canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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The canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden is a small, predominantly rural canton in northeastern Switzerland known for its rolling hills, traditional Swiss villages, and textile industry heritage.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2406005 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden Context triple: [Heiden, locatedIn, canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden]
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canton of Nidwalden
The canton of Nidwalden is a small, predominantly German-speaking Swiss canton in central Switzerland, known for its alpine landscapes, lakeside scenery along Lake Lucerne, and traditional rural communities.
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canton of Uri
The canton of Uri is a mountainous Swiss canton in central Switzerland, known as one of the founding members of the Swiss Confederation and for encompassing key sections of the Alps and the Gotthard Pass.
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Canton of St. Gallen
The Canton of St. Gallen is a largely German-speaking canton in northeastern Switzerland known for its historic textile industry, the city of St. Gallen with its UNESCO-listed Abbey Library, and its location between Lake Constance and the Alps.
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canton of Thurgau
The canton of Thurgau is a largely rural northeastern Swiss canton along Lake Constance, known for its agriculture, fruit-growing, and proximity to Germany.
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canton of Graubünden
The canton of Graubünden is a large, mountainous region in eastern Switzerland known for its Alpine landscapes, ski resorts, and multilingual culture (German, Romansh, and Italian).
- 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: canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden Target entity description: The canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden is a small, predominantly rural canton in northeastern Switzerland known for its rolling hills, traditional Swiss villages, and textile industry heritage.
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canton of Nidwalden
The canton of Nidwalden is a small, predominantly German-speaking Swiss canton in central Switzerland, known for its alpine landscapes, lakeside scenery along Lake Lucerne, and traditional rural communities.
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canton of Uri
The canton of Uri is a mountainous Swiss canton in central Switzerland, known as one of the founding members of the Swiss Confederation and for encompassing key sections of the Alps and the Gotthard Pass.
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Canton of St. Gallen
The Canton of St. Gallen is a largely German-speaking canton in northeastern Switzerland known for its historic textile industry, the city of St. Gallen with its UNESCO-listed Abbey Library, and its location between Lake Constance and the Alps.
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canton of Thurgau
The canton of Thurgau is a largely rural northeastern Swiss canton along Lake Constance, known for its agriculture, fruit-growing, and proximity to Germany.
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canton of Graubünden
The canton of Graubünden is a large, mountainous region in eastern Switzerland known for its Alpine landscapes, ski resorts, and multilingual culture (German, Romansh, and Italian).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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: canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden Description of subject: The canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden is a small, predominantly rural canton in northeastern Switzerland known for its rolling hills, traditional Swiss villages, and textile industry heritage.
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Appenzell Innerrhoden
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canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Appenzell Innerrhoden
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Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden constituency of Vorderland
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canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden cantonal constituency
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden