Villigen
E615847
Villigen is a municipality in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland, known for hosting major scientific research facilities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Villigen canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6749814 — 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: Villigen Context triple: [Paul Scherrer Institute, locatedIn, Villigen]
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A.
Walchwil
Walchwil is a picturesque Swiss municipality in the canton of Zug, known for its scenic location on the eastern shore of Lake Zug and views of the surrounding Alps.
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B.
Bönigen
Bönigen is a Swiss village in the canton of Bern, known for its scenic location on the shore of Lake Brienz near Interlaken.
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C.
Volketswil
Volketswil is a municipality in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland, known for its residential character and proximity to the city of Zurich.
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D.
Aarburg
Aarburg is a historic Swiss town in the canton of Aargau, known for its prominent riverside fortress overlooking the Aare River.
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E.
Attiswil
Attiswil is a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, located in the Oberaargau region.
- 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: Villigen Target entity description: Villigen is a municipality in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland, known for hosting major scientific research facilities.
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A.
Walchwil
Walchwil is a picturesque Swiss municipality in the canton of Zug, known for its scenic location on the eastern shore of Lake Zug and views of the surrounding Alps.
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B.
Bönigen
Bönigen is a Swiss village in the canton of Bern, known for its scenic location on the shore of Lake Brienz near Interlaken.
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C.
Volketswil
Volketswil is a municipality in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland, known for its residential character and proximity to the city of Zurich.
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D.
Aarburg
Aarburg is a historic Swiss town in the canton of Aargau, known for its prominent riverside fortress overlooking the Aare River.
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E.
Attiswil
Attiswil is a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, located in the Oberaargau region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | municipality ⓘ |
| canton | Aargau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsDescription | Gules a bend wavy argent between two mullets of six or ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| district | Brugg District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 367 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| governedBy | municipal council of Villigen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalFacility | schools at primary level ⓘ |
| hasParish |
Reformed parish of Villigen
ⓘ
Roman Catholic parish of Villigen ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Village of Stilli
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Village of Villigen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRailAccess | near Brugg railway connections ⓘ |
| hasResearchInfrastructure |
Swiss Light Source at PSI
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swiss Spallation Neutron Source at PSI NERFINISHED ⓘ SwissFEL free-electron laser at PSI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiverCrossing | Aare bridge at Stilli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScientificFacility | Paul Scherrer Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.villigen.ch ⓘ |
| hosts | Paul Scherrer Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isoCodeRegion | CH-AG ⓘ |
| knownFor |
major scientific research facilities
ⓘ
nuclear and particle physics research ⓘ synchrotron light source research ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canton of Aargau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swiss Plateau region NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Aare River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedWith | Stilli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergerDate | 2006 ⓘ |
| municipalityCode | 4120 ⓘ |
| neighboringMunicipality |
Brugg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Böttstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Remigen NERFINISHED ⓘ Riniken NERFINISHED ⓘ Siggenthal Station (part of Untersiggenthal) NERFINISHED ⓘ Würenlingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | German NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 5234 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicSector |
research and technology
ⓘ
services ⓘ |
| region | Bözberg region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadConnection | Bözberg road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesCurrency | Swiss franc ⓘ |
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: Villigen Description of subject: Villigen is a municipality in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland, known for hosting major scientific research facilities.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.