arrondissement of Cognac
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The arrondissement of Cognac is an administrative district in the Charente department of southwestern France, centered around the town of Cognac and encompassing several communes including Jarnac.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| arrondissement of Cognac canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2785873 — 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: arrondissement of Cognac Context triple: [Jarnac, partOf, arrondissement of Cognac]
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A.
arrondissement of Bordeaux
The arrondissement of Bordeaux is an administrative district in the Gironde department of southwestern France, centered on the city of Bordeaux and encompassing numerous surrounding communes.
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B.
Charente vineyards
Charente vineyards are a renowned wine-growing area in southwestern France, best known for producing grapes used in Cognac and Pineau des Charentes.
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C.
Bergerac wine region
Bergerac wine region is a French appellation area in the Dordogne known for producing a wide range of red, white, and rosé wines, including both dry and sweet styles.
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D.
Calvados department
The Calvados department is an administrative region in Normandy, northwestern France, known for its historic D-Day landing beaches, picturesque coastal towns, and production of the apple brandy that shares its name.
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E.
Arrondissement of Valence
The Arrondissement of Valence is an administrative subdivision in the Drôme department of southeastern France, centered on the city of Valence and encompassing surrounding communes.
- 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: arrondissement of Cognac Target entity description: The arrondissement of Cognac is an administrative district in the Charente department of southwestern France, centered around the town of Cognac and encompassing several communes including Jarnac.
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A.
arrondissement of Bordeaux
The arrondissement of Bordeaux is an administrative district in the Gironde department of southwestern France, centered on the city of Bordeaux and encompassing numerous surrounding communes.
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B.
Charente vineyards
Charente vineyards are a renowned wine-growing area in southwestern France, best known for producing grapes used in Cognac and Pineau des Charentes.
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C.
Bergerac wine region
Bergerac wine region is a French appellation area in the Dordogne known for producing a wide range of red, white, and rosé wines, including both dry and sweet styles.
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D.
Calvados department
The Calvados department is an administrative region in Normandy, northwestern France, known for its historic D-Day landing beaches, picturesque coastal towns, and production of the apple brandy that shares its name.
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E.
Arrondissement of Valence
The Arrondissement of Valence is an administrative subdivision in the Drôme department of southeastern France, centered on the city of Valence and encompassing surrounding communes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | arrondissement of France ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Cognac ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOf | Charente department ⓘ |
| borders | other arrondissements of Charente department ⓘ |
| contains |
Cognac
ⓘ
Jarnac ⓘ communes of Charente department ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| governedBy | subprefect ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeFunction |
local administration
ⓘ
statistical division ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Cognac ⓘ |
| hasHigherAdministrativeUnit |
French Republic
ⓘ
Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ
surface form:
Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
|
| hasLegalStatus | French arrondissement ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalLevelUnits | communes ⓘ |
| languageUsed | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
ⓘ
surface form:
Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
southwestern France ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Europe ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Cognac ⓘ |
| partOf | Charente department ⓘ |
| regionalContext |
Charente vineyards
ⓘ
surface form:
Charente wine and spirits region
|
| seat | Cognac ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | arrondissement ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| usesAdministrativeCodeSystem | INSEE code ⓘ |
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: arrondissement of Cognac Description of subject: The arrondissement of Cognac is an administrative district in the Charente department of southwestern France, centered around the town of Cognac and encompassing several communes including Jarnac.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.