation enforcement ⓘ vehicle registration ⓘ |
| sector |
road traffic
ⓘ
transport ⓘ |
| serviceType | public service ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Regierungsrat des Kantons Zürich
ⓘ
linked to:
Regierungsrat Zürich
|
| websiteLanguage | German ⓘ |
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: Strassenverkehrsamt des Kantons Zürich Description of subject: The Strassenverkehrsamt des Kantons Zürich is the cantonal road traffic authority responsible for vehicle registration, driver licensing, and traffic regulation enforcement in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Strassenverkehrsamt des Kantons Zürich