Waalbrug
E104989
Waalbrug is a historic steel arch bridge over the River Waal in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, known for its distinctive design and key role in World War II.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waalbrug canonical | 8 |
| Nijmegen bridge | 2 |
| Waal bridges at Nijmegen | 2 |
| Waalbrug Nijmegen | 1 |
| Waalbrug at Nijmegen | 1 |
| Waalbrug bridge | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T678191 — 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: Waalbrug Context triple: [Nijmegen, hasBridge, Waalbrug]
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A.
Zeeland Bridge
The Zeeland Bridge is a long cantilever bridge in the Netherlands that spans the Eastern Scheldt estuary, connecting the islands of Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland.
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B.
Ceintuurbaanbrug
Ceintuurbaanbrug is a bridge in Amsterdam that carries the Ceintuurbaan across the Amstel River, connecting neighborhoods in the southern part of the city.
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C.
Blauwbrug
Blauwbrug is a historic, ornately decorated bridge in central Amsterdam, known for its theatrical, Parisian-style design and its role as a prominent crossing over the Amstel River.
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D.
Berlagebrug
Berlagebrug is a historic Amsterdam bridge, designed by architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage in the early 20th century, known for its functionalist style and role as a key crossing in the city’s southern area.
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E.
Spuyten Duyvil Bridge
Spuyten Duyvil Bridge is a swing railroad bridge in New York City that carries trains across the Harlem River between Manhattan and the Bronx.
- 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: Waalbrug Target entity description: Waalbrug is a historic steel arch bridge over the River Waal in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, known for its distinctive design and key role in World War II.
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A.
Zeeland Bridge
The Zeeland Bridge is a long cantilever bridge in the Netherlands that spans the Eastern Scheldt estuary, connecting the islands of Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland.
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B.
Ceintuurbaanbrug
Ceintuurbaanbrug is a bridge in Amsterdam that carries the Ceintuurbaan across the Amstel River, connecting neighborhoods in the southern part of the city.
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C.
Blauwbrug
Blauwbrug is a historic, ornately decorated bridge in central Amsterdam, known for its theatrical, Parisian-style design and its role as a prominent crossing over the Amstel River.
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D.
Berlagebrug
Berlagebrug is a historic Amsterdam bridge, designed by architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage in the early 20th century, known for its functionalist style and role as a key crossing in the city’s southern area.
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E.
Spuyten Duyvil Bridge
Spuyten Duyvil Bridge is a swing railroad bridge in New York City that carries trains across the Harlem River between Manhattan and the Bronx.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arch bridge
ⓘ
bridge in the Netherlands ⓘ road bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ |
| connects |
north bank of the Waal at Nijmegen
ⓘ
south bank of the Waal near Lent ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| crosses | River Waal ⓘ |
| design | arch bridge ⓘ |
| feature | single large steel arch span ⓘ |
| hasFunction | urban traffic connection across the Waal at Nijmegen ⓘ |
| hasType | through arch bridge ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic bridge ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nijmegen
ⓘ
province of Gelderland ⓘ
linked to:
Gelderland
|
| material | steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | River Waal ⓘ |
| near |
Nijmegen city centre
ⓘ
linked to:
Nijmegen
|
| notableFor |
distinctive steel arch design
ⓘ
role in World War II ⓘ |
| opened | 20th century ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dutch national road network
ⓘ
Rhine river system ⓘ
linked to:
Rhine
|
| river | Waal ⓘ |
| roleDuring | World War II military operations near Nijmegen ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | major Rhine crossing in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| usedFor |
bicycle traffic
ⓘ
motor vehicle traffic ⓘ pedestrian traffic ⓘ |
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: Waalbrug Description of subject: Waalbrug is a historic steel arch bridge over the River Waal in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, known for its distinctive design and key role in World War II.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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