Kreis Steinfurt
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Kreis Steinfurt is a rural district in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located in the Münsterland region and known for its mix of small towns, agriculture, and light industry.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kreis Steinfurt canonical | 3 |
| Landkreis Steinfurt | 2 |
| district of Steinfurt | 2 |
| district of Steinfurt local government association | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7506579 — 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: Kreis Steinfurt Context triple: [Münsterland, hasLandkreis, Kreis Steinfurt]
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A.
Kreis Borken
Kreis Borken is a rural administrative district in the western part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, bordering the Netherlands and known for its agricultural landscape and small towns.
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B.
Kreis Kamenz
Kreis Kamenz was a former rural district in the German Democratic Republic, located in the Dresden administrative region of Saxony.
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C.
Kreis Waren
Kreis Waren was a rural district in the former East German state structure, situated in the region administered by the Bezirk Neubrandenburg between 1952 and 1990.
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D.
Kreis Heiligenstadt
Kreis Heiligenstadt was a rural district in the former East German state of Thuringia, administered within the Bezirk Erfurt.
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E.
Kreis Demmin
Kreis Demmin was a rural administrative district in the former East Germany, located in the region that is now part of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
- 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: Kreis Steinfurt Target entity description: Kreis Steinfurt is a rural district in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located in the Münsterland region and known for its mix of small towns, agriculture, and light industry.
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A.
Kreis Borken
Kreis Borken is a rural administrative district in the western part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, bordering the Netherlands and known for its agricultural landscape and small towns.
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B.
Kreis Kamenz
Kreis Kamenz was a former rural district in the German Democratic Republic, located in the Dresden administrative region of Saxony.
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C.
Kreis Waren
Kreis Waren was a rural district in the former East German state structure, situated in the region administered by the Bezirk Neubrandenburg between 1952 and 1990.
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D.
Kreis Heiligenstadt
Kreis Heiligenstadt was a rural district in the former East German state of Thuringia, administered within the Bezirk Erfurt.
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E.
Kreis Demmin
Kreis Demmin was a rural administrative district in the former East Germany, located in the region that is now part of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Landkreis
ⓘ
Verwaltungseinheit ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Kreis Borken
ⓘ
Kreis Coesfeld ⓘ Kreis Warendorf ⓘ Landkreis Emsland ⓘ
linked to:
Emsland
Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim ⓘ
linked to:
County of Bentheim
Landkreis Osnabrück ⓘ
linked to:
Osnabrück district
Stadt Münster ⓘ
linked to:
Münster
|
| capital | Steinfurt ⓘ |
| contains |
Stadt Altenberge
ⓘ
Stadt Emsdetten ⓘ Stadt Greven ⓘ Stadt Hopsten ⓘ Stadt Horstmar ⓘ
linked to:
Horstmar
Stadt Hörstel ⓘ Stadt Ibbenbüren ⓘ
linked to:
Ibbenbüren
Stadt Ladbergen ⓘ Stadt Laer ⓘ Stadt Lengerich ⓘ Stadt Lienen ⓘ Stadt Metelen ⓘ Stadt Neuenkirchen ⓘ
linked to:
Neuenkirchen
Stadt Nordwalde ⓘ Stadt Ochtrup ⓘ
linked to:
Ochtrup
Stadt Recke ⓘ Stadt Rheine ⓘ Stadt Saerbeck ⓘ
linked to:
Saerbeck
Stadt Schöppingen ⓘ
linked to:
Schöppingen
Stadt Steinfurt ⓘ
linked to:
Steinfurt
Stadt Tecklenburg ⓘ
linked to:
Tecklenburg
Stadt Westerkappeln ⓘ Stadt Wettringen ⓘ
linked to:
Wettringen
|
| country |
Deutschland
ⓘ
linked to:
Germany
|
| hasCharacteristic |
Landwirtschaft bedeutend
ⓘ
Leichtindustrie vorhanden ⓘ ländlich geprägt ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentForm | Kreisverwaltung ⓘ |
| hasSubdivisionType | Städte und Gemeinden ⓘ |
| language | Deutsch ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Münsterland
ⓘ
Nordrhein-Westfalen ⓘ
linked to:
North Rhine-Westphalia
Regierungsbezirk Münster ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Niederlande
ⓘ
linked to:
Netherlands
|
| partOf |
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
ⓘ
linked to:
Germany
|
| partOfRegion | Westfalen ⓘ |
| seatOfGovernment | Steinfurt ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | ST ⓘ |
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: Kreis Steinfurt Description of subject: Kreis Steinfurt is a rural district in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located in the Münsterland region and known for its mix of small towns, agriculture, and light industry.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kreis Steinfurt
linked to: Kreis Steinfurt
linked to: Kreis Steinfurt
linked to: Kreis Steinfurt