Altdorf (Uri)
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Altdorf (Uri) is a historic town in central Switzerland, known as the capital of the canton of Uri and closely associated with the William Tell legend.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Altdorf | 7 |
| Altdorf (Uri) canonical | 1 |
| Altdorf, Switzerland | 1 |
| Rütli Oath tradition associated with Uri | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5624457 — 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: Altdorf (Uri) Context triple: [A4 motorway (Switzerland), passesNear, Altdorf (Uri)]
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A.
City of Glarus
The City of Glarus is a historic Swiss town and capital of the canton of Glarus, known for its role in late medieval conflicts and its picturesque Alpine setting.
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B.
Uster
Uster is a Swiss town and municipality in the canton of Zürich, known as a regional center near Lake Greifen with a mix of urban amenities and surrounding natural landscapes.
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C.
City of Unterwalden
The City of Unterwalden was a medieval Swiss canton-level community that formed part of the Old Swiss Confederacy and participated in regional conflicts such as the Burgundian Wars.
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D.
Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen is a Swiss town in the canton of Thurgau, located on the southern shore of Lake Constance near the German border.
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E.
Nucingen
Nucingen is a powerful and unscrupulous banker in Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, emblematic of the corrupt financial elite of 19th-century Paris.
- 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: Altdorf (Uri) Target entity description: Altdorf (Uri) is a historic town in central Switzerland, known as the capital of the canton of Uri and closely associated with the William Tell legend.
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A.
City of Glarus
The City of Glarus is a historic Swiss town and capital of the canton of Glarus, known for its role in late medieval conflicts and its picturesque Alpine setting.
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B.
Uster
Uster is a Swiss town and municipality in the canton of Zürich, known as a regional center near Lake Greifen with a mix of urban amenities and surrounding natural landscapes.
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C.
City of Unterwalden
The City of Unterwalden was a medieval Swiss canton-level community that formed part of the Old Swiss Confederacy and participated in regional conflicts such as the Burgundian Wars.
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D.
Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen is a Swiss town in the canton of Thurgau, located on the southern shore of Lake Constance near the German border.
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E.
Nucingen
Nucingen is a powerful and unscrupulous banker in Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, emblematic of the corrupt financial elite of 19th-century Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
capital city of a Swiss canton
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municipality ⓘ |
| capitalOf | canton of Uri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | about 460 metres ⓘ |
| governedBy | municipal council of Altdorf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | temperate oceanic climate ⓘ |
| hasCoatOfArms | coat of arms of Altdorf (Uri) ⓘ |
| hasCulturalEvent | local festivals and folk traditions ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
services sector
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tourism related to William Tell legend ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | cantonal schools of Uri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | site of national significance in Switzerland ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole | important staging post on north–south Alpine transit routes ⓘ |
| hasHistoricAssociation | Old Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
William Tell statue on the main square
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historic town centre ⓘ parish church of St. Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocalDialect | Swiss German ⓘ |
| hasMonument | William Tell monument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalCode | 1201 ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasParish | Roman Catholic parish of Altdorf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPopulationCharacteristic | small town population size ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Altdorf railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection | A2 motorway via nearby junctions ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttraction | William Tell museum nearby in Bürglen (Uri) ⓘ |
| hasUrbanType | historic market town ⓘ |
| isSeatOf | cantonal authorities of Uri ⓘ |
| knownFor | William Tell legend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Switzerland
NERFINISHED
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Uri Alps region ⓘ canton of Uri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
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Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedInValley | Reuss valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bürglen (Uri)
NERFINISHED
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Flüelen NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Lucerne NERFINISHED ⓘ Schattdorf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Gotthard Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnTransportRoute | Gotthard route NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Lucerne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Swiss Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 6460 ⓘ |
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: Altdorf (Uri) Description of subject: Altdorf (Uri) is a historic town in central Switzerland, known as the capital of the canton of Uri and closely associated with the William Tell legend.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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