Oude Maas
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The Oude Maas is a major distributary river in the western Netherlands that forms part of the complex Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta system.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oude Maas canonical | 65 |
| river Oude Maas | 5 |
| Oude Maas river | 4 |
| Oude Maas River | 1 |
| Oude Maas valley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T118658 — 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: Oude Maas Context triple: [Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, containsPart, Oude Maas]
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A.
Nieuwe Maas
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Oude Maas Target entity description: The Oude Maas is a major distributary river in the western Netherlands that forms part of the complex Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta system.
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A.
Nieuwe Maas
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
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: Oude Maas Description of subject: The Oude Maas is a major distributary river in the western Netherlands that forms part of the complex Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta system.
Referenced by (76)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Oude Maas
linked to: Oude Maas
subject linked to:
municipality of Poortugaal
subject linked to:
municipality of Poortugaal
subject linked to:
municipality of Rhoon
subject linked to:
municipality of Rhoon
linked to: Oude Maas
linked to: Oude Maas
subject linked to:
municipality of Nissewaard
linked to: Oude Maas
subject linked to:
Hoeksche Waard island
subject linked to:
Island of Dordrecht from North Brabant