canton of Schwyz
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The canton of Schwyz is a central Swiss canton, historically significant as one of the founding members of the Swiss Confederation and the namesake of Switzerland.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canton of Schwyz | 10 |
| canton of Schwyz canonical | 10 |
| canton of Schwyz authorities | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3700327 — 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: canton of Schwyz Context triple: [Sihl River, locatedIn, canton of Schwyz]
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A.
canton of Nidwalden
The canton of Nidwalden is a small, predominantly German-speaking Swiss canton in central Switzerland, known for its alpine landscapes, lakeside scenery along Lake Lucerne, and traditional rural communities.
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B.
canton of Uri
The canton of Uri is a mountainous Swiss canton in central Switzerland, known as one of the founding members of the Swiss Confederation and for encompassing key sections of the Alps and the Gotthard Pass.
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C.
canton of Thurgau
The canton of Thurgau is a largely rural northeastern Swiss canton along Lake Constance, known for its agriculture, fruit-growing, and proximity to Germany.
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D.
canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
The canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden is a small, predominantly rural canton in northeastern Switzerland known for its rolling hills, traditional Swiss villages, and textile industry heritage.
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E.
canton of Schaffhausen
The canton of Schaffhausen is a small, predominantly German-speaking canton in northern Switzerland known for its historic old town, the Munot fortress, and proximity to the Rhine Falls.
- 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: canton of Schwyz Target entity description: The canton of Schwyz is a central Swiss canton, historically significant as one of the founding members of the Swiss Confederation and the namesake of Switzerland.
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A.
canton of Nidwalden
The canton of Nidwalden is a small, predominantly German-speaking Swiss canton in central Switzerland, known for its alpine landscapes, lakeside scenery along Lake Lucerne, and traditional rural communities.
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B.
canton of Uri
The canton of Uri is a mountainous Swiss canton in central Switzerland, known as one of the founding members of the Swiss Confederation and for encompassing key sections of the Alps and the Gotthard Pass.
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C.
canton of Thurgau
The canton of Thurgau is a largely rural northeastern Swiss canton along Lake Constance, known for its agriculture, fruit-growing, and proximity to Germany.
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D.
canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
The canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden is a small, predominantly rural canton in northeastern Switzerland known for its rolling hills, traditional Swiss villages, and textile industry heritage.
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E.
canton of Schaffhausen
The canton of Schaffhausen is a small, predominantly German-speaking canton in northern Switzerland known for its historic old town, the Munot fortress, and proximity to the Rhine Falls.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | canton of Switzerland ⓘ |
| borders |
canton of Glarus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
canton of Graubünden NERFINISHED ⓘ canton of Lucerne NERFINISHED ⓘ canton of Nidwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ canton of St. Gallen NERFINISHED ⓘ canton of Uri NERFINISHED ⓘ canton of Zug NERFINISHED ⓘ canton of Zürich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Schwyz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Coat of arms of Schwyz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Einsiedeln Abbey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hoch-Ybrig region NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Lucerne shoreline ⓘ Lake Zug shoreline ⓘ Lake Zürich shoreline ⓘ Rigi massif NERFINISHED ⓘ municipality of Freienbach NERFINISHED ⓘ municipality of Küssnacht NERFINISHED ⓘ municipality of Pfäffikon SZ NERFINISHED ⓘ town of Schwyz ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| flag | Flag of Schwyz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingMemberOf | Old Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicSector | tourism ⓘ |
| hasExecutiveBody | Regierungsrat Schwyz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.sz.ch ⓘ |
| hasParliament | Kantonsrat Schwyz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalIndustry |
dairy farming
ⓘ
timber industry ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Bös Fulen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
participant in Battle of Morgarten
ⓘ
participant in Battle of Sempach ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | namesake of Switzerland ⓘ |
| ISO3166-2Code | CH-SZ ⓘ |
| joinedSwissConfederation | 1291 ⓘ |
| languageVariety | High Alemannic German dialects ⓘ |
| largestCity | Freienbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Switzerland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swiss Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| lowestPoint | Lake Zürich shore near Freienbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | town of Schwyz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Swiss Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfRegion | Innerschweiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionMajority | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| shortName | Schwyz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesCurrency | Swiss franc ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | SZ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: canton of Schwyz Description of subject: The canton of Schwyz is a central Swiss canton, historically significant as one of the founding members of the Swiss Confederation and the namesake of Switzerland.
Referenced by (21)
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