Maas
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The Maas, also known as the Meuse, is a major European river flowing through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands before emptying into the North Sea.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maas canonical | 41 |
| Maas River | 6 |
| Maas river | 6 |
| Merwede River | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T167152 — 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: Maas Context triple: [Grave, locatedOnRiver, Maas]
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A.
Kaw
The Kaw, also known as the Kansa, are a Native American tribe originally from the central Midwestern United States, particularly the region that is now Kansas.
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B.
Nile
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, widely regarded as one of the longest rivers in the world and a crucial lifeline for the civilizations that have flourished along its banks.
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C.
Zambezi River
The Zambezi River is one of Africa’s largest rivers, famed for Victoria Falls and its role as a vital waterway and natural border in southern Africa.
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D.
Limpopo River
The Limpopo River is a major river in southern Africa that flows eastward from central southern Africa to the Indian Ocean, forming parts of the borders between several countries including South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.
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E.
Mapocho River
The Mapocho River is a major waterway flowing through the city of Santiago, Chile, historically central to its development and urban landscape.
- 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: Maas Target entity description: The Maas, also known as the Meuse, is a major European river flowing through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands before emptying into the North Sea.
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A.
Kaw
The Kaw, also known as the Kansa, are a Native American tribe originally from the central Midwestern United States, particularly the region that is now Kansas.
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B.
Nile
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, widely regarded as one of the longest rivers in the world and a crucial lifeline for the civilizations that have flourished along its banks.
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C.
Zambezi River
The Zambezi River is one of Africa’s largest rivers, famed for Victoria Falls and its role as a vital waterway and natural border in southern Africa.
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D.
Limpopo River
The Limpopo River is a major river in southern Africa that flows eastward from central southern Africa to the Indian Ocean, forming parts of the borders between several countries including South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.
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E.
Mapocho River
The Mapocho River is a major waterway flowing through the city of Santiago, Chile, historically central to its development and urban landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
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: Maas Description of subject: The Maas, also known as the Meuse, is a major European river flowing through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands before emptying into the North Sea.
Referenced by (54)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maas
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linked to: Maas
linked to: Maas
subject linked to:
Grave, Netherlands
linked to: Maas
linked to: Maas
subject linked to:
Maas-Waal canal
linked to: Maas