Villigen PSI
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Villigen PSI is a Swiss village in the canton of Aargau known for hosting the Paul Scherrer Institute, a major national research center for natural and engineering sciences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Villigen PSI canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6749850 — 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: Villigen PSI Context triple: [Paul Scherrer Institute, headquartersLocation, Villigen PSI]
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A.
Ramiswil
Ramiswil is a small rural municipality in the canton of Solothurn in northwestern Switzerland, known for its scenic Jura landscape and agricultural character.
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B.
Zumikon
Zumikon is a small, affluent municipality in the Zürich metropolitan area of Switzerland, known for its residential character and proximity to the city of Zürich.
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C.
Giswil
Giswil is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Obwalden, known for its scenic alpine landscape and location along key routes through central Switzerland.
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D.
Thalwil
Thalwil is a municipality in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, known as a residential and commuter town situated on the western shore of Lake Zurich.
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E.
Bönigen
Bönigen is a Swiss village in the canton of Bern, known for its scenic location on the shore of Lake Brienz near Interlaken.
- 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: Villigen PSI Target entity description: Villigen PSI is a Swiss village in the canton of Aargau known for hosting the Paul Scherrer Institute, a major national research center for natural and engineering sciences.
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A.
Ramiswil
Ramiswil is a small rural municipality in the canton of Solothurn in northwestern Switzerland, known for its scenic Jura landscape and agricultural character.
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B.
Zumikon
Zumikon is a small, affluent municipality in the Zürich metropolitan area of Switzerland, known for its residential character and proximity to the city of Zürich.
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C.
Giswil
Giswil is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Obwalden, known for its scenic alpine landscape and location along key routes through central Switzerland.
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D.
Thalwil
Thalwil is a municipality in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, known as a residential and commuter town situated on the western shore of Lake Zurich.
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E.
Bönigen
Bönigen is a Swiss village in the canton of Bern, known for its scenic location on the shore of Lake Brienz near Interlaken.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| countryCode | CH ⓘ |
| governedBy | municipality of Villigen ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | Swiss coordinate system (CH1903+) ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
engineering services
ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ support services for research facilities ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
location of national research center for engineering sciences
ⓘ
location of national research center for natural sciences ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
housing for staff
ⓘ
office buildings ⓘ research laboratories ⓘ technical facilities ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
Paul Scherrer Institute visitor center
ⓘ
linked to:
Paul Scherrer Institute
canteens and restaurants ⓘ training and seminar facilities ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
agricultural land
ⓘ
forested area ⓘ research campus ⓘ residential area ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalityCode | 4127 ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringMunicipality |
Brugg
ⓘ
Böttstein ⓘ Mandach ⓘ Remigen ⓘ Rüfenach ⓘ Siggenthal Station ⓘ Villigen ⓘ Würenlingen ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 5232 ⓘ |
| hasResearchFacility | Paul Scherrer Institute ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection | regional bus services ⓘ |
| hosts | Paul Scherrer Institute ⓘ |
| knownFor | Paul Scherrer Institute ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
canton of Aargau
ⓘ
linked to:
Canton of Aargau
district of Brugg ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Canton of Aargau ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northern Switzerland ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Aare ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf |
Swiss Plateau region
ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss Plateau
district of Brugg ⓘ
linked to:
Brugg District
municipality of Villigen ⓘ |
| timeZone |
CEST
ⓘ
CET ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Villigen PSI Description of subject: Villigen PSI is a Swiss village in the canton of Aargau known for hosting the Paul Scherrer Institute, a major national research center for natural and engineering sciences.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.