older Waal bridge near Zaltbommel
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The older Waal bridge near Zaltbommel was a former major road and rail crossing over the River Waal in the Netherlands that served as a key transport link before being superseded by the modern Martinus Nijhoff Bridge.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waal bridge near Zaltbommel | 1 |
| older Waal bridge near Zaltbommel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5535348 — 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: older Waal bridge near Zaltbommel Context triple: [Martinus Nijhoff Bridge, replaced, older Waal bridge near Zaltbommel]
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A.
Maas Bridge at Grave
Maas Bridge at Grave is a historic road bridge over the River Maas in the Dutch town of Grave, known for its strategic importance during World War II’s Operation Market Garden.
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B.
IJmeer bridge
The IJmeer bridge is a proposed infrastructure project intended to create a direct connection across the IJmeer lake, improving transport links between Amsterdam and surrounding areas.
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C.
Hasselt bridge over Zwarte Water
The Hasselt bridge over the Zwarte Water is a notable Dutch road bridge in the town of Hasselt, Overijssel, spanning the Zwarte Water river and serving as a key local crossing and landmark.
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D.
Krimpen aan den IJssel bridge
The Krimpen aan den IJssel bridge is a major road and rail bridge in the Netherlands spanning the Hollandse IJssel, serving as a key connection between Krimpen aan den IJssel and the surrounding region.
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E.
HSL-Zuid railway bridge
The HSL-Zuid railway bridge is a major high-speed rail bridge in the Netherlands that carries the HSL-Zuid line across the Hollands Diep waterway as part of the route between Rotterdam and the Belgian border.
- 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: older Waal bridge near Zaltbommel Target entity description: The older Waal bridge near Zaltbommel was a former major road and rail crossing over the River Waal in the Netherlands that served as a key transport link before being superseded by the modern Martinus Nijhoff Bridge.
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A.
Maas Bridge at Grave
Maas Bridge at Grave is a historic road bridge over the River Maas in the Dutch town of Grave, known for its strategic importance during World War II’s Operation Market Garden.
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B.
IJmeer bridge
The IJmeer bridge is a proposed infrastructure project intended to create a direct connection across the IJmeer lake, improving transport links between Amsterdam and surrounding areas.
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C.
Hasselt bridge over Zwarte Water
The Hasselt bridge over the Zwarte Water is a notable Dutch road bridge in the town of Hasselt, Overijssel, spanning the Zwarte Water river and serving as a key local crossing and landmark.
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D.
Krimpen aan den IJssel bridge
The Krimpen aan den IJssel bridge is a major road and rail bridge in the Netherlands spanning the Hollandse IJssel, serving as a key connection between Krimpen aan den IJssel and the surrounding region.
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E.
HSL-Zuid railway bridge
The HSL-Zuid railway bridge is a major high-speed rail bridge in the Netherlands that carries the HSL-Zuid line across the Hollands Diep waterway as part of the route between Rotterdam and the Belgian border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bridge
ⓘ
road-rail bridge ⓘ |
| connects | regions on opposite banks of the Waal near Zaltbommel ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| crosses | River Waal ⓘ |
| function | major transport link ⓘ |
| importance | key transport link before Martinus Nijhoff Bridge ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gelderland
ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Zaltbommel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | River Waal ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch transport network ⓘ |
| reducedRoleAfter | opening of Martinus Nijhoff Bridge ⓘ |
| riverCrossingOf | Waal ⓘ |
| status | former major crossing ⓘ |
| supersededBy | Martinus Nijhoff Bridge ⓘ |
| transportMode |
rail
ⓘ
road ⓘ |
| usedFor |
rail traffic
ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ |
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: older Waal bridge near Zaltbommel Description of subject: The older Waal bridge near Zaltbommel was a former major road and rail crossing over the River Waal in the Netherlands that served as a key transport link before being superseded by the modern Martinus Nijhoff Bridge.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: older Waal bridge near Zaltbommel