Volkerakmeer
E142726
Volkerakmeer is a lake in the southwestern Netherlands that forms part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and serves as an important waterway and water management area.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Volkerak-Zoommeer | 1 |
| Volkerakmeer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T951971 — 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: Volkerakmeer Context triple: [Volkerak, hasAlternativeName, Volkerakmeer]
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A.
Grevelingenmeer
Grevelingenmeer is a large saltwater lake in the southwestern Netherlands, known for its water sports, nature reserves, and role in the Delta Works coastal defense system.
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B.
Haarlemmermeer
Haarlemmermeer is a municipality in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands, best known for encompassing Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
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C.
Giethoorn
Giethoorn is a picturesque Dutch village famous for its canals, thatched-roof farmhouses, and boat-only waterways, often called the "Venice of the Netherlands."
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D.
IJsselmeer
IJsselmeer is a large shallow freshwater lake in the central Netherlands, created by the closure of the Zuiderzee and known for its dikes, reclaimed polders, and importance to Dutch water management and recreation.
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E.
Reimerswaal
Reimerswaal is a coastal municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland, known for its agricultural landscape and location along the Eastern Scheldt estuary.
- 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: Volkerakmeer Target entity description: Volkerakmeer is a lake in the southwestern Netherlands that forms part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and serves as an important waterway and water management area.
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A.
Grevelingenmeer
Grevelingenmeer is a large saltwater lake in the southwestern Netherlands, known for its water sports, nature reserves, and role in the Delta Works coastal defense system.
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B.
Haarlemmermeer
Haarlemmermeer is a municipality in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands, best known for encompassing Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
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C.
Giethoorn
Giethoorn is a picturesque Dutch village famous for its canals, thatched-roof farmhouses, and boat-only waterways, often called the "Venice of the Netherlands."
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D.
IJsselmeer
IJsselmeer is a large shallow freshwater lake in the central Netherlands, created by the closure of the Zuiderzee and known for its dikes, reclaimed polders, and importance to Dutch water management and recreation.
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E.
Reimerswaal
Reimerswaal is a coastal municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland, known for its agricultural landscape and location along the Eastern Scheldt estuary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
body of water
ⓘ
lake ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Zeeuws-Vlaanderen
ⓘ
surface form:
Zeelandic Flanders region
Goeree-Overflakkee ⓘ
surface form:
island of Goeree-Overflakkee
island of Tholen ⓘ province of North Brabant mainland ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Grevelingenmeer
ⓘ
Hollands Diep ⓘ Krammer ⓘ Zoommeer ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
ecological habitat
ⓘ
saltwater intrusion prevention ⓘ water level regulation ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
dams
ⓘ
locks ⓘ shipping channels ⓘ sluices ⓘ |
| inflow |
Meuse
ⓘ
Rhine ⓘ Scheldt ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
ⓘ
surface form:
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta region
Southwestern Netherlands ⓘ province of North Brabant ⓘ province of South Holland ⓘ province of Zeeland ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| partOf |
Delta Works
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch Delta Works system
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ
surface form:
Rhine–Meuse delta
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ Scheldt ⓘ
surface form:
Scheldt estuary
|
| separatedBy |
Oesterdam
ⓘ
Philipsdam ⓘ Volkerakdam ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | North Sea ⓘ |
| usedFor |
inland navigation
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ sailing ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ |
| waterManagementRole |
flood control area
ⓘ
freshwater basin ⓘ salinity management area ⓘ |
| waterType | primarily freshwater ⓘ |
| waterwayFunction | important shipping route ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Volkerakmeer Description of subject: Volkerakmeer is a lake in the southwestern Netherlands that forms part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and serves as an important waterway and water management area.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Volkerak-Zoommeer