Nieuwe Maas
E26053
The Nieuwe Maas is a major distributary of the Rhine and Meuse rivers flowing through Rotterdam in the Netherlands, forming an important part of the region’s busy inland waterway network.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nieuwe Maas canonical | 68 |
| Nieuwe Maas river | 2 |
| Nieuwe Maas (via Oude Maas connection) | 1 |
| Nieuwe Maas (via connected network, not directly) | 1 |
| Nieuwe Maas arm of the Rhine–Meuse delta | 1 |
| Nieuwe Maas riverbed | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T118657 — 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: Nieuwe Maas Context triple: [Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, containsPart, Nieuwe Maas]
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A.
Amstel River
The Amstel River is a historic waterway in the Netherlands that flows through and gives its name to the city of Amsterdam.
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B.
Nieuwe Waterweg
Nieuwe Waterweg is a major artificial ship canal in the Netherlands that provides a direct deep-water connection between the North Sea and the port of Rotterdam.
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C.
Scheldt
The Scheldt is a major river in Western Europe that flows through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, playing a key role in regional trade and navigation.
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D.
Haringvlietdam
Haringvlietdam is a major Dutch storm surge barrier and dam complex that regulates water flow and protects the southwestern Netherlands from flooding as part of the Delta Works.
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E.
Meuse
The Meuse is a major European river flowing through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, historically important for transport, trade, and the development of surrounding regions.
- 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: Nieuwe Maas Target entity description: The Nieuwe Maas is a major distributary of the Rhine and Meuse rivers flowing through Rotterdam in the Netherlands, forming an important part of the region’s busy inland waterway network.
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A.
Amstel River
The Amstel River is a historic waterway in the Netherlands that flows through and gives its name to the city of Amsterdam.
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B.
Nieuwe Waterweg
Nieuwe Waterweg is a major artificial ship canal in the Netherlands that provides a direct deep-water connection between the North Sea and the port of Rotterdam.
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C.
Scheldt
The Scheldt is a major river in Western Europe that flows through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, playing a key role in regional trade and navigation.
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D.
Haringvlietdam
Haringvlietdam is a major Dutch storm surge barrier and dam complex that regulates water flow and protects the southwestern Netherlands from flooding as part of the Delta Works.
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E.
Meuse
The Meuse is a major European river flowing through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, historically important for transport, trade, and the development of surrounding regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
distributary
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Hollands Diep
ⓘ
Lek ⓘ Nieuwe Waterweg ⓘ Noord ⓘ Oude Maas ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| distributaryOf |
Meuse
ⓘ
Rhine ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Rotterdam ⓘ |
| formsBoundaryBetween |
north bank of Rotterdam
ⓘ
south bank of Rotterdam ⓘ |
| hasBridge |
Erasmus Bridge
ⓘ
Van Brienenoord Bridge ⓘ Willemsbrug ⓘ |
| hasFloodProtectionInfrastructure |
dikes
ⓘ
storm surge barriers (regional) ⓘ |
| hasPortFacility | Port of Rotterdam ⓘ |
| hasTunnel |
Beneluxtunnel
ⓘ
Botlektunnel ⓘ Maastunnel ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Randstad
ⓘ
linked to:
Randstad metropolitan region
Rotterdam metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to:
Rotterdam
South Holland ⓘ |
| mouthOfWaterBody |
Het Scheur
ⓘ
Oude Maas ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
New Meuse
ⓘ
linked to:
Meuse
|
| partOf |
Dutch inland waterway network
ⓘ
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ main shipping route between North Sea and German hinterland ⓘ |
| tributaryTo | Nieuwe Waterweg and Het Scheur system ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight transport
ⓘ
inland navigation ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ |
| waterwayType | tidal river ⓘ |
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: Nieuwe Maas Description of subject: The Nieuwe Maas is a major distributary of the Rhine and Meuse rivers flowing through Rotterdam in the Netherlands, forming an important part of the region’s busy inland waterway network.
Referenced by (74)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nieuwe Maas
linked to: Nieuwe Maas
linked to: Nieuwe Maas
subject linked to:
municipality of Rhoon
linked to: Nieuwe Maas
subject linked to:
Schie waterway
subject linked to:
Schie waterway