Waag (Amsterdam weighing house)
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Waag (Amsterdam weighing house) is a historic 15th-century city gate turned weighing house on Nieuwmarkt square in Amsterdam, notable for its later use as a guildhall and its distinctive medieval architecture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| De Waag | 3 |
| Waag (Amsterdam weighing house) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1144779 — 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: Waag (Amsterdam weighing house) Context triple: [Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons, basedInBuilding, Waag (Amsterdam weighing house)]
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A.
Middelburg town hall
Middelburg town hall is a historic Gothic-style municipal building in Middelburg, Netherlands, renowned for its ornate façade and prominent belfry.
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B.
A’DAM Tower
A’DAM Tower is a prominent high-rise in Amsterdam known for its observation deck with a rooftop swing, creative offices, nightlife venues, and panoramic views over the city and IJ river.
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C.
Book Tower (Boekentoren)
The Book Tower (Boekentoren) is an iconic modernist library tower in Ghent, Belgium, designed by architect Henry van de Velde as a landmark of academic and architectural heritage.
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D.
Grote Kerk, The Hague
Grote Kerk in The Hague is a historic Gothic church and prominent city landmark known for its towering spire, rich political and cultural history, and role as a burial site for notable Dutch figures.
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E.
Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam
Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam is a historic 15th-century church on Dam Square, renowned as a former parish church turned national ceremonial venue and burial place for notable Dutch figures.
- 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: Waag (Amsterdam weighing house) Target entity description: Waag (Amsterdam weighing house) is a historic 15th-century city gate turned weighing house on Nieuwmarkt square in Amsterdam, notable for its later use as a guildhall and its distinctive medieval architecture.
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A.
Middelburg town hall
Middelburg town hall is a historic Gothic-style municipal building in Middelburg, Netherlands, renowned for its ornate façade and prominent belfry.
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B.
A’DAM Tower
A’DAM Tower is a prominent high-rise in Amsterdam known for its observation deck with a rooftop swing, creative offices, nightlife venues, and panoramic views over the city and IJ river.
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C.
Book Tower (Boekentoren)
The Book Tower (Boekentoren) is an iconic modernist library tower in Ghent, Belgium, designed by architect Henry van de Velde as a landmark of academic and architectural heritage.
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D.
Grote Kerk, The Hague
Grote Kerk in The Hague is a historic Gothic church and prominent city landmark known for its towering spire, rich political and cultural history, and role as a burial site for notable Dutch figures.
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E.
Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam
Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam is a historic 15th-century church on Dam Square, renowned as a former parish church turned national ceremonial venue and burial place for notable Dutch figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former city gate
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guildhall ⓘ historic building ⓘ monument ⓘ weigh house ⓘ |
| city | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| constructionStartCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle | medieval architecture ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Buildings and structures in Amsterdam
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City gates in the Netherlands ⓘ Rijksmonuments in Amsterdam ⓘ Weigh houses in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasDutchName |
De Waag
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linked to:
Waag (Amsterdam weighing house)
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| hasFeature |
brick construction
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fortified appearance ⓘ stepped gables ⓘ towers ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
city gate
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guildhall ⓘ public building ⓘ weighing house ⓘ |
| hasName | Waag ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Rijksmonument ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected monument ⓘ |
| laterUse |
guildhall
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weighing house ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amsterdam
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Netherlands ⓘ Nieuwmarkt ⓘ North Holland ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Nieuwmarkt square ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with medieval guilds
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conversion from city gate to weighing house ⓘ distinctive medieval architecture ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| originalUse | city gate ⓘ |
| partOf | historic center of Amsterdam ⓘ |
| square | Nieuwmarkt ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedAs |
city gate
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guildhall ⓘ weighing house ⓘ |
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: Waag (Amsterdam weighing house) Description of subject: Waag (Amsterdam weighing house) is a historic 15th-century city gate turned weighing house on Nieuwmarkt square in Amsterdam, notable for its later use as a guildhall and its distinctive medieval architecture.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Waag (Amsterdam weighing house)
linked to: Waag (Amsterdam weighing house)
linked to: Waag (Amsterdam weighing house)