Gros Caillou
E383892
Gros Caillou is a famous large glacial erratic stone and emblematic monument of Lyon, France, symbolizing the La Croix-Rousse district.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gros Caillou canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3729922 — 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: Gros Caillou Context triple: [La Croix-Rousse, hasLandmark, Gros Caillou]
-
A.
Villemoustaussou
Villemoustaussou is a commune in southern France’s Aude department, known as the birthplace of Balthasar Gérard, the assassin of William the Silent.
-
B.
Cap-d’Ail
Cap-d’Ail is a coastal resort town on the French Riviera, bordering Monaco and known for its scenic beaches and Belle Époque villas.
-
C.
Petitpierre
Petitpierre is a historical publishing house known for issuing scientific works, including influential 19th-century studies on fossil fishes.
-
D.
BAN Lann-Bihoué
BAN Lann-Bihoué is a major French naval air base in Brittany that serves as one of the principal operating and support platforms for French Naval Aviation aircraft and crews.
-
E.
Butte-aux-Cailles
Butte-aux-Cailles is a picturesque, village-like neighborhood in Paris known for its cobbled streets, street art, and lively cafés.
- 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: Gros Caillou Target entity description: Gros Caillou is a famous large glacial erratic stone and emblematic monument of Lyon, France, symbolizing the La Croix-Rousse district.
-
A.
Villemoustaussou
Villemoustaussou is a commune in southern France’s Aude department, known as the birthplace of Balthasar Gérard, the assassin of William the Silent.
-
B.
Cap-d’Ail
Cap-d’Ail is a coastal resort town on the French Riviera, bordering Monaco and known for its scenic beaches and Belle Époque villas.
-
C.
Petitpierre
Petitpierre is a historical publishing house known for issuing scientific works, including influential 19th-century studies on fossil fishes.
-
D.
BAN Lann-Bihoué
BAN Lann-Bihoué is a major French naval air base in Brittany that serves as one of the principal operating and support platforms for French Naval Aviation aircraft and crews.
-
E.
Butte-aux-Cailles
Butte-aux-Cailles is a picturesque, village-like neighborhood in Paris known for its cobbled streets, street art, and lively cafés.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacial erratic
ⓘ
monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Croix-Rousse identity
ⓘ
silk workers history of Lyon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | metropolitan area of Lyon ⓘ |
| category |
geological monument
ⓘ
landmark in Lyon ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| discoveredDuring | construction of the Croix-Rousse funicular ⓘ |
| discoveryCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| elevationContext | located on the slopes of Croix-Rousse hill ⓘ |
| geologicalOrigin | Alps ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod | Quaternary glaciation ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
local identity symbol
ⓘ
popular meeting place for residents ⓘ |
| hasNameInFrench | Gros Caillou ⓘ |
| hasPublicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | emblematic monument of Lyon ⓘ |
| isFreeToVisit | yes ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
local postcards
ⓘ
tourist guides about Lyon ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | big pebble ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
La Croix-Rousse
ⓘ
Lyon ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
border of 1st arrondissement of Lyon
ⓘ
border of 4th arrondissement of Lyon ⓘ |
| material | quartzite ⓘ |
| near |
Croix-Rousse plateau
ⓘ
linked to:
La Croix-Rousse
Montée de la Grande-Côte ⓘ Place Colbert ⓘ |
| notableFor |
glacial origin
ⓘ
large size ⓘ panoramic viewpoint over Lyon ⓘ |
| partOf | Lyon urban landscape ⓘ |
| region |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
ⓘ
linked to:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
|
| symbolOf |
La Croix-Rousse district
ⓘ
linked to:
La Croix-Rousse
Lyon ⓘ |
| tourismType | urban tourism ⓘ |
| transportedBy | glacier ⓘ |
| urbanFunction | viewpoint over Presqu'île of Lyon ⓘ |
| use |
meeting point
ⓘ
urban landmark ⓘ |
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: Gros Caillou Description of subject: Gros Caillou is a famous large glacial erratic stone and emblematic monument of Lyon, France, symbolizing the La Croix-Rousse district.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.