Spui square
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Spui square is a central public square in Amsterdam known for its book markets, cultural venues, and proximity to historic sites like the Begijnhof.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spui square canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6441116 — 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: Spui square Context triple: [Begijnhof entrance, locatedAt, Spui square]
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A.
Vredenburg square
Vredenburg square is a central public square in the Dutch city of Utrecht, known as a major hub for shopping, events, and public transport.
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B.
Leidseplein
Leidseplein is a lively square in central Amsterdam known for its theaters, nightlife, street performers, and numerous cafés and restaurants.
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C.
Molengracht Plaza
Molengracht Plaza is a Dutch-inspired town square and commercial district in Pella, Iowa, featuring canals, shops, and community gathering spaces.
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D.
Rogier Square
Rogier Square is a major public square and transport hub in central Brussels, known for its modern architecture, offices, hotels, and proximity to key shopping and business districts.
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E.
Albert Cuypmarkt
Albert Cuypmarkt is a famous open-air street market in Amsterdam known for its wide variety of fresh produce, street food, and everyday goods.
- 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: Spui square Target entity description: Spui square is a central public square in Amsterdam known for its book markets, cultural venues, and proximity to historic sites like the Begijnhof.
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A.
Vredenburg square
Vredenburg square is a central public square in the Dutch city of Utrecht, known as a major hub for shopping, events, and public transport.
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B.
Leidseplein
Leidseplein is a lively square in central Amsterdam known for its theaters, nightlife, street performers, and numerous cafés and restaurants.
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C.
Molengracht Plaza
Molengracht Plaza is a Dutch-inspired town square and commercial district in Pella, Iowa, featuring canals, shops, and community gathering spaces.
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D.
Rogier Square
Rogier Square is a major public square and transport hub in central Brussels, known for its modern architecture, offices, hotels, and proximity to key shopping and business districts.
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E.
Albert Cuypmarkt
Albert Cuypmarkt is a famous open-air street market in Amsterdam known for its wide variety of fresh produce, street food, and everyday goods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public square
ⓘ
urban square ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation | 52.369°N 4.889°E ⓘ |
| hasCulturalInstitutionNearby |
Athenaeum Boekhandel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The American Book Center NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Amsterdam buildings ⓘ |
| hasEvent |
art market
ⓘ
weekly book market ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
fountain
ⓘ
paved square ⓘ public art ⓘ seating areas ⓘ trees ⓘ |
| hasNameInDutch | Spui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyReligiousSite |
Begijnhof chapel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English Reformed Church at Begijnhof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPedestrianAccess | yes ⓘ |
| hasPublicTransportConnection |
Amsterdam tram network
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tram stops at Spui ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttractionStatus | yes ⓘ |
| hasUse |
market square
ⓘ
pedestrian zone ⓘ public space ⓘ |
| knownFor |
antique book market
ⓘ
book market ⓘ cafés ⓘ cultural venues ⓘ proximity to Begijnhof ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | North Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Amsterdam-Centrum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction |
Amsterdam Museum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Begijnhof NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalverstraat NERFINISHED ⓘ Rokin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | historic center of Amsterdam 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: Spui square Description of subject: Spui square is a central public square in Amsterdam known for its book markets, cultural venues, and proximity to historic sites like the Begijnhof.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Het Lieverdje