Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction
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The Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction is the world’s largest flower auction marketplace, where millions of flowers and plants are traded daily for global distribution.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2990197 — 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: Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction Context triple: [Aalsmeer, hosts, Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction]
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A.
Amsterdam flower industry
The Amsterdam flower industry is a major hub of global floriculture centered around the city’s historic flower markets, trade infrastructure, and export-oriented horticultural businesses.
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B.
Keukenhof
Keukenhof is one of the world’s largest and most famous flower gardens in the Netherlands, renowned for its spectacular spring displays of tulips and other bulb flowers.
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C.
Bloemenmarkt
Bloemenmarkt is Amsterdam’s famous floating flower market, known for its stalls selling tulips, bulbs, and other flowers along the Singel canal.
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D.
Tulips
"Tulips" is a confessional poem by Sylvia Plath that explores themes of identity, illness, and the tension between life and death through the speaker’s intense reaction to a bouquet of bright red tulips in a hospital room.
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E.
International Court of Arbitration for the Flower Trade
The International Court of Arbitration for the Flower Trade is a specialized arbitration body that resolves commercial disputes within the global flower and horticulture industry.
- 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: Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction Target entity description: The Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction is the world’s largest flower auction marketplace, where millions of flowers and plants are traded daily for global distribution.
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A.
Amsterdam flower industry
The Amsterdam flower industry is a major hub of global floriculture centered around the city’s historic flower markets, trade infrastructure, and export-oriented horticultural businesses.
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B.
Keukenhof
Keukenhof is one of the world’s largest and most famous flower gardens in the Netherlands, renowned for its spectacular spring displays of tulips and other bulb flowers.
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C.
Bloemenmarkt
Bloemenmarkt is Amsterdam’s famous floating flower market, known for its stalls selling tulips, bulbs, and other flowers along the Singel canal.
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D.
Tulips
"Tulips" is a confessional poem by Sylvia Plath that explores themes of identity, illness, and the tension between life and death through the speaker’s intense reaction to a bouquet of bright red tulips in a hospital room.
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E.
International Court of Arbitration for the Flower Trade
The International Court of Arbitration for the Flower Trade is a specialized arbitration body that resolves commercial disputes within the global flower and horticulture industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flower auction marketplace
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logistics hub ⓘ wholesale flower market ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| distributionScope | global ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction
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surface form:
Aalsmeer flower auction
Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction ⓘ
surface form:
FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction
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| hasCustomerBase |
international buyers
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international growers ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
auction clocks
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digital auction platforms ⓘ large logistics center ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
consolidation of flower supply
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distribution of flowers and plants ⓘ price discovery for flowers and plants ⓘ |
| industry |
floriculture
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horticulture ⓘ wholesale trade ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the world’s largest flower auction
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daily trade of flowers and plants ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aalsmeer
NERFINISHED
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Netherlands ⓘ North Holland ⓘ |
| mainProducts |
cut flowers
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garden plants ⓘ indoor plants ⓘ potted plants ⓘ |
| near | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Royal FloraHolland
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| partOf |
Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Royal FloraHolland
global floriculture supply chain ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Royal FloraHolland Naaldwijk auction
Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Royal FloraHolland Rijnsburg auction
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| role | central hub in global flower trade ⓘ |
| serves |
exporters
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flower growers ⓘ plant growers ⓘ retailers ⓘ wholesalers ⓘ |
| trades |
millions of flowers daily
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millions of plants daily ⓘ |
| uses |
auction clock system
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online auction systems ⓘ |
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: Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction Description of subject: The Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction is the world’s largest flower auction marketplace, where millions of flowers and plants are traded daily for global distribution.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Singel
this entity surface form:
Aalsmeer flower market barges (historical)
this entity surface form:
Aalsmeer flower auction
this entity surface form:
Royal FloraHolland
this entity surface form:
Aalsmeer flower industry
this entity surface form:
Aalsmeer flower auction
Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction
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partOf
→
Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Royal FloraHolland
Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction
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operatedBy
→
Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Royal FloraHolland
this entity surface form:
FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction
this entity surface form:
Aalsmeer flower auction
Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction
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relatedTo
→
Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Royal FloraHolland Naaldwijk auction
Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction
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relatedTo
→
Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer auction
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Royal FloraHolland Rijnsburg auction
this entity surface form:
Royal FloraHolland