De Brouckère metro station
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De Brouckère metro station is a major underground transit hub in central Brussels, serving multiple metro lines and providing access to the city’s historic and commercial core.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| De Brouckère metro station canonical | 2 |
| De Brouckère station | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11334030 — 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: De Brouckère metro station Context triple: [Pentagon of Brussels, contains, De Brouckère metro station]
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A.
Maelbeek metro station
Maelbeek metro station is a Brussels Metro station in Belgium’s European Quarter, known for serving key EU institutions and for being one of the sites of the 2016 Brussels bombings.
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B.
Brussels Park metro station
Brussels Park metro station is a Brussels Metro station in central Brussels that serves as a key access point to the nearby Brussels Park and surrounding civic and cultural landmarks.
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C.
Brussels Central metro station
Brussels Central metro station is an underground rapid transit station in central Brussels that serves as a key link between the city’s metro network and the nearby Brussels-Central railway station.
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D.
Roodebeek metro station
Roodebeek metro station is a Brussels Metro station serving the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert in the eastern part of Brussels, Belgium.
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E.
Etterbeek railway station
Etterbeek railway station is a local train station in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium, serving the Etterbeek area with regional and commuter rail connections.
- 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: De Brouckère metro station Target entity description: De Brouckère metro station is a major underground transit hub in central Brussels, serving multiple metro lines and providing access to the city’s historic and commercial core.
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A.
Maelbeek metro station
Maelbeek metro station is a Brussels Metro station in Belgium’s European Quarter, known for serving key EU institutions and for being one of the sites of the 2016 Brussels bombings.
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B.
Brussels Park metro station
Brussels Park metro station is a Brussels Metro station in central Brussels that serves as a key access point to the nearby Brussels Park and surrounding civic and cultural landmarks.
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C.
Brussels Central metro station
Brussels Central metro station is an underground rapid transit station in central Brussels that serves as a key link between the city’s metro network and the nearby Brussels-Central railway station.
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D.
Roodebeek metro station
Roodebeek metro station is a Brussels Metro station serving the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert in the eastern part of Brussels, Belgium.
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E.
Etterbeek railway station
Etterbeek railway station is a local train station in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium, serving the Etterbeek area with regional and commuter rail connections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
metro station
ⓘ
underground railway station ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Brussels city centre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brussels commercial core ⓘ Brussels historic core NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| fareZone | Brussels inner zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEntrance |
Boulevard Anspach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Place De Brouckère NERFINISHED ⓘ Rue de l’Ecuyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction | major transit hub ⓘ |
| hasLevel |
metro level
ⓘ
premetro level ⓘ |
| hasPlatformType |
island platform
ⓘ
side platform ⓘ |
| hasService |
tram in tunnel
ⓘ
urban rail ⓘ |
| isInterchangeStation | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brussels-Capital Region
ⓘ
Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form:
City of Brussels
central Brussels ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Brussels North–South axis of the metro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedUnder | Place De Brouckère NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Charles de Brouckère
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Place De Brouckère NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Boulevard Anspach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brussels Stock Exchange area NERFINISHED ⓘ Rue Neuve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfPlatforms | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 4 ⓘ |
| opened | 1976 ⓘ |
| operator | STIB-MIVB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | STIB-MIVB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork | Brussels Metro network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves | Brussels Metro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesLine |
Brussels Metro line 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brussels Metro line 3 (premetro) NERFINISHED ⓘ Brussels Metro line 4 (premetro) NERFINISHED ⓘ Brussels Metro line 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structureType | underground ⓘ |
| transportMode |
metro
ⓘ
premetro ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: De Brouckère metro station Description of subject: De Brouckère metro station is a major underground transit hub in central Brussels, serving multiple metro lines and providing access to the city’s historic and commercial core.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Line 5 (Brussels Metro)
this entity surface form:
De Brouckère station