Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
E366350
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management is the Dutch government ministry responsible for national policies on transport, public works, and water management.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3512864 — 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: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management Context triple: [ProRail, parentOrganization, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management]
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A.
Rijkswaterstaat
Rijkswaterstaat is the Dutch national agency responsible for the design, construction, management, and maintenance of the Netherlands’ main infrastructure networks for water, roads, and waterways.
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B.
Dutch water authorities
Dutch water authorities are regional public bodies in the Netherlands responsible for managing water levels, flood protection, and water quality in their designated areas.
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C.
Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation is a Nigerian government ministry responsible for formulating and implementing national policies and programs on water supply, sanitation, and water resources management.
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D.
Ministry of General Affairs of the Netherlands
The Ministry of General Affairs of the Netherlands is the government department that supports the Prime Minister and coordinates overall government policy and communication.
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E.
Portuguese Ministry of Infrastructure
The Portuguese Ministry of Infrastructure is the government department responsible for defining and implementing national policies on transport, public works, and related infrastructure in Portugal.
- 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: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management Target entity description: The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management is the Dutch government ministry responsible for national policies on transport, public works, and water management.
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A.
Rijkswaterstaat
Rijkswaterstaat is the Dutch national agency responsible for the design, construction, management, and maintenance of the Netherlands’ main infrastructure networks for water, roads, and waterways.
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B.
Dutch water authorities
Dutch water authorities are regional public bodies in the Netherlands responsible for managing water levels, flood protection, and water quality in their designated areas.
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C.
Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation is a Nigerian government ministry responsible for formulating and implementing national policies and programs on water supply, sanitation, and water resources management.
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D.
Ministry of General Affairs of the Netherlands
The Ministry of General Affairs of the Netherlands is the government department that supports the Prime Minister and coordinates overall government policy and communication.
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E.
Portuguese Ministry of Infrastructure
The Portuguese Ministry of Infrastructure is the government department responsible for defining and implementing national policies on transport, public works, and related infrastructure in Portugal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch government ministry
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ministry ⓘ |
| budgetFunction |
funding of national transport infrastructure
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funding of national water management projects ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
municipalities in the Netherlands
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provincial governments in the Netherlands ⓘ water boards in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| employerOf | civil servants of the Dutch central government in the infrastructure and water domain ⓘ |
| hasMinisterialResponsibilityFor | Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Netherlands
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The Hague ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Government of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | nl ⓘ |
| oversees |
Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate
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Inspectorate for the Environment and Transport ⓘ Rijkswaterstaat ⓘ Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute ⓘ
linked to:
KNMI
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| partOf | Central government of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| portfolioIncludes |
aviation in the Netherlands
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civil aviation infrastructure in the Netherlands ⓘ environmental aspects of transport in the Netherlands ⓘ flood protection in the Netherlands ⓘ inland waterways in the Netherlands ⓘ main water system management in the Netherlands ⓘ maritime transport in the Netherlands ⓘ public transport policy in the Netherlands ⓘ rail transport in the Netherlands ⓘ roads in the Netherlands ⓘ water safety in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| predecessor | Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
national infrastructure planning in the Netherlands
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policy on aviation safety in the Netherlands ⓘ policy on climate adaptation in relation to water in the Netherlands ⓘ policy on dikes and dams in the Netherlands ⓘ policy on rail safety in the Netherlands ⓘ policy on road safety in the Netherlands ⓘ policy on shipping lanes in the Netherlands ⓘ policy on traffic safety in the Netherlands ⓘ policy on water quality in the Netherlands ⓘ policy on waterways and canals in the Netherlands ⓘ public works policy in the Netherlands ⓘ transport policy in the Netherlands ⓘ water management policy in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| sector | public administration ⓘ |
| shortName | IenW ⓘ |
| usesLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| website |
https://www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-infrastructure-and-water-management
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https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/ministerie-van-infrastructuur-en-waterstaat ⓘ |
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: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management Description of subject: The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management is the Dutch government ministry responsible for national policies on transport, public works, and water management.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
linked to: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate of the Netherlands
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parentOrganization
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Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands
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linked to: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
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predecessor
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Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
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linked to: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
linked to: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
subject linked to:
RWS
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands
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cooperatesWith
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Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands
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linked to: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
Dutch Coastguard
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parentOrganization
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Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands
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linked to: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
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worksWith
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Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands
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linked to: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
linked to: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
Netherlands exclusive economic zone
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administeredBy
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Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands
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linked to: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
linked to: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
KNMI
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previousParentOrganization
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Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management of the Netherlands
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linked to: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management