Beerse, Belgium
E876894
Beerse, Belgium is a municipality in the Flemish region best known as the home base of Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a major global pharmaceutical company.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beerse, Belgium canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10548355 — 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: Beerse, Belgium Context triple: [Janssen Pharmaceuticals, headquartersLocation, Beerse, Belgium]
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A.
La Hulpe, Belgium
La Hulpe is a small municipality in Walloon Brabant, Belgium, known for hosting the headquarters of the global financial messaging network SWIFT and for its nearby Solvay Castle and park.
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B.
Bree, Belgium
Bree, Belgium is a small town in the Flemish region known as the birthplace of actor Johnny Galecki and for its quiet, rural character.
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C.
Melle, Belgium
Melle, Belgium is a municipality in the province of East Flanders known for its historic churches, green surroundings, and proximity to the city of Ghent.
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D.
Deinze, Belgium
Deinze is a small city in East Flanders, Belgium, known for its location along the River Leie and its blend of historical architecture and rural surroundings.
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E.
Zwijndrecht, Belgium
Zwijndrecht, Belgium is a municipality in the province of Antwerp, located on the left bank of the River Scheldt near the city of Antwerp.
- 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: Beerse, Belgium Target entity description: Beerse, Belgium is a municipality in the Flemish region best known as the home base of Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a major global pharmaceutical company.
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A.
La Hulpe, Belgium
La Hulpe is a small municipality in Walloon Brabant, Belgium, known for hosting the headquarters of the global financial messaging network SWIFT and for its nearby Solvay Castle and park.
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B.
Bree, Belgium
Bree, Belgium is a small town in the Flemish region known as the birthplace of actor Johnny Galecki and for its quiet, rural character.
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C.
Melle, Belgium
Melle, Belgium is a municipality in the province of East Flanders known for its historic churches, green surroundings, and proximity to the city of Ghent.
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D.
Deinze, Belgium
Deinze is a small city in East Flanders, Belgium, known for its location along the River Leie and its blend of historical architecture and rural surroundings.
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E.
Zwijndrecht, Belgium
Zwijndrecht, Belgium is a municipality in the province of Antwerp, located on the left bank of the River Scheldt near the city of Antwerp.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | municipality ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Coat of arms of Beerse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | Vosselaar (partly, historical ties) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| flag | Flag of Beerse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingMajority |
CD&V
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
N-VA NERFINISHED ⓘ Vooruit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArea | about 37 km² ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 014 ⓘ |
| hasDemonym | Beersenaar ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
Sint-Lambertuskerk (Saint Lambert Church)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historic village center ⓘ |
| hasIndustrialZone | Janssen Pharmaceutica campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
agricultural
ⓘ
industrial ⓘ residential ⓘ |
| hasMayor | Bart Craane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalSeat | Beerse (town) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalStatusSince | 1977 ⓘ |
| hasNISCode | 13004 ⓘ |
| hasPopulation | approximately 19,000 (early 2020s) ⓘ |
| hasRiver | Aa of Wechelderzande (nearby watercourse) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubMunicipality |
Beerse (town)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vlimmeren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
access to E34 motorway
ⓘ
regional bus connections ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.beerse.be ⓘ |
| hostsCompany |
Janssen Pharmaceutica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Janssen Pharmaceuticals (Johnson & Johnson subsidiary) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Janssen Pharmaceutica headquarters
ⓘ
pharmaceutical industry ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arrondissement of Turnhout
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flemish Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Antwerp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | CET ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Lille
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malle NERFINISHED ⓘ Oostmalle NERFINISHED ⓘ Rijkevorsel NERFINISHED ⓘ Turnhout NERFINISHED ⓘ Vosselaar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mayorParty | CD&V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | CEST NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| partOf | Kempen region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 2340 ⓘ |
| regionType | Flanders 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: Beerse, Belgium Description of subject: Beerse, Belgium is a municipality in the Flemish region best known as the home base of Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a major global pharmaceutical company.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.