Oude Kerk
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Oude Kerk is Amsterdam’s oldest surviving building and a former Catholic church turned Protestant, renowned for its Gothic architecture and historic location in the city’s medieval center.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oude Kerk canonical | 12 |
| Oude Kerk tower | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8281094 — 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: Oude Kerk Context triple: [Oudezijds Kolk area, hasNearbyLandmark, Oude Kerk]
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A.
Oude Kerk (Ridderkerk)
Oude Kerk (Ridderkerk) is a historic church in the Dutch town of Ridderkerk, notable for its centuries-old architecture and role as a central place of worship in the community.
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B.
Groote Kerk (Great Church)
Groote Kerk (Great Church) is a historic Protestant church in the Dutch town of Maassluis, noted for its prominent architecture and cultural significance.
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C.
Grote Kerk
Grote Kerk is a prominent late Gothic church in the Dutch city of Breda, renowned for its towering spire and historical significance.
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D.
Oude Kerk (Capelle aan den IJssel)
Oude Kerk (Capelle aan den IJssel) is a historic Protestant church in the Dutch town of Capelle aan den IJssel, known as one of its oldest and most prominent religious landmarks.
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E.
St. Janskerk
St. Janskerk is a prominent Gothic church in Maastricht, Netherlands, known for its striking red tower and historic role in the city’s religious and architectural heritage.
- 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: Oude Kerk Target entity description: Oude Kerk is Amsterdam’s oldest surviving building and a former Catholic church turned Protestant, renowned for its Gothic architecture and historic location in the city’s medieval center.
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A.
Oude Kerk (Ridderkerk)
Oude Kerk (Ridderkerk) is a historic church in the Dutch town of Ridderkerk, notable for its centuries-old architecture and role as a central place of worship in the community.
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B.
Groote Kerk (Great Church)
Groote Kerk (Great Church) is a historic Protestant church in the Dutch town of Maassluis, noted for its prominent architecture and cultural significance.
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C.
Grote Kerk
Grote Kerk is a prominent late Gothic church in the Dutch city of Breda, renowned for its towering spire and historical significance.
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D.
Oude Kerk (Capelle aan den IJssel)
Oude Kerk (Capelle aan den IJssel) is a historic Protestant church in the Dutch town of Capelle aan den IJssel, known as one of its oldest and most prominent religious landmarks.
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E.
St. Janskerk
St. Janskerk is a prominent Gothic church in Maastricht, Netherlands, known for its striking red tower and historic role in the city’s religious and architectural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
church building
ⓘ
historic monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Dutch Gothic
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Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| city | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| denomination | Protestant Church in the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerReligiousAffiliation | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| hasCemeteryType | burials inside church floor ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
important example of Gothic architecture in the Netherlands
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oldest parish church in Amsterdam ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
gravestones in the floor
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organ ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ wooden vault ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
concert venue
ⓘ
cultural venue ⓘ exhibition space ⓘ parish church ⓘ |
| hasNameInDutch | Oude Kerk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTower | church tower ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Rijksmonument ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLandmarkOf | Amsterdam historic center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLocatedInRedLightDistrict | true ⓘ |
| isOldestBuildingIn | Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amsterdam
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Amsterdam-Centrum NERFINISHED ⓘ De Wallen NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricCenter | Amsterdam medieval center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod | medieval period ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Oudezijds Achterburgwal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oudezijds Voorburgwal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | brick ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Protestantism ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | wood ⓘ |
| touristAttractionIn | Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translationOfName | Old Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
art installations
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music performances ⓘ religious services ⓘ |
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: Oude Kerk Description of subject: Oude Kerk is Amsterdam’s oldest surviving building and a former Catholic church turned Protestant, renowned for its Gothic architecture and historic location in the city’s medieval center.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Oudezijds Achterburgwal
this entity surface form:
Oude Kerk tower