Afsluitdijk (western end)
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The western end of the Afsluitdijk is the section of the famous Dutch causeway and flood defense where it connects to the province of North Holland on the IJsselmeer and Wadden Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Afsluitdijk (western end) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1090977 — 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: Afsluitdijk (western end) Context triple: [North Holland, contains, Afsluitdijk (western end)]
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A.
Zandkreekdam
Zandkreekdam is a Dutch dam and water barrier that forms part of the Delta Works coastal defense system, helping to protect the southwestern Netherlands from flooding.
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B.
Oosterscheldekering storm surge barrier
The Oosterscheldekering storm surge barrier is a massive movable flood defense structure in the Netherlands, renowned as the largest and most complex component of the Delta Works coastal protection system.
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C.
Volkeraksluizen
Volkeraksluizen is a major lock complex in the Netherlands that regulates water levels and shipping traffic between the Volkerak and surrounding waterways.
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D.
Grevelingendam
Grevelingendam is a major dam in the southwestern Netherlands that forms part of the Delta Works, protecting the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta from flooding while separating the Grevelingenmeer from the North Sea.
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E.
Haringvlietdam
Haringvlietdam is a major Dutch storm surge barrier and dam complex that regulates water flow and protects the southwestern Netherlands from flooding as part of the Delta Works.
- 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: Afsluitdijk (western end) Target entity description: The western end of the Afsluitdijk is the section of the famous Dutch causeway and flood defense where it connects to the province of North Holland on the IJsselmeer and Wadden Sea.
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A.
Zandkreekdam
Zandkreekdam is a Dutch dam and water barrier that forms part of the Delta Works coastal defense system, helping to protect the southwestern Netherlands from flooding.
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B.
Oosterscheldekering storm surge barrier
The Oosterscheldekering storm surge barrier is a massive movable flood defense structure in the Netherlands, renowned as the largest and most complex component of the Delta Works coastal protection system.
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C.
Volkeraksluizen
Volkeraksluizen is a major lock complex in the Netherlands that regulates water levels and shipping traffic between the Volkerak and surrounding waterways.
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D.
Grevelingendam
Grevelingendam is a major dam in the southwestern Netherlands that forms part of the Delta Works, protecting the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta from flooding while separating the Grevelingenmeer from the North Sea.
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E.
Haringvlietdam
Haringvlietdam is a major Dutch storm surge barrier and dam complex that regulates water flow and protects the southwestern Netherlands from flooding as part of the Delta Works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flood defence structure
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infrastructure node ⓘ road junction ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
A7 motorway
ⓘ
Afsluitdijk ⓘ
surface form:
Afsluitdijk main causeway
N307 road ⓘ North Holland ⓘ |
| coordinatesApprox | 52.933°N 4.933°E ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
road transport connection between North Holland and Friesland
ⓘ
storm surge protection ⓘ |
| hasRole | landfall of Afsluitdijk in North Holland ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
bridge
ⓘ
locks ⓘ sluices ⓘ |
| lakeSide | IJsselmeer ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
municipality of Hollands Kroon
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province of North Holland ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Den Oever
ⓘ
Wieringen ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
IJsselmeer
ⓘ
Wadden Sea ⓘ |
| openedWith | Afsluitdijk opening in 1933 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Afsluitdijk
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Dutch primary flood defence system ⓘ Zuiderzee Works ⓘ |
| roadCarried |
European route E22
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Rijksweg 7 ⓘ |
| seaSide | Wadden Sea ⓘ |
| waterBodySeparated |
IJsselmeer
ⓘ
Wadden Sea ⓘ |
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: Afsluitdijk (western end) Description of subject: The western end of the Afsluitdijk is the section of the famous Dutch causeway and flood defense where it connects to the province of North Holland on the IJsselmeer and Wadden Sea.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.