Wijkertunnel
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The Wijkertunnel is a major road tunnel in the Netherlands that carries motorway traffic beneath the North Sea Canal near Velsen, helping to relieve congestion on nearby crossings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wijkertunnel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4041112 — 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: Wijkertunnel Context triple: [Velsen, hasTransportInfrastructure, Wijkertunnel]
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A.
Velsertunnel
The Velsertunnel is a major road and rail tunnel in the Netherlands that runs beneath the North Sea Canal near Velsen, providing a key connection between the regions north and south of the canal.
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B.
Westerscheldetunnel
The Westerscheldetunnel is a major road tunnel in the Netherlands that runs beneath the Western Scheldt estuary, providing a key fixed link between the northern and southern parts of Zeeland.
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C.
Beneluxtunnel
The Beneluxtunnel is a major Dutch road and metro tunnel near Rotterdam that carries traffic beneath the Nieuwe Maas river, forming a key link in the region’s transport network.
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D.
Ceintuurbaan
Ceintuurbaan is a major street in Amsterdam known for its shops, cafes, and role as a key traffic artery in the city.
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E.
Ceintuurbaanbrug
Ceintuurbaanbrug is a bridge in Amsterdam that carries the Ceintuurbaan across the Amstel River, connecting neighborhoods in the southern part of the 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: Wijkertunnel Target entity description: The Wijkertunnel is a major road tunnel in the Netherlands that carries motorway traffic beneath the North Sea Canal near Velsen, helping to relieve congestion on nearby crossings.
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A.
Velsertunnel
The Velsertunnel is a major road and rail tunnel in the Netherlands that runs beneath the North Sea Canal near Velsen, providing a key connection between the regions north and south of the canal.
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B.
Westerscheldetunnel
The Westerscheldetunnel is a major road tunnel in the Netherlands that runs beneath the Western Scheldt estuary, providing a key fixed link between the northern and southern parts of Zeeland.
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C.
Beneluxtunnel
The Beneluxtunnel is a major Dutch road and metro tunnel near Rotterdam that carries traffic beneath the Nieuwe Maas river, forming a key link in the region’s transport network.
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D.
Ceintuurbaan
Ceintuurbaan is a major street in Amsterdam known for its shops, cafes, and role as a key traffic artery in the city.
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E.
Ceintuurbaanbrug
Ceintuurbaanbrug is a bridge in Amsterdam that carries the Ceintuurbaan across the Amstel River, connecting neighborhoods in the southern part of the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
motorway tunnel
ⓘ
road tunnel ⓘ |
| carries | motorway traffic ⓘ |
| connects |
north bank of North Sea Canal
ⓘ
south bank of North Sea Canal ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| crosses | North Sea Canal ⓘ |
| hasAccessRestriction | motor vehicles only ⓘ |
| hasFunction | relieve congestion on nearby crossings of the North Sea Canal ⓘ |
| hasLaneConfiguration | 2 lanes per direction ⓘ |
| hasStructureType | bored tunnel ⓘ |
| hasToll | no ⓘ |
| isBelow |
North Sea Canal
ⓘ
surface form:
North Sea Canal waterway
|
| isPartOfNetwork | Dutch motorway network ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Holland
ⓘ
Velsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInUrbanArea | IJmond region ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Beverwijk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Wijk aan Zee ⓘ |
| numberOfRoadLanes | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfTubes | 2 ⓘ |
| opened | 1996 ⓘ |
| operator | Rijkswaterstaat ⓘ |
| owner | Rijkswaterstaat ⓘ |
| partOf | A22 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relievesCongestionOn | Velsertunnel ⓘ |
| usedFor | road transport ⓘ |
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: Wijkertunnel Description of subject: The Wijkertunnel is a major road tunnel in the Netherlands that carries motorway traffic beneath the North Sea Canal near Velsen, helping to relieve congestion on nearby crossings.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.