Waterloo Square
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Waterloo Square is a public square in Amsterdam, Netherlands, known for its daily flea market and central location near the city’s historic Jewish quarter.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waterloo Square canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9941143 — 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: Waterloo Square Context triple: [Waterlooplein, hasNameMeaning, Waterloo Square]
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A.
Waterloo and Oval
Waterloo and Oval are two adjacent districts in central London, known respectively for their major railway station and cultural venues, and for the Oval cricket ground.
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B.
Parliament Square
Parliament Square is a historic public square in Westminster, London, surrounded by key UK institutions and notable statues, and serving as a focal point for political demonstrations and tourism.
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C.
Parliament Square
Parliament Square is a historic civic plaza in downtown Nassau, Bahamas, surrounded by pastel-colored colonial government buildings and serving as a central site for political and ceremonial events.
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D.
Parliament Square
Parliament Square is a notable public space in the town of Hertford, England, known for its central location and surrounding historic buildings, shops, and civic amenities.
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E.
Waterloo Park
Waterloo Park is a public green space in Waterloo, Ontario, known for its recreational facilities, walking trails, and community events.
- 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: Waterloo Square Target entity description: Waterloo Square is a public square in Amsterdam, Netherlands, known for its daily flea market and central location near the city’s historic Jewish quarter.
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A.
Waterloo and Oval
Waterloo and Oval are two adjacent districts in central London, known respectively for their major railway station and cultural venues, and for the Oval cricket ground.
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B.
Parliament Square
Parliament Square is a historic public square in Westminster, London, surrounded by key UK institutions and notable statues, and serving as a focal point for political demonstrations and tourism.
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C.
Parliament Square
Parliament Square is a notable public space in the town of Hertford, England, known for its central location and surrounding historic buildings, shops, and civic amenities.
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D.
Parliament Square
Parliament Square is a historic civic plaza in downtown Nassau, Bahamas, surrounded by pastel-colored colonial government buildings and serving as a central site for political and ceremonial events.
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E.
Waterloo Park
Waterloo Park is a public green space in Waterloo, Ontario, known for its recreational facilities, walking trails, and community events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public square
ⓘ
urban open space ⓘ |
| cityDistrict | centrum ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasAccessibility | pedestrian-friendly ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
second-hand goods trading
ⓘ
street vending ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
bicycle parking
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cafés nearby ⓘ shops nearby ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Jewish history of Amsterdam ⓘ |
| hasFeature | daily flea market ⓘ |
| hasMarketType | flea market ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Battle of Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyWater |
Oudeschans
NERFINISHED
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Zwanenburgwal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicTransportConnection |
Amsterdam tram network
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Waterlooplein metro station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRegulation | licensed market stalls ⓘ |
| hasStalls |
antiques and curiosities
ⓘ
bicycles and bicycle parts ⓘ books ⓘ clothing ⓘ household items ⓘ records and music ⓘ souvenirs ⓘ |
| hasUrbanFunction | link between old city center and eastern districts ⓘ |
| hasUse |
marketplace
ⓘ
public gathering place ⓘ |
| knownFor |
central location in Amsterdam
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flea market ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amsterdam
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Amsterdam-Centrum NERFINISHED ⓘ historic Jewish quarter of Amsterdam ⓘ |
| marketFrequency | daily ⓘ |
| near |
Amstel River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jewish Historical Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese Synagogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Rembrandt House Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Stopera complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pavedWith | stone ⓘ |
| surfaceType | open paved square ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
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: Waterloo Square Description of subject: Waterloo Square is a public square in Amsterdam, Netherlands, known for its daily flea market and central location near the city’s historic Jewish quarter.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Waterlooplein