Grabs, Switzerland
E443988
Grabs, Switzerland is a small municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, known as the birthplace of the contemporary video artist Pipilotti Rist.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grabs, Switzerland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4483151 — 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: Grabs, Switzerland Context triple: [Pipilotti Rist, placeOfBirth, Grabs, Switzerland]
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A.
Valais, Switzerland
Valais, Switzerland is a mountainous canton in southwestern Switzerland known for its Alpine peaks, glaciers, vineyards, and the upper Rhône Valley.
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B.
Baden, Switzerland
Baden, Switzerland is a historic spa town in the canton of Aargau known for its thermal baths and picturesque setting along the Limmat River.
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C.
Gland, Switzerland
Gland, Switzerland is a small town on the shores of Lake Geneva that is best known as a global hub for environmental and conservation organizations.
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D.
Aigle, Switzerland
Aigle, Switzerland is a small town in the canton of Vaud known as an international hub for professional cycling and sports administration.
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E.
Baar, Switzerland
Baar, Switzerland is a small, affluent municipality in the canton of Zug known as a major international business hub and tax-friendly location.
- 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: Grabs, Switzerland Target entity description: Grabs, Switzerland is a small municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, known as the birthplace of the contemporary video artist Pipilotti Rist.
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A.
Valais, Switzerland
Valais, Switzerland is a mountainous canton in southwestern Switzerland known for its Alpine peaks, glaciers, vineyards, and the upper Rhône Valley.
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B.
Baden, Switzerland
Baden, Switzerland is a historic spa town in the canton of Aargau known for its thermal baths and picturesque setting along the Limmat River.
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C.
Gland, Switzerland
Gland, Switzerland is a small town on the shores of Lake Geneva that is best known as a global hub for environmental and conservation organizations.
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D.
Aigle, Switzerland
Aigle, Switzerland is a small town in the canton of Vaud known as an international hub for professional cycling and sports administration.
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E.
Baar, Switzerland
Baar, Switzerland is a small, affluent municipality in the canton of Zug known as a major international business hub and tax-friendly location.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
ⓘ
person ⓘ populated place ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Buchs, St. Gallen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fläsch NERFINISHED ⓘ Gams NERFINISHED ⓘ Maienfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ Planken NERFINISHED ⓘ Schaan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sennwald NERFINISHED ⓘ Sevelen NERFINISHED ⓘ Triesenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsDescription | Gules a lion rampant or holding a key argent ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| elevation | about 465 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasDemonym |
Grabser
ⓘ
Grabserin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Swiss cultural property of regional significance ⓘ |
| hasISO3166-2Code | CH-SG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalityCode | 3242 ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringCountryAcrossBorder | Liechtenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPlaceOfBirth | Pipilotti Rist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettlement |
Grabs Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grabs village ⓘ Studen NERFINISHED ⓘ Werdenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection | Buchs SG railway station (nearby) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.grabs.ch/ ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
canton of St. Gallen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Wahlkreis Werdenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInValley | Rhine Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Liechtenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | video artist ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | German ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Grabs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 9472 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicSector |
agriculture
ⓘ
services ⓘ small-scale industry ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| usesCurrency | Swiss franc ⓘ |
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: Grabs, Switzerland Description of subject: Grabs, Switzerland is a small municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, known as the birthplace of the contemporary video artist Pipilotti Rist.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.