Maasmechelen
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Maasmechelen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg, known for its proximity to the Meuse River and the popular Maasmechelen Village outlet shopping center.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maasmechelen canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5658832 — 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: Maasmechelen Context triple: [Flemish Limburg, hasMunicipality, Maasmechelen]
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A.
Binnenmaas
Binnenmaas was a former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland, named after the nearby lake and comprising several villages in the Hoeksche Waard region.
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B.
Krimpenerwaard
Krimpenerwaard is a rural municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its polder landscapes, dikes, and traditional villages between the rivers Lek and Hollandse IJssel.
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C.
Bemmelerwaard
Bemmelerwaard is a riverine floodplain area in the Netherlands known for its natural landscapes and ecological value along the Waal.
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D.
Scherpenzeel
Scherpenzeel is a small Dutch municipality in the province of Gelderland, known for its rural character and historic village center.
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E.
Zwartewaal
Zwartewaal is a small village in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland.
- 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: Maasmechelen Target entity description: Maasmechelen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg, known for its proximity to the Meuse River and the popular Maasmechelen Village outlet shopping center.
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A.
Binnenmaas
Binnenmaas was a former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland, named after the nearby lake and comprising several villages in the Hoeksche Waard region.
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B.
Krimpenerwaard
Krimpenerwaard is a rural municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its polder landscapes, dikes, and traditional villages between the rivers Lek and Hollandse IJssel.
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C.
Bemmelerwaard
Bemmelerwaard is a riverine floodplain area in the Netherlands known for its natural landscapes and ecological value along the Waal.
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D.
Scherpenzeel
Scherpenzeel is a small Dutch municipality in the province of Gelderland, known for its rural character and historic village center.
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E.
Zwartewaal
Zwartewaal is a small village in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | municipality ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Meuse River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 089 ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
Maasmechelen Village
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
access to Hoge Kempen National Park ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
retail
ⓘ
service sector ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | municipal council ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.maasmechelen.be ⓘ |
| hasPopulation | over 30,000 inhabitants ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode |
3630
ⓘ
3631 ⓘ 3632 ⓘ 3633 ⓘ 3634 ⓘ 3635 ⓘ |
| hasShoppingCenter | Maasmechelen Village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
Boorsem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eisden NERFINISHED ⓘ Kotem NERFINISHED ⓘ Lanklaar NERFINISHED ⓘ Leut NERFINISHED ⓘ Mechelen-aan-de-Maas NERFINISHED ⓘ Meeswijk NERFINISHED ⓘ Opgrimbie NERFINISHED ⓘ Stokkem NERFINISHED ⓘ Uikhoven NERFINISHED ⓘ Vucht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVehicleRegistrationCode | M ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Maasmechelen Village outlet shopping center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
proximity to the Meuse River ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Genk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Belgian province of Limburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Campine region NERFINISHED ⓘ Flemish Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Limburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Dutch border
ⓘ
Meuse River NERFINISHED ⓘ National Park Hoge Kempen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Lanaken NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Meuse River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | Central European Summer Time ⓘ |
| partOf |
Belgium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
arrondissement of Maasmechelen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Maasmechelen Description of subject: Maasmechelen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg, known for its proximity to the Meuse River and the popular Maasmechelen Village outlet shopping center.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.