modern Lyon
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Modern Lyon is a major French city in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, renowned for its historical and architectural heritage, gastronomy, and role as an important economic and cultural center.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| modern Lyon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12937679 — 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: modern Lyon Context triple: [Lucius Munatius Plancus, founded, modern Lyon]
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A.
Lyon 5th arrondissement
The Lyon 5th arrondissement is a historic district of Lyon, France, encompassing much of the city’s Old Town, Roman ruins, and major heritage sites on and around Fourvière Hill.
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B.
Lyon 2nd arrondissement
Lyon 2nd arrondissement is a central district of Lyon, France, known for its historic architecture, major shopping streets, and prominent squares on the Presqu'île between the Rhône and Saône rivers.
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C.
1st arrondissement of Lyon
The 1st arrondissement of Lyon is a central district of the city known for its historic slopes of Croix-Rousse, lively cultural scene, and key landmarks such as the Hôtel de Ville and Place des Terreaux.
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D.
Lyon urban transport network
The Lyon urban transport network is the integrated public transit system serving the Lyon metropolitan area, encompassing metro, tram, bus, and regional rail services.
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E.
Traboules of Lyon
The Traboules of Lyon are a network of hidden passageways and courtyards running through buildings and connecting streets, historically used by silk workers and later by Resistance fighters, and now a distinctive architectural feature of the city.
- 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: modern Lyon Target entity description: Modern Lyon is a major French city in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, renowned for its historical and architectural heritage, gastronomy, and role as an important economic and cultural center.
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A.
Lyon 5th arrondissement
The Lyon 5th arrondissement is a historic district of Lyon, France, encompassing much of the city’s Old Town, Roman ruins, and major heritage sites on and around Fourvière Hill.
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B.
Lyon 2nd arrondissement
Lyon 2nd arrondissement is a central district of Lyon, France, known for its historic architecture, major shopping streets, and prominent squares on the Presqu'île between the Rhône and Saône rivers.
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C.
1st arrondissement of Lyon
The 1st arrondissement of Lyon is a central district of the city known for its historic slopes of Croix-Rousse, lively cultural scene, and key landmarks such as the Hôtel de Ville and Place des Terreaux.
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D.
Lyon urban transport network
The Lyon urban transport network is the integrated public transit system serving the Lyon metropolitan area, encompassing metro, tram, bus, and regional rail services.
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E.
Traboules of Lyon
The Traboules of Lyon are a network of hidden passageways and courtyards running through buildings and connecting streets, historically used by silk workers and later by Resistance fighters, and now a distinctive architectural feature of the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
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commune of France ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Metropolis of Lyon
NERFINISHED
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Rhône department (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| demonym | Lyonnais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicSector |
banking and finance
ⓘ
biotechnology and life sciences ⓘ chemical and pharmaceutical industry ⓘ digital and video game industry ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasCulinarySpeciality |
andouillette
ⓘ
bouchons lyonnais NERFINISHED ⓘ cervelle de canut ⓘ pralines roses ⓘ quenelles ⓘ |
| hasDistrict |
Confluence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Croix-Rousse NERFINISHED ⓘ La Part-Dieu NERFINISHED ⓘ Presqu’île NERFINISHED ⓘ Vieux Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Site (historic center) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
INSA Lyon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lyon 1 University Claude Bernard NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyon 2 University Lumière NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyon 3 University Jean Moulin NERFINISHED ⓘ Université de Lyon (university cluster) NERFINISHED ⓘ École Normale Supérieure de Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ Hôtel de Ville de Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ La Part-Dieu business district NERFINISHED ⓘ Musée des Confluences NERFINISHED ⓘ Opéra Nouvel (Lyon Opera House) NERFINISHED ⓘ Parc de la Tête d’Or NERFINISHED ⓘ Place Bellecour NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman theatres of Fourvière NERFINISHED ⓘ Tour Incity NERFINISHED ⓘ Tour Part-Dieu (Le Crayon) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSportsClub |
ASVEL Basket (nearby Villeurbanne, metropolitan area)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olympique Lyonnais (football) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
Lyon Metro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lyon bus network ⓘ Lyon tramway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostsEvent |
Fête des Lumières (Festival of Lights)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lumière Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuits Sonores music festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| is |
major cultural center in France
ⓘ
major economic center in France ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Festival of Lights
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
architectural heritage ⓘ cinema history ⓘ gastronomy ⓘ historical heritage ⓘ silk industry history ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
ⓘ
eastern France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver |
Rhône River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saône River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionCapitalOf | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedBy |
Lyon-Part-Dieu railway station
NERFINISHED
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Lyon-Perrache railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Central European Summer Time 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: modern Lyon Description of subject: Modern Lyon is a major French city in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, renowned for its historical and architectural heritage, gastronomy, and role as an important economic and cultural center.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.