Waalwijk, Netherlands
E509426
Waalwijk, Netherlands is a town in the province of North Brabant known for its historical leather and shoe industry and its location between Tilburg and the River Maas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waalwijk, Netherlands canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5267855 — 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: Waalwijk, Netherlands Context triple: [Martinus Veltman, placeOfBirth, Waalwijk, Netherlands]
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Zundert, Netherlands
Zundert, Netherlands is a small Dutch town in North Brabant best known as the birthplace of painter Vincent van Gogh.
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B.
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Apeldoorn is a city in the province of Gelderland in the central Netherlands, known for the royal palace Het Loo and its surrounding forests and parks.
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C.
Nuenen, Netherlands
Nuenen, Netherlands is a village in the province of North Brabant known for its association with Vincent van Gogh, who lived and worked there and created several important early paintings.
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D.
Amstelveen, Netherlands
Amstelveen, Netherlands is a suburban municipality just south of Amsterdam known for hosting major corporate offices, including those of Dutch airline subsidiaries, and for its residential and green character.
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E.
Roermond, Netherlands
Roermond, Netherlands is a historic city in the southeastern province of Limburg known for its medieval architecture, riverside setting, and role as a regional commercial and cultural 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: Waalwijk, Netherlands Target entity description: Waalwijk, Netherlands is a town in the province of North Brabant known for its historical leather and shoe industry and its location between Tilburg and the River Maas.
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A.
Zundert, Netherlands
Zundert, Netherlands is a small Dutch town in North Brabant best known as the birthplace of painter Vincent van Gogh.
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B.
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Apeldoorn is a city in the province of Gelderland in the central Netherlands, known for the royal palace Het Loo and its surrounding forests and parks.
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C.
Nuenen, Netherlands
Nuenen, Netherlands is a village in the province of North Brabant known for its association with Vincent van Gogh, who lived and worked there and created several important early paintings.
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D.
Amstelveen, Netherlands
Amstelveen, Netherlands is a suburban municipality just south of Amsterdam known for hosting major corporate offices, including those of Dutch airline subsidiaries, and for its residential and green character.
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E.
Roermond, Netherlands
Roermond, Netherlands is a historic city in the southeastern province of Limburg known for its medieval architecture, riverside setting, and role as a regional commercial and cultural center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| areaCode | 0416 ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
's-Hertogenbosch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dongen NERFINISHED ⓘ Drimmelen NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilze en Rijen NERFINISHED ⓘ Heusden NERFINISHED ⓘ Loon op Zand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasCityRightsSince | 1303 ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
distribution centers
ⓘ
logistics ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Sint-Jan de Doperkerk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
former leather factories ⓘ |
| hasSettlement |
Baardwijk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bloemenoord NERFINISHED ⓘ Capelle NERFINISHED ⓘ De Gaard NERFINISHED ⓘ De Hoef NERFINISHED ⓘ De Hooipolder NERFINISHED ⓘ De Slagen NERFINISHED ⓘ Laageinde NERFINISHED ⓘ Meerdijk NERFINISHED ⓘ Sprang-Capelle NERFINISHED ⓘ Vrijhoeve-Capelle NERFINISHED ⓘ Waspik NERFINISHED ⓘ Zanddonk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.waalwijk.nl/ ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leather industry
ⓘ
shoe industry ⓘ |
| localDialect | Brabantic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedBetween | Tilburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Brabant
ⓘ
southern Netherlands ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
's-Hertogenbosch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Drunen NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaatsheuvel NERFINISHED ⓘ River Maas NERFINISHED ⓘ Tilburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
A59 motorway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern bank of the River Maas floodplain ⓘ |
| municipalCouncilSeats | 27 ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | Central European Summer Time ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| partOfRegion | Langstraat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCodeRange | 5140–5146 ⓘ |
| province | North Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Waalwijk, Netherlands Description of subject: Waalwijk, Netherlands is a town in the province of North Brabant known for its historical leather and shoe industry and its location between Tilburg and the River Maas.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.