old march
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Old March is a historical term referring to the medieval border region known as the Altmark in northern Germany.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| old march canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10333700 — 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: old march Context triple: [Altmark, historicalNameMeaning, old march]
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A.
MARCH
MARCH is a market town and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England, known historically as an important railway and river port.
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B.
Old Q
Old Q was the popular nickname of William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, an 18th-century Scottish nobleman notorious in London society for his immense wealth, gambling, and libertine lifestyle.
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C.
Olden
Olden is a surname most notably associated with Charles Smith Olden, a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey.
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D.
Old Put
Old Put is the famous nickname of Israel Putnam, a bold and colorful American Revolutionary War general known for his leadership at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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E.
October March
October March is a women-led protest march and demonstration advocating for gender equality and women’s rights.
- 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: old march Target entity description: Old March is a historical term referring to the medieval border region known as the Altmark in northern Germany.
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A.
MARCH
MARCH is a market town and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England, known historically as an important railway and river port.
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B.
Old Q
Old Q was the popular nickname of William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, an 18th-century Scottish nobleman notorious in London society for his immense wealth, gambling, and libertine lifestyle.
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C.
Olden
Olden is a surname most notably associated with Charles Smith Olden, a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey.
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D.
Old Put
Old Put is the famous nickname of Israel Putnam, a bold and colorful American Revolutionary War general known for his leadership at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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E.
October March
October March is a women-led protest march and demonstration advocating for gender equality and women’s rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical region
ⓘ
medieval border region ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | Ascanian dynasty ⓘ |
| borderRegionOf | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| borders |
Lower Saxony (historical region)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lower Saxony
Middle Elbe region ⓘ |
| capitalOrMainTown | Stendal ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| etymology | name refers to an old frontier march ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Altmark ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | German ⓘ |
| historicalFunction |
defensive border area
ⓘ
frontier zone ⓘ |
| historicalNameOf | Altmark ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | part of the Margraviate of Brandenburg ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North German Plain
ⓘ
northern Germany ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Germany
|
| locatedOn | left bank of the Elbe River ⓘ |
| notableTown |
Gardelegen
ⓘ
Salzwedel ⓘ Tangermünde ⓘ |
| partOf |
Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | modern Altmark region ⓘ |
| presentDayRegion |
Brandenburg
ⓘ
Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ |
| regionType | march ⓘ |
| timePeriodEnd | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| timePeriodStart | early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
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: old march Description of subject: Old March is a historical term referring to the medieval border region known as the Altmark in northern Germany.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Altmark region