Périgord
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Périgord is a historic region in southwestern France renowned for its medieval towns, prehistoric caves, and rich culinary traditions, especially truffles and foie gras.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Périgord canonical | 21 |
| Périgord Noir | 7 |
| Count of Périgord | 3 |
| Périgord Blanc | 3 |
| Périgord Pourpre | 2 |
| Périgord Vert | 2 |
| Périgord region | 2 |
| County of Périgord | 1 |
| Dordogne Valley prehistoric region | 1 |
| Périgord cuisine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2279676 — 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: Périgord Context triple: [Michel de Montaigne, placeOfBirth, Périgord]
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A.
Gascogne
Gascogne is a historic cultural region in southwestern France known for its Gascon language, rich rural traditions, and distinctive cuisine including Armagnac and foie gras.
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B.
Quercy
Quercy is a historic rural region in southwestern France known for its limestone plateaus, medieval villages, and rich gastronomic traditions, now largely within the modern Occitanie administrative area.
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C.
Côtes de Bourg
Côtes de Bourg is a French wine appellation on the right bank of the Gironde estuary known for producing robust, Merlot-dominant red wines within the Bordeaux region.
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D.
Pays d’Auge
Pays d’Auge is a picturesque rural region in Normandy, France, renowned for its rolling pastures, half-timbered houses, cider and Calvados production, and traditional Norman heritage.
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E.
Saintonge
Saintonge is a historic coastal region in western France, centered around the town of Saintes and known for its Romanesque heritage and early production of cognac.
- 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: Périgord Target entity description: Périgord is a historic region in southwestern France renowned for its medieval towns, prehistoric caves, and rich culinary traditions, especially truffles and foie gras.
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A.
Gascogne
Gascogne is a historic cultural region in southwestern France known for its Gascon language, rich rural traditions, and distinctive cuisine including Armagnac and foie gras.
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B.
Quercy
Quercy is a historic rural region in southwestern France known for its limestone plateaus, medieval villages, and rich gastronomic traditions, now largely within the modern Occitanie administrative area.
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C.
Côtes de Bourg
Côtes de Bourg is a French wine appellation on the right bank of the Gironde estuary known for producing robust, Merlot-dominant red wines within the Bordeaux region.
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D.
Pays d’Auge
Pays d’Auge is a picturesque rural region in Normandy, France, renowned for its rolling pastures, half-timbered houses, cider and Calvados production, and traditional Norman heritage.
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E.
Saintonge
Saintonge is a historic coastal region in western France, centered around the town of Saintes and known for its Romanesque heritage and early production of cognac.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural region
ⓘ
historic region ⓘ subregion ⓘ subregion ⓘ subregion ⓘ subregion ⓘ |
| contains |
Bergerac
ⓘ
Beynac-et-Cazenac ⓘ Brantôme ⓘ Castelnaud-la-Chapelle ⓘ Château de Beynac ⓘ Château de Castelnaud ⓘ Dordogne department ⓘ Hautefort Castle ⓘ Lascaux cave ⓘ
surface form:
Lascaux Cave
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil ⓘ Périgueux ⓘ Sarlat-la-Canéda ⓘ Sarlat-la-Canéda ⓘ Vézère Valley ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
Renaissance châteaux
ⓘ
medieval architecture ⓘ prehistoric rock art ⓘ |
| hasSubregion |
Périgord
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Périgord Blanc
Périgord self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Périgord Noir
Périgord self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Périgord Pourpre
Périgord self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Périgord Vert
|
| historicalCapital | Périgueux ⓘ |
| historicalProvinceOf | France ⓘ |
| knownFor |
black truffles
ⓘ
duck confit ⓘ foie gras ⓘ gastronomy ⓘ goose products ⓘ green landscapes ⓘ limestone plateaus ⓘ medieval towns ⓘ prehistoric caves ⓘ truffles ⓘ vineyards ⓘ walnut oil ⓘ walnuts ⓘ wine ⓘ |
| languageTradition | Occitan ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southwestern France ⓘ |
| partOf | Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
gastronomic tourism ⓘ |
| traversedBy | Dordogne River ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Périgord Description of subject: Périgord is a historic region in southwestern France renowned for its medieval towns, prehistoric caves, and rich culinary traditions, especially truffles and foie gras.
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Count of Périgord
this entity surface form:
Périgord Noir
this entity surface form:
Périgord Vert
this entity surface form:
Périgord Blanc
this entity surface form:
Périgord Pourpre
this entity surface form:
Count of Périgord
subject surface form:
Castelnaud-la-Chapelle
this entity surface form:
Périgord Noir
this entity surface form:
Périgord cuisine
subject surface form:
Angoumois
this entity surface form:
Périgord region
this entity surface form:
Count of Périgord
this entity surface form:
County of Périgord
this entity surface form:
Périgord Noir
this entity surface form:
Périgord Vert
this entity surface form:
Périgord Blanc
this entity surface form:
Périgord Pourpre
this entity surface form:
Dordogne Valley prehistoric region
this entity surface form:
Périgord Noir
this entity surface form:
Périgord Noir
this entity surface form:
Périgord Noir