De Brouckère
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De Brouckère is a major Brussels Metro station and transport hub located in the central part of Brussels, Belgium.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| De Brouckère canonical | 2 |
| Place de Brouckère | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2671709 — 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: De Brouckère Context triple: [Brussels Metro, hasStation, De Brouckère]
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A.
Cinquantenaire Park
Cinquantenaire Park is a large 19th-century urban park in Brussels known for its triumphal arch, landscaped gardens, and surrounding museums.
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B.
Royal Quarter of Brussels
The Royal Quarter of Brussels is a prestigious historic district in central Brussels known for its grand neoclassical architecture, major political institutions, and important cultural landmarks.
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C.
Castle of Laeken
The Castle of Laeken is the official royal palace and primary residence of the Belgian monarch, located in the Laeken district of Brussels.
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D.
Maelbeek metro station
Maelbeek metro station is a Brussels Metro station in Belgium’s European Quarter, known for serving key EU institutions and for being one of the sites of the 2016 Brussels bombings.
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E.
Manneken Pis
Manneken Pis is a small bronze statue and fountain of a urinating boy in Brussels, serving as one of the city’s most iconic and humorous landmarks.
- 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: De Brouckère Target entity description: De Brouckère is a major Brussels Metro station and transport hub located in the central part of Brussels, Belgium.
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A.
Cinquantenaire Park
Cinquantenaire Park is a large 19th-century urban park in Brussels known for its triumphal arch, landscaped gardens, and surrounding museums.
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B.
Royal Quarter of Brussels
The Royal Quarter of Brussels is a prestigious historic district in central Brussels known for its grand neoclassical architecture, major political institutions, and important cultural landmarks.
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C.
Castle of Laeken
The Castle of Laeken is the official royal palace and primary residence of the Belgian monarch, located in the Laeken district of Brussels.
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D.
Maelbeek metro station
Maelbeek metro station is a Brussels Metro station in Belgium’s European Quarter, known for serving key EU institutions and for being one of the sites of the 2016 Brussels bombings.
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E.
Manneken Pis
Manneken Pis is a small bronze statue and fountain of a urinating boy in Brussels, serving as one of the city’s most iconic and humorous landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brussels Metro station
ⓘ
transport hub ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Place de Brouckère ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Brussels bus network
ⓘ
Brussels tram network ⓘ
linked to:
Brussels tram system
|
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| fareSystem |
Brussels STIB-MIVB fare network
ⓘ
linked to:
STIB/MIVB Brussels fare zone
|
| hasAccessibility |
escalators
ⓘ
stairs ⓘ |
| hasEntrance |
Place de Brouckère entrance
ⓘ
Rue Neuve entrance ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
interchange station
ⓘ
public transport hub ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Dutch
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| hasPlatformType | island platform ⓘ |
| hasSignageLanguage |
Dutch
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| hasStructureType | underground station ⓘ |
| hasTicketing |
automatic ticket machines
ⓘ
ticket barriers ⓘ |
| hasZone |
Brussels inner city zone
ⓘ
linked to:
Brussels inner zone
|
| isMajorStopFor |
commuters
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brussels-Capital Region
ⓘ
City of Brussels ⓘ
linked to:
Brussels, Belgium
central Brussels ⓘ |
| locatedUndergroundBelow | Place de Brouckère ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles de Brouckère ⓘ |
| near |
Boulevard Anspach
ⓘ
Brussels city centre shopping district ⓘ
linked to:
Lower Town of Brussels
Rue Neuve ⓘ cinema district of Brussels ⓘ hotels in central Brussels ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1976 ⓘ |
| operator | STIB-MIVB ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork | Brussels Metro ⓘ |
| servedByLine |
Brussels Metro line 1
ⓘ
linked to:
Brussels Metro
Brussels Metro line 5 ⓘ
linked to:
Brussels Metro
Brussels Premetro line 3 ⓘ
linked to:
Brussels tram system
Brussels Premetro line 4 ⓘ
linked to:
Brussels tram system
|
| servedByMode |
bus
ⓘ
metro ⓘ premetro ⓘ tram ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: De Brouckère Description of subject: De Brouckère is a major Brussels Metro station and transport hub located in the central part of Brussels, Belgium.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: De Brouckère
linked to: De Brouckère