Huningue
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Huningue is a small French commune in the Alsace region near the borders with Germany and Switzerland, historically notable as a fortified border town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Huningue canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7741342 — 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: Huningue Context triple: [Siege of Huningue, location, Huningue]
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A.
Herkinge
Herkinge is a small settlement located in the Dutch province of South Holland.
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B.
Margraten
Margraten is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg best known for hosting the Netherlands American Cemetery, a major World War II military burial ground for U.S. soldiers.
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C.
Rolandseck
Rolandseck is a district of Remagen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, known for its scenic location on the Rhine and its historic railway station and cultural venues.
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D.
Houffalize
Houffalize is a small town in the Belgian Ardennes known for its World War II history, outdoor tourism, and scenic natural surroundings.
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E.
Kevelaer
Kevelaer is a renowned German pilgrimage town in North Rhine-Westphalia, famous as one of Europe’s most important Marian shrines and a major destination for Catholic pilgrims.
- 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: Huningue Target entity description: Huningue is a small French commune in the Alsace region near the borders with Germany and Switzerland, historically notable as a fortified border town.
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A.
Herkinge
Herkinge is a small settlement located in the Dutch province of South Holland.
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B.
Margraten
Margraten is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg best known for hosting the Netherlands American Cemetery, a major World War II military burial ground for U.S. soldiers.
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C.
Rolandseck
Rolandseck is a district of Remagen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, known for its scenic location on the Rhine and its historic railway station and cultural venues.
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D.
Houffalize
Houffalize is a small town in the Belgian Ardennes known for its World War II history, outdoor tourism, and scenic natural surroundings.
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E.
Kevelaer
Kevelaer is a renowned German pilgrimage town in North Rhine-Westphalia, famous as one of Europe’s most important Marian shrines and a major destination for Catholic pilgrims.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commune of France ⓘ |
| area | approximately 2.3 square kilometres ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | coat of arms of Huningue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dialingCode |
+33
ⓘ
3 ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 245 metres ⓘ |
| hasBorderCrossing |
France–Germany border
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
France–Switzerland border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBridge | Passerelle des Trois Pays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFortification | Huningue fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
chemical industry
ⓘ
pharmaceutical industry ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Passerelle des Trois Pays
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rhine port of Huningue NERFINISHED ⓘ remains of Huningue fortress ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalStatus | commune ⓘ |
| hasNeighbouringMunicipality |
Basel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint-Louis (Haut-Rhin) NERFINISHED ⓘ Village-Neuf NERFINISHED ⓘ Weil am Rhein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection | Basel tram network (via nearby stops) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalFunction | fortified border town ⓘ |
| inception | 17th century ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
arrondissement of Mulhouse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
canton of Saint-Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| localLanguage | Alsatian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Alsace
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grand Est NERFINISHED ⓘ Haut-Rhin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInBorderRegion | France–Germany–Switzerland tripoint area ⓘ |
| locatedInGeographicalRegion | Upper Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricalRegion | Alsace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Basel metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInNUTSRegion | FRF12 Haut-Rhin ⓘ |
| locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater | Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Basel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint-Louis (Haut-Rhin) NERFINISHED ⓘ Weil am Rhein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Trois Frontières region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 68330 ⓘ |
| sharesBorderWith |
Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Siege of Huningue (1813–1814) 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: Huningue Description of subject: Huningue is a small French commune in the Alsace region near the borders with Germany and Switzerland, historically notable as a fortified border town.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.