Het Scheur
E138434
Het Scheur is a major distributary channel of the Rhine–Meuse river system in the Netherlands, forming part of the waterway connection between Rotterdam and the North Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Het Scheur canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1213396 — 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: Het Scheur Context triple: [Nieuwe Maas, mouthOfWaterBody, Het Scheur]
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A.
Oversticht
Oversticht was a medieval territorial region in the northern Low Countries that roughly corresponds to much of the modern Dutch province of Overijssel and surrounding areas.
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B.
Herwijnen
Herwijnen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland, known as a small rural community along the River Waal.
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C.
De Heraut
De Heraut was a Dutch Reformed newspaper associated with theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper and his neo-Calvinist movement.
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D.
Land van Cuijk
Land van Cuijk is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant, formed in 2022 through the merger of several former municipalities in the northeastern part of the province.
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E.
De Oversteek
De Oversteek is a modern road bridge over the River Waal in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, commemorating a historic World War II river crossing.
- 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: Het Scheur Target entity description: Het Scheur is a major distributary channel of the Rhine–Meuse river system in the Netherlands, forming part of the waterway connection between Rotterdam and the North Sea.
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A.
Oversticht
Oversticht was a medieval territorial region in the northern Low Countries that roughly corresponds to much of the modern Dutch province of Overijssel and surrounding areas.
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B.
Herwijnen
Herwijnen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland, known as a small rural community along the River Waal.
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C.
De Heraut
De Heraut was a Dutch Reformed newspaper associated with theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper and his neo-Calvinist movement.
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D.
Land van Cuijk
Land van Cuijk is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant, formed in 2022 through the merger of several former municipalities in the northeastern part of the province.
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E.
De Oversteek
De Oversteek is a modern road bridge over the River Waal in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, commemorating a historic World War II river crossing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
distributary channel
ⓘ
river channel ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Nieuwe Maas
ⓘ
Nieuwe Waterweg ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ |
| hasFloodProtectionInfrastructure | yes ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | "the tear" in English ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn | South Holland ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Hoek van Holland
ⓘ
Maassluis NERFINISHED ⓘ Vlaardingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | North Sea ⓘ |
| navigable | yes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rhine–Meuse river system
ⓘ
Rotterdam port area ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Rotterdam
main shipping route to Port of Rotterdam ⓘ |
| region | delta region of Rhine–Meuse ⓘ |
| usedFor |
inland shipping
ⓘ
maritime navigation ⓘ |
| waterSystem |
Meuse
ⓘ
linked to:
river Maas
Rhine ⓘ |
| waterwayConnectionBetween |
North Sea
ⓘ
Rotterdam ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Het Scheur Description of subject: Het Scheur is a major distributary channel of the Rhine–Meuse river system in the Netherlands, forming part of the waterway connection between Rotterdam and the North Sea.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.