De Zwaan windmill
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De Zwaan windmill is an authentic 18th-century Dutch windmill relocated from the Netherlands and now serves as a historic centerpiece and tourist attraction in Holland, Michigan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| De Zwaan windmill canonical | 4 |
| Nelis’ Dutch Village | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T48141 — 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 Zwaan windmill Context triple: [Holland, Michigan, hasLandmark, De Zwaan windmill]
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A.
Netherlands Carillon
The Netherlands Carillon is a prominent bell tower and musical monument in Arlington, Virginia, gifted by the Dutch government to the United States in gratitude for American aid during and after World War II.
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B.
Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus is the surname of William D. Ruckelshaus, a prominent American lawyer and public official best known as the first head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a key figure in the Watergate-era "Saturday Night Massacre."
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C.
High Rock Tower
High Rock Tower is a historic stone observation tower and former lighthouse in Lynn, Massachusetts, known for its panoramic coastal views and public park setting.
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D.
Opera House
The Opera House is a principal performance venue within the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., primarily hosting opera, ballet, and other large-scale theatrical productions.
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E.
Cloud Gate
Cloud Gate is a famous stainless-steel public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor, known for its reflective, bean-like shape and prominence in Chicago’s Millennium Park.
- 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 Zwaan windmill Target entity description: De Zwaan windmill is an authentic 18th-century Dutch windmill relocated from the Netherlands and now serves as a historic centerpiece and tourist attraction in Holland, Michigan.
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A.
Netherlands Carillon
The Netherlands Carillon is a prominent bell tower and musical monument in Arlington, Virginia, gifted by the Dutch government to the United States in gratitude for American aid during and after World War II.
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B.
Lavietes Pavilion
Lavietes Pavilion is an indoor basketball arena at Harvard University that serves as the home court for the Harvard Crimson basketball teams.
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C.
Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus is the surname of William D. Ruckelshaus, a prominent American lawyer and public official best known as the first head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a key figure in the Watergate-era "Saturday Night Massacre."
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D.
Jet d'Eau
Jet d'Eau is a famous large water fountain on Lake Geneva and one of the most iconic symbols of the city of Geneva, Switzerland.
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E.
High Rock Tower
High Rock Tower is a historic stone observation tower and former lighthouse in Lynn, Massachusetts, known for its panoramic coastal views and public park setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch windmill
ⓘ
historic landmark ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ windmill ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Ottawa County, Michigan
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Relocated buildings and structures in the United States ⓘ Tourist attractions in Ottawa County, Michigan ⓘ Windmills in the United States ⓘ |
| constructionCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| function | grain milling ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
milling machinery
ⓘ
observation deck ⓘ rotating sails ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
brick
ⓘ
wood ⓘ |
| heritage | Dutch-American ⓘ |
| isAuthentic | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Holland, Michigan
ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan (most of state)
Ottawa County, Michigan ⓘ
linked to:
Ottawa County
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedInPark | Windmill Island Gardens ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Windmill Island ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operatedAs | working windmill ⓘ |
| relocatedFrom | Netherlands ⓘ |
| relocatedTo | Holland, Michigan ⓘ |
| servesAs | historic centerpiece of Windmill Island Gardens ⓘ |
| symbolOf | Dutch heritage in Holland, Michigan ⓘ |
| touristAttractionFor | Holland, Michigan ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural heritage preservation
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education ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
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: De Zwaan windmill Description of subject: De Zwaan windmill is an authentic 18th-century Dutch windmill relocated from the Netherlands and now serves as a historic centerpiece and tourist attraction in Holland, Michigan.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: De Zwaan windmill