Oostersluis
E255820
Oostersluis is a lock complex in the Dutch city of Groningen that regulates water levels and vessel traffic on the Van Starkenborghkanaal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oostersluis canonical | 1 |
| Oostersluis (nl) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2316182 — 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: Oostersluis Context triple: [Van Starkenborghkanaal, hasLock, Oostersluis]
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A.
Port of Dordrecht
The Port of Dordrecht is a Dutch inland and seaport serving as an important regional hub for cargo handling and industrial activities in and around the city of Dordrecht.
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B.
Port of Vlissingen
The Port of Vlissingen is a significant Dutch seaport on the North Sea coast, serving as an important hub for maritime trade, logistics, and industry in the southwestern Netherlands.
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C.
Port of Nijmegen
The Port of Nijmegen is an inland port in the Dutch city of Nijmegen that serves as an important logistics and transport hub along the River Waal.
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D.
Port of Delfzijl
The Port of Delfzijl is a major seaport in the northern Netherlands, known for its industrial activities and strategic location near the Ems estuary and the German border.
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E.
Port of Holland
Port of Holland is a commercial and industrial harbor facility in Holland, Michigan, serving as a key shipping and logistics hub for the West Michigan region.
- 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: Oostersluis Target entity description: Oostersluis is a lock complex in the Dutch city of Groningen that regulates water levels and vessel traffic on the Van Starkenborghkanaal.
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A.
Port of Dordrecht
The Port of Dordrecht is a Dutch inland and seaport serving as an important regional hub for cargo handling and industrial activities in and around the city of Dordrecht.
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B.
Port of Vlissingen
The Port of Vlissingen is a significant Dutch seaport on the North Sea coast, serving as an important hub for maritime trade, logistics, and industry in the southwestern Netherlands.
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C.
Port of Nijmegen
The Port of Nijmegen is an inland port in the Dutch city of Nijmegen that serves as an important logistics and transport hub along the River Waal.
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D.
Port of Delfzijl
The Port of Delfzijl is a major seaport in the northern Netherlands, known for its industrial activities and strategic location near the Ems estuary and the German border.
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E.
Port of Holland
Port of Holland is a commercial and industrial harbor facility in Holland, Michigan, serving as a key shipping and logistics hub for the West Michigan region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lock complex
ⓘ
waterway infrastructure ⓘ |
| belongsToNetwork | Dutch inland waterway network ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasAccess | Van Starkenborghkanaal shipping route ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
navigation control
ⓘ
water management ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructureType |
lock gates
ⓘ
sluice ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Oostersluis (nl)
ⓘ
linked to:
Oostersluis
|
| hasRole | key lock on Van Starkenborghkanaal ⓘ |
| isPartOfRoute | waterway connection between Friesland and Groningen ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Groningen
ⓘ
province of Groningen ⓘ
linked to:
Province of Groningen
|
| locatedInMunicipality |
municipality of Groningen
ⓘ
linked to:
Province of Groningen
|
| locatedInRegion |
northern Netherlands
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Netherlands
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| locatedNear | eastern side of Groningen city ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterway | Van Starkenborghkanaal ⓘ |
| operatedFor | water level control in Groningen area ⓘ |
| partOf | navigation system of Van Starkenborghkanaal ⓘ |
| regulates |
vessel traffic
ⓘ
water levels ⓘ |
| usedFor |
inland shipping
ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ |
| waterwayType | canal lock ⓘ |
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: Oostersluis Description of subject: Oostersluis is a lock complex in the Dutch city of Groningen that regulates water levels and vessel traffic on the Van Starkenborghkanaal.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Oostersluis