Cospuden open-cast mine (former)
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The former Cospuden open-cast mine is a reclaimed lignite mining site in Saxony, Germany, now known for its transformation into the recreational Cospudener See lake and surrounding leisure area.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cospuden open-cast mine (former) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8147796 — 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: Cospuden open-cast mine (former) Context triple: [Zwenkau, near, Cospuden open-cast mine (former)]
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A.
South Field lignite mine
The South Field lignite mine is a major open-pit coal mining operation in the Kozani regional unit of Greece, supporting nearby power plants and regional energy production.
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B.
Botallack Mine
Botallack Mine is a historic former tin and copper mine on Cornwall’s rugged Atlantic coast, famed for its dramatic cliffside engine houses and UNESCO-listed mining heritage.
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C.
Cardenden mining area
Cardenden mining area is a former coal mining district in the village of Cardenden in Fife, Scotland, historically part of the region’s extensive coal industry.
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D.
Wheal Peevor mine site
Wheal Peevor mine site is a historic former tin mining complex near Redruth in Cornwall, England, noted for its well-preserved engine houses and role in the region’s mining heritage.
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E.
Bowhill mining area
Bowhill mining area is a historic coal mining district in Fife, Scotland, that formed part of the region’s once-extensive industrial coalfield.
- 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: Cospuden open-cast mine (former) Target entity description: The former Cospuden open-cast mine is a reclaimed lignite mining site in Saxony, Germany, now known for its transformation into the recreational Cospudener See lake and surrounding leisure area.
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A.
South Field lignite mine
The South Field lignite mine is a major open-pit coal mining operation in the Kozani regional unit of Greece, supporting nearby power plants and regional energy production.
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B.
Botallack Mine
Botallack Mine is a historic former tin and copper mine on Cornwall’s rugged Atlantic coast, famed for its dramatic cliffside engine houses and UNESCO-listed mining heritage.
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C.
Cardenden mining area
Cardenden mining area is a former coal mining district in the village of Cardenden in Fife, Scotland, historically part of the region’s extensive coal industry.
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D.
Wheal Peevor mine site
Wheal Peevor mine site is a historic former tin mining complex near Redruth in Cornwall, England, noted for its well-preserved engine houses and role in the region’s mining heritage.
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E.
Bowhill mining area
Bowhill mining area is a historic coal mining district in Fife, Scotland, that formed part of the region’s once-extensive industrial coalfield.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former open-cast lignite mine
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reclaimed mining site ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentStatus | reclaimed ⓘ |
| currentUse |
lake landscape
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recreational area ⓘ |
| environmentalImpact | landscape alteration by surface mining ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalRole | example of post-industrial landscape reuse ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
beaches at Cospudener See
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flooded mine pit forming Cospudener See ⓘ paths and trails around former mine area ⓘ surrounding leisure infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named after Cospuden area south of Leipzig ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | Cospudener See NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTourismRole | local recreation area for Leipzig region ⓘ |
| industry | lignite mining ⓘ |
| knownFor |
post-mining landscape rehabilitation
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recreational development near Leipzig ⓘ transformation into Cospudener See ⓘ |
| landUseChange | from industrial mining to recreation and nature ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Germany lignite mining area
NERFINISHED
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Leipzig district of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ lignite mining region south of Leipzig ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Leipzig
NERFINISHED
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Markkleeberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Zwenkau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalUse | lignite extraction ⓘ |
| partOf | Leipzig New Lakeland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postMiningUse |
bathing and water sports at Cospudener See
ⓘ
cycling and hiking around lake ⓘ nature and landscape conservation area ⓘ |
| reclamationForm |
artificial lake
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leisure area ⓘ |
| reclamationMethod | flooding of former mine pit ⓘ |
| reclamationOutcome | Cospudener See NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Leipzig Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resourceExtracted | lignite ⓘ |
| status | closed ⓘ |
| transformedInto | Cospudener See and leisure area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterBodyCreated | Cospudener See NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Cospuden open-cast mine (former) Description of subject: The former Cospuden open-cast mine is a reclaimed lignite mining site in Saxony, Germany, now known for its transformation into the recreational Cospudener See lake and surrounding leisure area.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.