Maaslijn
E420809
Maaslijn is a regional railway line in the Netherlands that runs along the River Meuse, connecting cities such as Nijmegen, Venlo, and Roermond.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maaslijn canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4202781 — 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: Maaslijn Context triple: [Nijmegen Heyendaal railway station, railwayLine, Maaslijn]
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A.
Nieuwe Maas
The Nieuwe Maas is a major distributary of the Rhine and Meuse rivers flowing through Rotterdam in the Netherlands, forming an important part of the region’s busy inland waterway network.
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B.
Maasdam
Maasdam is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its rural character and association with the Maasdam cheese variety.
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C.
Waal
The Waal is a major distributary branch of the Rhine River in the Netherlands, serving as an important waterway for shipping and part of the country’s main river system.
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D.
Maas
The Maas, also known as the Meuse, is a major European river flowing through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands before emptying into the North Sea.
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E.
Beneden Merwede
Beneden Merwede is a major distributary branch of the Rhine–Meuse river system in the western Netherlands, important for inland shipping and regional water management.
- 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: Maaslijn Target entity description: Maaslijn is a regional railway line in the Netherlands that runs along the River Meuse, connecting cities such as Nijmegen, Venlo, and Roermond.
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A.
Nieuwe Maas
The Nieuwe Maas is a major distributary of the Rhine and Meuse rivers flowing through Rotterdam in the Netherlands, forming an important part of the region’s busy inland waterway network.
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B.
Maasdam
Maasdam is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its rural character and association with the Maasdam cheese variety.
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C.
Waal
The Waal is a major distributary branch of the Rhine River in the Netherlands, serving as an important waterway for shipping and part of the country’s main river system.
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D.
Maas
The Maas, also known as the Meuse, is a major European river flowing through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands before emptying into the North Sea.
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E.
Beneden Merwede
Beneden Merwede is a major distributary branch of the Rhine–Meuse river system in the western Netherlands, important for inland shipping and regional water management.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway line
ⓘ
regional railway line ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Nijmegen
ⓘ
Roermond ⓘ Venlo ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| electrificationStatus | partly electrified ⓘ |
| followsRiver |
Maas
ⓘ
River Meuse ⓘ
linked to:
Meuse
|
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| locatedAlong | eastern bank of the River Meuse ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Netherlands ⓘ |
| operator | Arriva ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch railway network ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Blerick
ⓘ
Boxmeer ⓘ Cuijk ⓘ Reuver ⓘ Swalmen ⓘ Tegelen ⓘ Venlo ⓘ Venray ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Gelderland
ⓘ
Limburg ⓘ |
| serviceType | regional rail ⓘ |
| terminus |
Nijmegen
ⓘ
Roermond ⓘ |
| trackConfiguration | single track ⓘ |
| usedFor | passenger 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: Maaslijn Description of subject: Maaslijn is a regional railway line in the Netherlands that runs along the River Meuse, connecting cities such as Nijmegen, Venlo, and Roermond.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.