OW
E708505
OW is the official vehicle registration code used on license plates for the Swiss canton of Obwalden.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OW canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8033679 — 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: OW Context triple: [canton of Obwalden, vehicleRegistrationCode, OW]
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A.
W
The W is a local New York City Subway service that runs on the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan and Queens, typically operating on weekdays.
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B.
W
W is one of the iconic white capital letters that make up the famous Hollywood Sign overlooking Los Angeles.
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C.
O
O is a renowned Cirque du Soleil aquatic-themed stage production in Las Vegas, celebrated for its elaborate water-based acrobatics and visual spectacle.
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D.
OD
OD is an upcoming experimental horror video game from Kojima Productions, led by Hideo Kojima and developed in collaboration with Xbox Game Studios.
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E.
OD
OD is the commonly used abbreviation for the Open Definition, a standard that sets out principles for what qualifies as open data and open content.
- 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: OW Target entity description: OW is the official vehicle registration code used on license plates for the Swiss canton of Obwalden.
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A.
W
The W is a local New York City Subway service that runs on the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan and Queens, typically operating on weekdays.
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B.
W
W is one of the iconic white capital letters that make up the famous Hollywood Sign overlooking Los Angeles.
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C.
O
O is a renowned Cirque du Soleil aquatic-themed stage production in Las Vegas, celebrated for its elaborate water-based acrobatics and visual spectacle.
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D.
OD
OD is an upcoming experimental horror video game from Kojima Productions, led by Hideo Kojima and developed in collaboration with Xbox Game Studios.
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E.
OD
OD is the commonly used abbreviation for the Open Definition, a standard that sets out principles for what qualifies as open data and open content.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
license plate code
ⓘ
vehicle registration code ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
motor vehicles
ⓘ
trailers ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Swiss canton of Obwalden
ⓘ
linked to:
Obwalden
|
| codeLength | 2 letters ⓘ |
| codeType | canton code ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| formatRole | geographic identifier ⓘ |
| identifies | canton of Obwalden as place of registration ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Swiss authorities ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | canton of Obwalden ⓘ |
| partOfSystem | Swiss vehicle registration system ⓘ |
| plateSide |
front plate
ⓘ
rear plate ⓘ |
| positionOnPlate | prefix before serial number ⓘ |
| regionType | canton ⓘ |
| regulates | vehicles registered in Obwalden ⓘ |
| scope |
civilian vehicles
ⓘ
commercial vehicles ⓘ private vehicles ⓘ public service vehicles ⓘ |
| status | official code ⓘ |
| usedIn | canton of Obwalden ⓘ |
| usedOn | Swiss vehicle registration plates ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: OW Description of subject: OW is the official vehicle registration code used on license plates for the Swiss canton of Obwalden.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.