Oberbaum Bridge
E214160
arch bridge
bridge
cultural heritage monument in Berlin
double-deck bridge
railway bridge
road bridge
tourist attraction
Oberbaum Bridge is a historic double-deck bridge in Berlin that spans the River Spree, linking the districts of Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg and serving as an iconic symbol of the city's reunification.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oberbaum Bridge canonical | 7 |
| Oberbaum Bridge over the Spree | 1 |
| Oberbaumbrücke | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1535233 — 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: Oberbaum Bridge Context triple: [East Side Gallery, near, Oberbaum Bridge]
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A.
Demidov Bridge
Demidov Bridge is a historic cast-iron pedestrian and vehicular bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia, notable for its 19th-century architecture and ornate decorative elements.
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B.
Krasnogvardeysky Bridge
Krasnogvardeysky Bridge is a historic pedestrian bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for spanning the Griboyedov Canal near the city’s central landmarks.
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C.
Mogilyovsky Bridge
Mogilyovsky Bridge is a historic span in Saint Petersburg, Russia, crossing the Griboyedov Canal and connecting central city districts.
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D.
Novo-Nikolsky Bridge
Novo-Nikolsky Bridge is a historic pedestrian bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia, spanning the Griboyedov Canal near the Nikolsky Marine Cathedral.
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E.
Obukhovsky Bridge
Obukhovsky Bridge is a historic road bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for carrying traffic across the Fontanka River near the city center.
- 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: Oberbaum Bridge Target entity description: Oberbaum Bridge is a historic double-deck bridge in Berlin that spans the River Spree, linking the districts of Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg and serving as an iconic symbol of the city's reunification.
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A.
Demidov Bridge
Demidov Bridge is a historic cast-iron pedestrian and vehicular bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia, notable for its 19th-century architecture and ornate decorative elements.
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B.
Krasnogvardeysky Bridge
Krasnogvardeysky Bridge is a historic pedestrian bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for spanning the Griboyedov Canal near the city’s central landmarks.
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C.
Mogilyovsky Bridge
Mogilyovsky Bridge is a historic span in Saint Petersburg, Russia, crossing the Griboyedov Canal and connecting central city districts.
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D.
Novo-Nikolsky Bridge
Novo-Nikolsky Bridge is a historic pedestrian bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia, spanning the Griboyedov Canal near the Nikolsky Marine Cathedral.
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E.
Obukhovsky Bridge
Obukhovsky Bridge is a historic road bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for carrying traffic across the Fontanka River near the city center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arch bridge
ⓘ
bridge ⓘ cultural heritage monument in Berlin ⓘ double-deck bridge ⓘ railway bridge ⓘ road bridge ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architect | Otto Stahn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Brick Gothic revival ⓘ |
| carries |
U-Bahn line U1
ⓘ
surface form:
U1 line of the Berlin U-Bahn
cyclists ⓘ motor vehicles ⓘ pedestrians ⓘ |
| connects |
Friedrichshain
ⓘ
Kreuzberg ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| crosses | River Spree ⓘ |
| districtBeforeReform |
Friedrichshain
ⓘ
Kreuzberg ⓘ |
| functionDuringDivision | border checkpoint between East and West Berlin ⓘ |
| hasDeck |
lower deck for road traffic
ⓘ
upper deck for U-Bahn ⓘ |
| hasFeature | pedestrian walkways with city views ⓘ |
| hasLighting | illuminated at night ⓘ |
| hasTower | two brick towers ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed monument ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| length | approximately 150 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Berlin
ⓘ
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg ⓘ |
| material |
brick
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Oberbaum Bridge
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Oberbaumbrücke
|
| near |
East Side Gallery
ⓘ
U-Bahn station Warschauer Straße ⓘ
surface form:
Warschauer Straße station
|
| notableFor |
distinctive red-brick towers
ⓘ
double-deck structure ⓘ role as symbol of Berlin ⓘ |
| originalOpeningDate | 1896 ⓘ |
| reconstructionCompletionDate |
1994
ⓘ
1995 ⓘ |
| reopenedForTraffic | after German reunification ⓘ |
| spans | Spree between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Berlin reunification
ⓘ
link between East and West Berlin ⓘ |
| usedAs | filming location ⓘ |
| wasPartOf |
Berlin Wall
ⓘ
surface form:
Berlin Wall border crossings
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Oberbaum Bridge Description of subject: Oberbaum Bridge is a historic double-deck bridge in Berlin that spans the River Spree, linking the districts of Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg and serving as an iconic symbol of the city's reunification.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oberbaum Bridge over the Spree
this entity surface form:
Oberbaumbrücke