Belfry of Aalst
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The Belfry of Aalst is a historic medieval bell tower in Aalst, Belgium, recognized as part of the UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of belfries in Belgium and France.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Belfry of Aalst canonical | 2 |
| Aalst city hall | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5262221 — 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: Belfry of Aalst Context triple: [Belfries of Belgium and France, hasPart, Belfry of Aalst]
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A.
Belfry of Roeselare
The Belfry of Roeselare is a historic medieval bell tower in Roeselare, Belgium, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its architectural and civic significance.
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B.
Belfry of Ghent
The Belfry of Ghent is a medieval UNESCO-listed bell tower in Ghent, Belgium, renowned as a symbol of the city’s civic independence and Gothic architecture.
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C.
Belfry of Thuin
The Belfry of Thuin is a historic medieval bell tower in the town of Thuin, Belgium, recognized as part of the UNESCO-listed ensemble of Belfries of Belgium and France.
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D.
Belfry of Bruges
The Belfry of Bruges is a medieval bell tower and iconic UNESCO-listed landmark in Bruges, Belgium, renowned for its historic carillon and panoramic city views.
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E.
Dendermonde belfry
The Dendermonde belfry is a historic medieval bell tower in Dendermonde, Belgium, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and noted for its civic and architectural significance.
- 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: Belfry of Aalst Target entity description: The Belfry of Aalst is a historic medieval bell tower in Aalst, Belgium, recognized as part of the UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of belfries in Belgium and France.
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A.
Belfry of Roeselare
The Belfry of Roeselare is a historic medieval bell tower in Roeselare, Belgium, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its architectural and civic significance.
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B.
Belfry of Ghent
The Belfry of Ghent is a medieval UNESCO-listed bell tower in Ghent, Belgium, renowned as a symbol of the city’s civic independence and Gothic architecture.
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C.
Belfry of Thuin
The Belfry of Thuin is a historic medieval bell tower in the town of Thuin, Belgium, recognized as part of the UNESCO-listed ensemble of Belfries of Belgium and France.
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D.
Belfry of Bruges
The Belfry of Bruges is a medieval bell tower and iconic UNESCO-listed landmark in Bruges, Belgium, renowned for its historic carillon and panoramic city views.
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E.
Dendermonde belfry
The Dendermonde belfry is a historic medieval bell tower in Dendermonde, Belgium, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and noted for its civic and architectural significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site component
ⓘ
belfry ⓘ bell tower ⓘ medieval tower ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Aalst city hall ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aalst city hall
ⓘ
linked to:
Belfry of Aalst
|
| category |
Belfries in Belgium
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Towers in East Flanders ⓘ World Heritage Sites in Belgium ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| hasBell | carillon ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
bell tower
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symbol of municipal liberties ⓘ watchtower ⓘ |
| heritageCriteria |
(ii)
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(iv) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected monument in Belgium ⓘ |
| isPartOf | historic centre of Aalst ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aalst
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Belgium ⓘ East Flanders ⓘ Flanders ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Grote Markt of Aalst ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf | Belfries of Belgium and France ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion | Europe and North America ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 943 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civic purposes
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housing bells ⓘ |
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: Belfry of Aalst Description of subject: The Belfry of Aalst is a historic medieval bell tower in Aalst, Belgium, recognized as part of the UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of belfries in Belgium and France.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Belfry of Aalst