VD
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VD is the vehicle registration code for the Swiss canton of Vaud.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VD canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4400942 — 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: VD Context triple: [La Tour-de-Peilz, hasVehicleRegistrationCode, VD]
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A.
VE
VE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Venezuela for international standardization and identification purposes.
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B.
VNS
VNS is the IATA airport code for Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport serving Varanasi, India.
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C.
V
V is the stock ticker symbol for Visa Inc., a leading global payments technology company.
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D.
V
V is a studio album by the American instrumental rock band The Fucking Champs, known for its intricate, metal-influenced guitar work and progressive song structures.
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E.
VEN
VEN is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Venezuela for international identification and data standards.
- 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: VD Target entity description: VD is the vehicle registration code for the Swiss canton of Vaud.
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A.
VE
VE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Venezuela for international standardization and identification purposes.
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B.
VNS
VNS is the IATA airport code for Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport serving Varanasi, India.
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C.
V
V is the stock ticker symbol for Visa Inc., a leading global payments technology company.
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D.
V
V is a studio album by the American instrumental rock band The Fucking Champs, known for its intricate, metal-influenced guitar work and progressive song structures.
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E.
VEN
VEN is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Venezuela for international identification and data standards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | vehicle registration code ⓘ |
| administeredBy | authorities of the canton of Vaud ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
motor vehicles
ⓘ
trailers ⓘ |
| codeLength | 2 letters ⓘ |
| codeType | Swiss vehicle registration code ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| distinguishesFrom | other Swiss cantons ⓘ |
| followedByOnPlate | serial number ⓘ |
| geographicalScope | territory of the canton of Vaud ⓘ |
| introducedInCountry | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | canton of Vaud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfAbbreviation | French ⓘ |
| partOfSystem | Swiss canton-based license plate system ⓘ |
| precededByOnPlate | Swiss coat of arms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | canton ⓘ |
| represents | canton of Vaud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | in use ⓘ |
| usedFor | vehicle identification ⓘ |
| usedIn | canton of Vaud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedOn |
front license plate
ⓘ
rear license plate ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCodeFor | Vaud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: VD Description of subject: VD is the vehicle registration code for the Swiss canton of Vaud.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
La Tour-de-Peilz