Hekelingen–Piershil ferry
E580325
The Hekelingen–Piershil ferry is a former Dutch river ferry service that connected the villages of Hekelingen and Piershil across the Spui in South Holland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hekelingen–Piershil ferry canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6260425 — 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: Hekelingen–Piershil ferry Context triple: [Spui, hasCrossing, Hekelingen–Piershil ferry]
-
A.
Bognes–Skarberget ferry
The Bognes–Skarberget ferry is a key car and passenger ferry connection across the Tysfjorden in Nordland, Norway, forming part of the European route E6.
-
B.
Leidsevaart
Leidsevaart is a historic canal in the Netherlands that runs between Haarlem and Leiden and was once an important route for passenger boats and trade.
-
C.
Sandefjord–Strömstad ferry
The Sandefjord–Strömstad ferry is a cross-border passenger and car ferry service linking southern Norway and western Sweden across the Skagerrak.
-
D.
Toft–Ulsta ferry
The Toft–Ulsta ferry is a key vehicle and passenger ferry service linking the Shetland Mainland with the island of Yell across Yell Sound in Scotland.
-
E.
Slagsta ferry
Slagsta ferry is a local car and passenger ferry service in Sweden that connects the Slagsta area across the waterway as part of the regional transport network.
- 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: Hekelingen–Piershil ferry Target entity description: The Hekelingen–Piershil ferry is a former Dutch river ferry service that connected the villages of Hekelingen and Piershil across the Spui in South Holland.
-
A.
Bognes–Skarberget ferry
The Bognes–Skarberget ferry is a key car and passenger ferry connection across the Tysfjorden in Nordland, Norway, forming part of the European route E6.
-
B.
Leidsevaart
Leidsevaart is a historic canal in the Netherlands that runs between Haarlem and Leiden and was once an important route for passenger boats and trade.
-
C.
Sandefjord–Strömstad ferry
The Sandefjord–Strömstad ferry is a cross-border passenger and car ferry service linking southern Norway and western Sweden across the Skagerrak.
-
D.
Toft–Ulsta ferry
The Toft–Ulsta ferry is a key vehicle and passenger ferry service linking the Shetland Mainland with the island of Yell across Yell Sound in Scotland.
-
E.
Slagsta ferry
Slagsta ferry is a local car and passenger ferry service in Sweden that connects the Slagsta area across the waterway as part of the regional transport network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former ferry service
ⓘ
river ferry ⓘ |
| bodyOfWater | Spui river NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Hekelingen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Piershil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| crosses | Spui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hoeksche Waard region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Holland ⓘ municipality of Korendijk (former) ⓘ municipality of Nissewaard NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Netherlands ⓘ
surface form:
western Netherlands
|
| namedAfter |
village of Hekelingen
ⓘ
village of Piershil ⓘ |
| partOf | regional ferry network in South Holland ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Hoeksche Waard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
island of Voorne-Putten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| river | Spui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType | passenger and vehicle ferry ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| transportMode | water transport ⓘ |
| usedBy |
commuters
ⓘ
cyclists ⓘ local traffic ⓘ |
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: Hekelingen–Piershil ferry Description of subject: The Hekelingen–Piershil ferry is a former Dutch river ferry service that connected the villages of Hekelingen and Piershil across the Spui in South Holland.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.