Herisau
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Herisau is a Swiss town that serves as the administrative and economic center of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Herisau canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15940440 — 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: Herisau Context triple: [canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, capital, Herisau]
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A.
Haslach
Haslach is a district or locality that forms part of the town of Oberkirch in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
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B.
Haslach
Haslach is a town in southern Germany historically noted as the site of the Battle of Haslach-Jungingen during the Napoleonic Wars.
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C.
Machtolsheim
Machtolsheim is a village in the Alb-Donau district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, that forms part of the town of Laichingen.
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D.
Heretsried
Heretsried is a small municipality in the Swabian region of Bavaria, Germany, situated within the rural surroundings of the Augsburg district.
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E.
Tapfheim
Tapfheim is a small municipality in the Donau-Ries district of Bavaria in southern Germany.
- 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: Herisau Target entity description: Herisau is a Swiss town that serves as the administrative and economic center of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden.
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A.
Haslach
Haslach is a district or locality that forms part of the town of Oberkirch in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
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B.
Haslach
Haslach is a town in southern Germany historically noted as the site of the Battle of Haslach-Jungingen during the Napoleonic Wars.
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C.
Machtolsheim
Machtolsheim is a village in the Alb-Donau district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, that forms part of the town of Laichingen.
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D.
Heretsried
Heretsried is a small municipality in the Swabian region of Bavaria, Germany, situated within the rural surroundings of the Augsburg district.
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E.
Tapfheim
Tapfheim is a small municipality in the Donau-Ries district of Bavaria in southern Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.