Vincennes
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Vincennes is a historic commune just east of Paris, France, known for its medieval Château de Vincennes and long-standing royal connections.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vincennes canonical | 31 |
| Vincennes (commune) | 1 |
| Vincennes, Indiana Territory, United States | 1 |
| city of Vincennes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1204321 — 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: Vincennes Context triple: [Cardinal Mazarin, deathPlace, Vincennes]
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A.
Lafayette, Indiana
Lafayette, Indiana is a mid-sized city in northwestern Indiana known as a regional economic and educational hub near Purdue University.
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B.
Lafayette
Lafayette was a French aristocrat and military officer who became a key general in the American Revolutionary War and a symbol of Franco-American alliance.
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C.
Mishawaka, Indiana
Mishawaka, Indiana is a city in northern Indiana near South Bend, known for its manufacturing history and as the longtime base of vehicle maker AM General.
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D.
Crown Point
Crown Point is a prominent scenic overlook in Oregon offering sweeping views of the Columbia River Gorge and home to the historic Vista House.
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E.
Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute, Indiana is a mid-sized city in western Indiana known historically as a regional industrial and transportation hub along major rail and river routes.
- 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: Vincennes Target entity description: Vincennes is a historic commune just east of Paris, France, known for its medieval Château de Vincennes and long-standing royal connections.
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A.
Lafayette, Indiana
Lafayette, Indiana is a mid-sized city in northwestern Indiana known as a regional economic and educational hub near Purdue University.
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B.
Lafayette
Lafayette was a French aristocrat and military officer who became a key general in the American Revolutionary War and a symbol of Franco-American alliance.
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C.
Mishawaka, Indiana
Mishawaka, Indiana is a city in northern Indiana near South Bend, known for its manufacturing history and as the longtime base of vehicle maker AM General.
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D.
Crown Point
Crown Point is a prominent scenic overlook in Oregon offering sweeping views of the Columbia River Gorge and home to the historic Vista House.
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E.
Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute, Indiana is a mid-sized city in western Indiana known historically as a regional industrial and transportation hub along major rail and river routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commune of France
ⓘ
medieval royal fortress ⓘ urban park ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Bois de Vincennes ⓘ |
| country |
France
ⓘ
France ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
Val-de-Marne
ⓘ
surface form:
department of Val-de-Marne
|
| governedBy | mayor of Vincennes ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSite |
Église Saint-Louis de Vincennes
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint-Louis church of Vincennes
Vincennes town hall ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
retail trade
ⓘ
services sector ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
primary schools in Vincennes
ⓘ
secondary schools in Vincennes ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
commercial center
ⓘ
residential suburb of Paris ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
medieval architecture
ⓘ
military history ⓘ royal history ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
military site
ⓘ
royal residence area ⓘ |
| hasLandmark | Château de Vincennes ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris city limits
Porte de Vincennes ⓘ |
| hasPopulationCharacteristic | densely populated urban commune ⓘ |
| hasStatus | subprefecture seat (historically or administratively related to Val-de-Marne structures) ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
fortified walls
ⓘ
keep ⓘ |
| hasTourismAttraction | guided tours of Château de Vincennes ⓘ |
| hasTourismType | heritage tourism ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
Paris Métro line 1 stations
ⓘ
Vincennes RER station ⓘ |
| hasUrbanForm | mixed historic and modern buildings ⓘ |
| languageUsed | French ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Paris ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Val-de-Marne
ⓘ
Vincennes self-linksurface differs ⓘ eastern Paris ⓘ Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form:
Île-de-France
|
| locatedNear | Paris ⓘ |
| partOf |
Grand Paris urban area
ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Paris metropolitan area
eastern suburbs of Paris ⓘ |
| postalCode | 94300 ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| usedAs |
royal residence
ⓘ
state prison ⓘ |
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: Vincennes Description of subject: Vincennes is a historic commune just east of Paris, France, known for its medieval Château de Vincennes and long-standing royal connections.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vincennes, Indiana Territory, United States
subject surface form:
Château de Vincennes
this entity surface form:
city of Vincennes
this entity surface form:
Vincennes (commune)
subject surface form:
Montreuil