Soissons
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Soissons is a historic town in northern France known for its strategic military importance and notable battles throughout European history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soissons canonical | 73 |
| Soissons and environs | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3212386 — 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: Soissons Context triple: [Battle of Soissons, place, Soissons]
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A.
Poissy
Poissy is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, known for hosting Le Corbusier’s iconic modernist Villa Savoye.
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B.
Dourdan
Dourdan is a commune in the Essonne department in the southern suburbs of Paris, France, known for its historic medieval castle and role as a terminus on the RER C suburban rail line.
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C.
Château-Thierry
Château-Thierry is a historic town in northern France known for its World War I battlefields and its association with the poet Jean de La Fontaine.
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D.
Meaux
Meaux is a historic commune in the Île-de-France region of north-central France, known for its cathedral, World War I heritage, and production of Brie de Meaux cheese.
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E.
Melun
Melun is a historic commune in the Île-de-France region of north-central France, known as a regional administrative center and former royal town southeast of Paris.
- 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: Soissons Target entity description: Soissons is a historic town in northern France known for its strategic military importance and notable battles throughout European history.
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A.
Poissy
Poissy is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, known for hosting Le Corbusier’s iconic modernist Villa Savoye.
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B.
Dourdan
Dourdan is a commune in the Essonne department in the southern suburbs of Paris, France, known for its historic medieval castle and role as a terminus on the RER C suburban rail line.
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C.
Château-Thierry
Château-Thierry is a historic town in northern France known for its World War I battlefields and its association with the poet Jean de La Fontaine.
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D.
Meaux
Meaux is a historic commune in the Île-de-France region of north-central France, known for its cathedral, World War I heritage, and production of Brie de Meaux cheese.
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E.
Melun
Melun is a historic commune in the Île-de-France region of north-central France, known as a regional administrative center and former royal town southeast of Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commune of France
ⓘ
subprefecture in France ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | subprefecture of the Aisne department ⓘ |
| capitalOf | former department of Aisne (historical periods) ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| departmentCode | 02 ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | approximately 100 km northeast of Paris ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | Roman era ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture in surrounding area
ⓘ
light industry ⓘ services sector ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Abbey of Saint-Jean-des-Vignes
ⓘ
Saint-Léger Abbey (remains) ⓘ Soissons Cathedral of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais ⓘ |
| hasRailConnectionTo | Paris ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Picardy ⓘ |
| INSEECODE | 02722 ⓘ |
| isPrefectureOf |
arrondissement of Soissons
ⓘ
linked to:
Arrondissement of Soissons
|
| knownFor |
Soissons Cathedral
ⓘ
early medieval history of the Franks ⓘ notable battles in European history ⓘ strategic military importance ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aisne department
ⓘ
linked to:
Aisne (department)
Hauts-de-France region ⓘ
linked to:
Hauts-de-France
northern France ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Aisne River
ⓘ
linked to:
Aisne
|
| namedAfter |
Suessiones (a Belgic tribe)
ⓘ
linked to:
Suessiones
|
| partOf |
Kingdom of the Franks (historical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of the Franks
|
| population | approximately 28,000 inhabitants (early 21st century) ⓘ |
| postalCode | 02200 ⓘ |
| regionCapitalDistance | about 60 km from Laon ⓘ |
| religionHistory | important early Christian center in Gaul ⓘ |
| romanName | Augusta Suessionum ⓘ |
| timeZone | CET ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | CEST ⓘ |
| twinTown |
Chorzów
ⓘ
Gallipoli (Italy) ⓘ
linked to:
Gallipoli, Apulia
Gdynia ⓘ |
| wasCapitalOf |
Kingdom of Soissons (5th century)
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Soissons
|
| wasSiteOf |
Battle of Soissons (1814)
ⓘ
Battle of Soissons (486) ⓘ Battle of Soissons (718) ⓘ Battle of Soissons (923) ⓘ Second Battle of the Marne operations (1918) ⓘ
linked to:
Second Battle of the Marne
World War I engagements near the Aisne ⓘ World War II fighting in 1940 ⓘ |
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: Soissons Description of subject: Soissons is a historic town in northern France known for its strategic military importance and notable battles throughout European history.
Referenced by (74)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Soissons
subject linked to:
Soissons Cathedral (attributed)
subject linked to:
Soissons Cathedral (attributed)
subject linked to:
Aisne (department)
subject linked to:
Aisne (department)
subject linked to:
northern France