Clermont-Ferrand
E25094
Roman Catholic cathedral
city
commune of France
film festival
international airport
mayor
public university
rugby union club
tire manufacturer
Clermont-Ferrand is a central French city known for its historic cathedral built of black volcanic stone and as the longtime headquarters of the tire company Michelin.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clermont-Ferrand canonical | 89 |
| Clermont-Ferrand metropolitan area | 3 |
| Clermont-Ferrand, France | 3 |
| city of Clermont-Ferrand | 2 |
| City of Clermont-Ferrand | 1 |
| Clermont-Ferrand urban area | 1 |
| commune of Clermont-Ferrand | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T69719 — 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: Clermont-Ferrand Context triple: [Vichy, hasRailConnectionTo, Clermont-Ferrand]
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A.
Nantes
Nantes is a historic port city in western France on the Loire River, known for its maritime heritage, cultural institutions, and vibrant arts scene.
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B.
Lyon
Lyon is a major city in east-central France known for its historical and architectural landmarks, gastronomy, and role as a key economic and cultural center.
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C.
Toulouse
Toulouse is a major city in southwestern France known for its aerospace industry, historic pink-brick architecture, and vibrant university and cultural life.
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D.
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a renowned wine-producing region in southwestern France, famous for its prestigious red blends and long winemaking tradition.
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E.
Marseille
Marseille is a historic Mediterranean port city in southern France known for its diverse culture, maritime heritage, and role as a major economic hub.
- 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: Clermont-Ferrand Target entity description: Clermont-Ferrand is a central French city known for its historic cathedral built of black volcanic stone and as the longtime headquarters of the tire company Michelin.
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A.
Nantes
Nantes is a historic port city in western France on the Loire River, known for its maritime heritage, cultural institutions, and vibrant arts scene.
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B.
Lyon
Lyon is a major city in east-central France known for its historical and architectural landmarks, gastronomy, and role as a key economic and cultural center.
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C.
Toulouse
Toulouse is a major city in southwestern France known for its aerospace industry, historic pink-brick architecture, and vibrant university and cultural life.
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D.
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a renowned wine-producing region in southwestern France, famous for its prestigious red blends and long winemaking tradition.
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E.
Marseille
Marseille is a historic Mediterranean port city in southern France known for its diverse culture, maritime heritage, and role as a major economic hub.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Clermont-Ferrand Description of subject: Clermont-Ferrand is a central French city known for its historic cathedral built of black volcanic stone and as the longtime headquarters of the tire company Michelin.
Referenced by (100)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
this entity surface form:
Clermont-Ferrand metropolitan area
subject surface form:
Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral
subject surface form:
Michelin
subject surface form:
Université Clermont Auvergne
subject surface form:
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport
subject surface form:
ASM Clermont Auvergne
subject surface form:
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
this entity surface form:
City of Clermont-Ferrand
subject surface form:
Chavaniac-Lafayette
subject surface form:
Tsukuba
this entity surface form:
Clermont-Ferrand, France
subject surface form:
Puy-de-Dôme (department)
subject surface form:
Puy-de-Dôme (department)
subject surface form:
Puy-de-Dôme (department)
subject surface form:
Puy-de-Dôme (department)
subject surface form:
Puy-de-Dôme (department)
this entity surface form:
Clermont-Ferrand, France
this entity surface form:
Clermont-Ferrand, France