De Waag (Weigh House), Haarlem
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De Waag (Weigh House) in Haarlem is a historic 17th-century weighing house designed by Dutch Golden Age architect Pieter Post, emblematic of the city's mercantile past.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| De Waag (Weigh House), Haarlem canonical | 1 |
| Waag (Haarlem weigh house) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8125098 — 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 Waag (Weigh House), Haarlem Context triple: [Pieter Post, notableWork, De Waag (Weigh House), Haarlem]
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A.
Waag (Amsterdam weighing house)
Waag (Amsterdam weighing house) is a historic 15th-century city gate turned weighing house on Nieuwmarkt square in Amsterdam, notable for its later use as a guildhall and its distinctive medieval architecture.
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B.
Haarlem City Hall
Haarlem City Hall is a historic municipal building in the Dutch city of Haarlem, renowned for its medieval architecture and role as the seat of local government.
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C.
Waag (Weighing House) on Grote Markt
The Waag (Weighing House) on the Grote Markt is a historic Renaissance weighing house and former trade building in Nijmegen, notable for its ornate façade and role in the city’s commercial past.
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D.
Grote Markt, Haarlem
Grote Markt, Haarlem is the historic central square of Haarlem in the Netherlands, known for its medieval architecture, lively markets, and surrounding landmarks such as the Grote Kerk and the town hall.
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E.
Waag (weigh house)
Waag is a historic former weigh house in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, known for its distinctive Renaissance architecture and role in the city’s trading past.
- 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 Waag (Weigh House), Haarlem Target entity description: De Waag (Weigh House) in Haarlem is a historic 17th-century weighing house designed by Dutch Golden Age architect Pieter Post, emblematic of the city's mercantile past.
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A.
Waag (Amsterdam weighing house)
Waag (Amsterdam weighing house) is a historic 15th-century city gate turned weighing house on Nieuwmarkt square in Amsterdam, notable for its later use as a guildhall and its distinctive medieval architecture.
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B.
Haarlem City Hall
Haarlem City Hall is a historic municipal building in the Dutch city of Haarlem, renowned for its medieval architecture and role as the seat of local government.
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C.
Waag (Weighing House) on Grote Markt
The Waag (Weighing House) on the Grote Markt is a historic Renaissance weighing house and former trade building in Nijmegen, notable for its ornate façade and role in the city’s commercial past.
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D.
Grote Markt, Haarlem
Grote Markt, Haarlem is the historic central square of Haarlem in the Netherlands, known for its medieval architecture, lively markets, and surrounding landmarks such as the Grote Kerk and the town hall.
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E.
Waag (weigh house)
Waag is a historic former weigh house in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, known for its distinctive Renaissance architecture and role in the city’s trading past.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
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monument in Haarlem ⓘ weigh house ⓘ |
| architect | Pieter Post ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Dutch Classicism ⓘ |
| city | Haarlem ⓘ |
| completionDate | 17th century ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | evidence of early modern urban commerce ⓘ |
| designedBy | Pieter Post ⓘ |
| era | Dutch Golden Age ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Buildings and structures in Haarlem
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Rijksmonuments in Haarlem ⓘ Weigh houses in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasConstructionPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| hasFacadeType | ornamented gabled facade ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arcades at ground level
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decorative stonework ⓘ weighing hall ⓘ |
| hasFunctionInHistory |
market building
ⓘ
municipal weigh house ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
collection of municipal taxes on goods
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control of weights and measures ⓘ |
| hasLocalName |
De Waag
ⓘ
linked to:
Waag Haarlem
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| hasTourismRole | tourist attraction in Haarlem ⓘ |
| heritage | Dutch Golden Age architecture ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed monument (Rijksmonument) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Haarlem
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Netherlands ⓘ North Holland ⓘ |
| material |
brick
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natural stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | its function as a weigh house ⓘ |
| near |
Grote Markt, Haarlem
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Spaarne River ⓘ |
| partOf | historic city centre of Haarlem ⓘ |
| periodOfSignificance |
17th century
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Dutch Golden Age trade ⓘ |
| region | North Holland ⓘ |
| symbolizes | Haarlem's mercantile past ⓘ |
| usedFor |
mercantile activities
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trade regulation ⓘ weighing goods ⓘ |
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 Waag (Weigh House), Haarlem Description of subject: De Waag (Weigh House) in Haarlem is a historic 17th-century weighing house designed by Dutch Golden Age architect Pieter Post, emblematic of the city's mercantile past.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: De Waag (Weigh House), Haarlem