Place Masséna square
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Place Masséna square is a major historic public square in Nice, France, known for its distinctive red façades, central fountains, and role as a focal point for city events and promenades.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Place Masséna square canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3350074 — 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: Place Masséna square Context triple: [Statue of Apollo (Place Masséna), visibleFrom, Place Masséna square]
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A.
Place de la Carrière
Place de la Carrière is a historic, tree-lined square in Nancy, France, known for its classical architecture and role as part of the city’s UNESCO-listed 18th-century urban ensemble.
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B.
Place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville
Place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville is a major public square in central Paris, known for fronting the historic City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) and hosting civic events and gatherings.
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C.
Place de la Nation
Place de la Nation is a major Parisian square known for its large central monument, historical role in the French Revolution, and location at the junction of several important boulevards in eastern Paris.
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D.
Paris Commune Square
Paris Commune Square is a prominent public square in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, located in front of major landmarks and serving as a notable civic and tourist space.
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E.
Place de la Contrescarpe
Place de la Contrescarpe is a small, lively square in Paris known for its cafés, restaurants, and village-like atmosphere near the Panthéon and Rue Mouffetard.
- 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: Place Masséna square Target entity description: Place Masséna square is a major historic public square in Nice, France, known for its distinctive red façades, central fountains, and role as a focal point for city events and promenades.
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A.
Place de la Carrière
Place de la Carrière is a historic, tree-lined square in Nancy, France, known for its classical architecture and role as part of the city’s UNESCO-listed 18th-century urban ensemble.
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B.
Place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville
Place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville is a major public square in central Paris, known for fronting the historic City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) and hosting civic events and gatherings.
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C.
Place de la Nation
Place de la Nation is a major Parisian square known for its large central monument, historical role in the French Revolution, and location at the junction of several important boulevards in eastern Paris.
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D.
Paris Commune Square
Paris Commune Square is a prominent public square in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, located in front of major landmarks and serving as a notable civic and tourist space.
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E.
Place de la Contrescarpe
Place de la Contrescarpe is a small, lively square in Paris known for its cafés, restaurants, and village-like atmosphere near the Panthéon and Rue Mouffetard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public square
ⓘ
urban square ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Avenue Jean Médecin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Promenade du Paillon ⓘ Rue Gioffredo ⓘ Rue de l’Hôtel des Postes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| governingBody | City of Nice ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle | Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
city focal point
ⓘ
event venue ⓘ historic square ⓘ pedestrian-friendly ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasColorCharacteristic | red façades ⓘ |
| hasPart |
central fountains
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paved esplanade ⓘ public benches ⓘ statues ⓘ tramway tracks ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection |
Nice tramway Line 1
ⓘ
Nice tramway Line 2 ⓘ |
| hosts | Nice Carnival events ⓘ |
| inception | 19th century ⓘ |
| lightingDesign | contemporary urban lighting ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Nice ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Alpes-Maritimes
ⓘ
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| namedAfter | André Masséna ⓘ |
| namedAfterOccupation | French military commander ⓘ |
| namedAfterTitle | Marshal of France ⓘ |
| near |
Jardin Albert Ier
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Old Town (Vieux-Nice) ⓘ
surface form:
Old Town of Nice
Promenade des Anglais ⓘ |
| notableFor |
central fountains
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distinctive red façades ⓘ role as main city square ⓘ |
| openYearRound | yes ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| surfaceMaterial | stone paving ⓘ |
| usedFor |
festivals
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parades ⓘ promenades ⓘ public events ⓘ public gatherings ⓘ |
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: Place Masséna square Description of subject: Place Masséna square is a major historic public square in Nice, France, known for its distinctive red façades, central fountains, and role as a focal point for city events and promenades.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Statue of Apollo (Place Masséna)