Starnberg
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Starnberg is a lakeside town in Bavaria, Germany, known for its affluent residential character and scenic location on Lake Starnberg southwest of Munich.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Starnberg canonical | 30 |
| Starnberg lakeside promenade | 1 |
| Starnberg lakeside waterfront | 1 |
| Town of Starnberg | 1 |
| town of Starnberg | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T277103 — 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: Starnberg Context triple: [Herbert Marcuse, placeOfDeath, Starnberg]
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A.
Heidenheim an der Brenz
Heidenheim an der Brenz is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg known for its industrial heritage, historic castle Hellenstein, and location on the Brenz River near the Swabian Jura.
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B.
Boblingen
Böblingen is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, known for its automotive industry presence and proximity to Stuttgart.
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C.
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is a city in southwestern Germany known for its historic old town, technical university, and prominent football club 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
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D.
Furth
A Furth is a mountain in the British Isles outside Scotland that meets the height and prominence criteria to be classified similarly to a Scottish Munro.
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E.
Lichtenfels
Lichtenfels is a town in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany, known for its basket-making tradition and historic architecture.
- 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: Starnberg Target entity description: Starnberg is a lakeside town in Bavaria, Germany, known for its affluent residential character and scenic location on Lake Starnberg southwest of Munich.
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A.
Heidenheim an der Brenz
Heidenheim an der Brenz is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg known for its industrial heritage, historic castle Hellenstein, and location on the Brenz River near the Swabian Jura.
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B.
Boblingen
Böblingen is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, known for its automotive industry presence and proximity to Stuttgart.
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C.
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is a city in southwestern Germany known for its historic old town, technical university, and prominent football club 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
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D.
Furth
A Furth is a mountain in the British Isles outside Scotland that meets the height and prominence criteria to be classified similarly to a Scottish Munro.
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E.
Lichtenfels
Lichtenfels is a town in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany, known for its basket-making tradition and historic architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| areaCode | 08151 ⓘ |
| climate | temperate oceanic climate ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| distanceTo | about 25 kilometres southwest of Munich city centre ⓘ |
| elevation | about 635 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| governmentType | municipal council ⓘ |
| hasEconomicCharacteristic | high-income residential area ⓘ |
| hasEconomicSector |
services
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
lakeside promenade
ⓘ
marinas on Lake Starnberg ⓘ view of the Alps on clear days ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
St. Joseph parish church
ⓘ
Starnberg castle hill ⓘ Starnberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Starnberg lakeside promenade
Starnberg pier ⓘ |
| hasNeighbouringMunicipality |
Berg (Starnberg district)
ⓘ
Gauting ⓘ Münsing ⓘ Pöcking ⓘ Tutzing ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection |
S-Bahn line S6 (Munich S-Bahn)
ⓘ
Starnberg railway station ⓘ
surface form:
Starnberg Nord railway station
Starnberg railway station ⓘ |
| hasWaterBody | Lake Starnberg ⓘ |
| isCapitalOf | district of Starnberg ⓘ |
| isTouristDestinationFor |
day trips from Munich
ⓘ
water sports on Lake Starnberg ⓘ |
| knownFor |
affluent residential character
ⓘ
proximity to Munich ⓘ scenic lakeside location ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bavaria
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ Upper Bavaria ⓘ district of Starnberg ⓘ southern Germany ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Lake Starnberg ⓘ |
| locatedSouthwestOf | Munich ⓘ |
| partOf |
Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Republic of Germany
Munich metropolitan region ⓘ |
| postalCode | 82319 ⓘ |
| region |
Upper Bavaria
ⓘ
surface form:
Oberbayern
|
| state | Bavaria ⓘ |
| timeZone | CET ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | CEST ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | STA ⓘ |
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: Starnberg Description of subject: Starnberg is a lakeside town in Bavaria, Germany, known for its affluent residential character and scenic location on Lake Starnberg southwest of Munich.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Town of Starnberg
this entity surface form:
Starnberg lakeside promenade
this entity surface form:
Starnberg lakeside waterfront
this entity surface form:
town of Starnberg