Vella
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Vella is a village and former municipality in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland, known for its traditional alpine setting and proximity to the Surselva region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vella canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7989365 — 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: Vella Context triple: [Sumvitg, neighboringMunicipality, Vella]
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A.
Vangunu
Vangunu is an Oceanic language of the Meso-Melanesian group spoken on Vangunu Island in the Solomon Islands.
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B.
Vayavi
Vayavi is a lesser-known figure in Hindu mythology identified as the consort of the wind god Vayu.
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C.
Lavia
Lavia is a small municipality in southwestern Finland known for its rural landscapes and proximity to the town of Sastamala.
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D.
Vaile
Vaile is a surname of English origin borne by various individuals and families.
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E.
Velia
Velia was an important ancient Greek coastal city in Lucania, southern Italy, known for its role as a philosophical center of the Eleatic school.
- 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: Vella Target entity description: Vella is a village and former municipality in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland, known for its traditional alpine setting and proximity to the Surselva region.
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A.
Vangunu
Vangunu is an Oceanic language of the Meso-Melanesian group spoken on Vangunu Island in the Solomon Islands.
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B.
Vayavi
Vayavi is a lesser-known figure in Hindu mythology identified as the consort of the wind god Vayu.
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C.
Lavia
Lavia is a small municipality in southwestern Finland known for its rural landscapes and proximity to the town of Sastamala.
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D.
Vaile
Vaile is a surname of English origin borne by various individuals and families.
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E.
Velia
Velia was an important ancient Greek coastal city in Lucania, southern Italy, known for its role as a philosophical center of the Eleatic school.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former municipality
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| area | 7.36 km² ⓘ |
| belongsToCulturalRegion | Romansh-speaking Surselva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canton | Graubünden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | alpine climate ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 46.7167° N, 9.1833° E ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| countryCode | CH ⓘ |
| district | Surselva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | 1244 m ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | traditional alpine setting ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernmentType | Swiss municipal council (until 2012) ⓘ |
| hasLocalNameInRomansh | Vella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalityCode | 3599 ⓘ |
| hasParish | Roman Catholic parish of Vella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | St. Vincent church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSkiAreaAccess | Obersaxen–Mundaun region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalArchitecture | alpine houses ⓘ |
| isTouristDestinationType | mountain village ⓘ |
| localRiver | Glenner (Glogn) valley vicinity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Surselva region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Switzerland ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | canton of Graubünden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Lumnezia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergerDate | 2013-01-01 ⓘ |
| neighboringMunicipality |
Cumbel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Degen NERFINISHED ⓘ Morissen NERFINISHED ⓘ Obersaxen NERFINISHED ⓘ Suraua NERFINISHED ⓘ Vignogn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
German
ⓘ
Romansh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Surselva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfElectoralDistrict | Surselva electoral district of Graubünden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | 429 ⓘ |
| populationAsOf | 2011 ⓘ |
| postalCode | 7144 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| roadAccessVia | regional roads of Surselva ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | GR 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: Vella Description of subject: Vella is a village and former municipality in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland, known for its traditional alpine setting and proximity to the Surselva region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.