municipality of Vilvoorde
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The municipality of Vilvoorde is a town in the Flemish Brabant province of Belgium, located just north of Brussels and known as an important residential and industrial suburb of the capital.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| municipality of Brakel | 2 |
| municipality of Vilvoorde canonical | 2 |
| Vilvoorde (in Brussels metropolitan area) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5536234 — 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: municipality of Vilvoorde Context triple: [Peutie, partOf, municipality of Vilvoorde]
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A.
Municipality of Anderlecht
The Municipality of Anderlecht is a local government area within the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium, responsible for administering the urban district of Anderlecht and providing public services to its residents.
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B.
municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean is a densely populated, historically industrial and culturally diverse municipality located just west of central Brussels in Belgium.
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C.
municipality of Westvoorne
The municipality of Westvoorne was a former local government area on the island of Voorne-Putten in South Holland, Netherlands, known for its coastal villages, dunes, and nature reserves along the North Sea.
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D.
municipality of Auderghem
The municipality of Auderghem is a leafy, residential commune in the southeastern part of Brussels known for its green spaces, including the Sonian Forest and several historic abbeys.
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E.
municipality of Koekelberg
The municipality of Koekelberg is a small, densely populated commune in western Brussels known for the National Basilica of the Sacred Heart and its urban residential character.
- 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: municipality of Vilvoorde Target entity description: The municipality of Vilvoorde is a town in the Flemish Brabant province of Belgium, located just north of Brussels and known as an important residential and industrial suburb of the capital.
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A.
Municipality of Anderlecht
The Municipality of Anderlecht is a local government area within the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium, responsible for administering the urban district of Anderlecht and providing public services to its residents.
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B.
municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean is a densely populated, historically industrial and culturally diverse municipality located just west of central Brussels in Belgium.
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C.
municipality of Westvoorne
The municipality of Westvoorne was a former local government area on the island of Voorne-Putten in South Holland, Netherlands, known for its coastal villages, dunes, and nature reserves along the North Sea.
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D.
municipality of Auderghem
The municipality of Auderghem is a leafy, residential commune in the southeastern part of Brussels known for its green spaces, including the Sonian Forest and several historic abbeys.
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E.
municipality of Koekelberg
The municipality of Koekelberg is a small, densely populated commune in western Brussels known for the National Basilica of the Sacred Heart and its urban residential character.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| belongsToCommunity | Flemish Community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedByMotorway |
E19
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
R0 Brussels Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| dialingCode | 02 ⓘ |
| governingBody | municipal council of Vilvoorde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCanal | Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEvent | closure of Renault Vilvoorde plant in 1997 ⓘ |
| hasIndustrialHistory |
automotive industry
ⓘ
metal industry ⓘ textile industry ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Hanzeplein
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ten Troost church NERFINISHED ⓘ Park Drie Fonteinen NERFINISHED ⓘ Vilvoorde viaduct NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMayor | Hans Bonte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNeighbouringMunicipality |
Brussels
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grimbergen NERFINISHED ⓘ Machelen NERFINISHED ⓘ Meise NERFINISHED ⓘ Zemst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPopulation | approximately 45,000 inhabitants ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 1800 ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Vilvoorde railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision | Peutie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTwinTown |
Bucine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dunaújváros NERFINISHED ⓘ Ennepetal NERFINISHED ⓘ Komló NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurepas NERFINISHED ⓘ Miercurea Ciuc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| is |
industrial suburb of Brussels
ⓘ
residential suburb of Brussels ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Belgium
ⓘ
Flanders ⓘ Flemish Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Brussels Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Brussels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Zenne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mayorParty | Vooruit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| partOf | arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provinceCapital | Leuven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionCodeNIS | 23088 ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | V ⓘ |
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: municipality of Vilvoorde Description of subject: The municipality of Vilvoorde is a town in the Flemish Brabant province of Belgium, located just north of Brussels and known as an important residential and industrial suburb of the capital.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
municipality of Brakel
this entity surface form:
Vilvoorde (in Brussels metropolitan area)