Labe
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Labe, known internationally as the Elbe, is a major Central European river that flows from the Czech Republic through Germany to the North Sea.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Labe River | 6 |
| Labe canonical | 5 |
| Iser | 1 |
| Labe river system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5845042 — 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: Labe Context triple: [Orlice, mouthOfWatercourse, Labe]
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A.
Berounka River
The Berounka River is a significant river in the Czech Republic that flows through western and central Bohemia, known for its scenic valleys, recreational activities, and role as a tributary of the Vltava River.
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B.
Dyje
The Dyje is a major river in Central Europe that flows through the Czech Republic and Austria, forming part of their border and contributing significantly to the Morava River basin.
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C.
Hron River
The Hron River is a major river in central Slovakia that flows through mountainous regions including the Low Tatras before joining the Danube.
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D.
Nitra River
The Nitra River is a significant river in western Slovakia that flows through several towns and agricultural regions before joining the Váh River.
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E.
Váh River
The Váh River is the longest river in Slovakia, flowing from the Tatra Mountains through much of the country before joining the Danube.
- 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: Labe Target entity description: Labe, known internationally as the Elbe, is a major Central European river that flows from the Czech Republic through Germany to the North Sea.
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A.
Berounka River
The Berounka River is a significant river in the Czech Republic that flows through western and central Bohemia, known for its scenic valleys, recreational activities, and role as a tributary of the Vltava River.
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B.
Dyje
The Dyje is a major river in Central Europe that flows through the Czech Republic and Austria, forming part of their border and contributing significantly to the Morava River basin.
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C.
Hron River
The Hron River is a major river in central Slovakia that flows through mountainous regions including the Low Tatras before joining the Danube.
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D.
Nitra River
The Nitra River is a significant river in western Slovakia that flows through several towns and agricultural regions before joining the Váh River.
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E.
Váh River
The Váh River is the longest river in Slovakia, flowing from the Tatra Mountains through much of the country before joining the Danube.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Elbe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderFunction | forms sections of the border between German states ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryLanguageName |
Czech name "Labe"
ⓘ
German name "Elbe" ⓘ |
| drainageBasinArea | about 148000 square kilometres ⓘ |
| drainageBasinCountry |
Austria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Czech Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally northwest ⓘ |
| flowsInto | North Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Czech Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | North Sea basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEstuaryType | tidal estuary ⓘ |
| hasPort | Port of Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | important trade route in Central Europe ⓘ |
| length | about 1094 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Central Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | Cuxhaven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navigable | yes ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Bohemian region
ⓘ
Lower Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Saxony-Anhalt NERFINISHED ⓘ Schleswig-Holstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThroughCity |
Dresden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Hradec Králové NERFINISHED ⓘ Magdeburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Pardubice NERFINISHED ⓘ Ústí nad Labem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceCountry | Czech Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceElevation | about 1386 metres ⓘ |
| sourceLocation |
Krkonoše Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Labská louka ⓘ |
| tributary |
Havel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mulde NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohře NERFINISHED ⓘ Saale NERFINISHED ⓘ Schwarze Elster NERFINISHED ⓘ Vltava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Labe Description of subject: Labe, known internationally as the Elbe, is a major Central European river that flows from the Czech Republic through Germany to the North Sea.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Labe River
this entity surface form:
Iser
this entity surface form:
Labe River
this entity surface form:
Labe River
this entity surface form:
Labe River
this entity surface form:
Labe River