Oberwolfach
E509536
Oberwolfach is a small municipality in Germany’s Black Forest region, known for hosting the internationally renowned Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oberwolfach canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5301152 — 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: Oberwolfach Context triple: [Ortenaukreis, containsMunicipality, Oberwolfach]
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A.
Heilbronn
Heilbronn is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg known for its industrial base, wine production, and role as a regional economic and educational hub.
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B.
Heidelberg
Heidelberg is a historic university city in southwestern Germany renowned for its picturesque old town, castle ruins, and one of Europe’s oldest universities.
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C.
Heidelberg
Heidelberg is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, known for its historic role in Australian Impressionism and its location along the Yarra River.
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D.
Heidelberg
Heidelberg is a South African town known for its historical significance and role as a regional service and commercial center.
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E.
Dornach
Dornach is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Solothurn, known for its cultural heritage and proximity to Basel.
- 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: Oberwolfach Target entity description: Oberwolfach is a small municipality in Germany’s Black Forest region, known for hosting the internationally renowned Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics).
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A.
Heilbronn
Heilbronn is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg known for its industrial base, wine production, and role as a regional economic and educational hub.
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B.
Heidelberg
Heidelberg is a historic university city in southwestern Germany renowned for its picturesque old town, castle ruins, and one of Europe’s oldest universities.
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C.
Heidelberg
Heidelberg is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, known for its historic role in Australian Impressionism and its location along the Yarra River.
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D.
Heidelberg
Heidelberg is a South African town known for its historical significance and role as a regional service and commercial center.
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E.
Dornach
Dornach is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Solothurn, known for its cultural heritage and proximity to Basel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | municipality ⓘ |
| belongsTo | European Union ⓘ |
| climate | temperate oceanic climate ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 270–948 metres ⓘ |
| hasArea | about 51 square kilometres ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 07834 ⓘ |
| hasCoatOfArms | coat of arms of Oberwolfach ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
forestry
ⓘ
small-scale crafts ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasMayor | Matthias Bauernfeind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalKey | 08317093 ⓘ |
| hasNeighbouringMunicipality |
Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hausach NERFINISHED ⓘ Lauterbach (Schwarzwald) NERFINISHED ⓘ Schiltach NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolfach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent | international mathematical workshops at MFO ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.oberwolfach.de ⓘ |
| hasPopulation | approximately 2,500 inhabitants ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 77709 ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | St. Bartholomew Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchInstitute | Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScientificReputation | important international centre for mathematics through MFO ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
Oberwolfach-Kirche
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oberwolfach-Vorschiltach NERFINISHED ⓘ Oberwolfach-Walke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTourismType |
hiking tourism
ⓘ
nature tourism ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection | Bundesstraße 294 (nearby) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baden-Württemberg
ⓘ
Black Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ Kinzig valley region NERFINISHED ⓘ Ortenaukreis NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Wolf River ⓘ |
| mayorTermStart | 2015 ⓘ |
| nearestRailwayStation | Wolfach railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Freiburg administrative region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | OG ⓘ |
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: Oberwolfach Description of subject: Oberwolfach is a small municipality in Germany’s Black Forest region, known for hosting the internationally renowned Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.