La Défense
E46791
La Défense is a major high-rise business district just west of central Paris, known for its modern skyscrapers, corporate headquarters, and the Grande Arche monument.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Défense canonical | 52 |
| La Défense business district | 39 |
| La Défense (France) | 1 |
| La Défense Grande Arche project | 1 |
| La Défense campus | 1 |
| La Défense district | 1 |
| La Défense skyline | 1 |
| La Défense – Nation | 1 |
| Parvis de La Défense | 1 |
| Rueil-sur-Seine business district | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T346930 — 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: La Défense Context triple: [Île-de-France, hasMajorBusinessDistrict, La Défense]
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A.
La Défense
La Défense is the French-language name of the Belgian Armed Forces, the military organization responsible for Belgium’s national defense and participation in international security operations.
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B.
Seine-Saint-Denis
Seine-Saint-Denis is a densely populated suburban department northeast of Paris, known for its cultural diversity, working-class communities, and significant role in the metropolitan area’s social and economic life.
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C.
Ile de Puteaux
Île de Puteaux is a small Seine River island in the western suburbs of Paris, known for its sports facilities and role as a venue during the 1900 Summer Olympics.
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D.
Parc des Bastions
Parc des Bastions is a historic public park in central Geneva, Switzerland, known for its cultural monuments, leafy promenades, and role as a popular gathering place for locals and visitors.
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E.
Bois de Boulogne
Bois de Boulogne is a large public park on the western edge of Paris, France, known for its extensive woodlands, lakes, and recreational facilities.
- 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: La Défense Target entity description: La Défense is a major high-rise business district just west of central Paris, known for its modern skyscrapers, corporate headquarters, and the Grande Arche monument.
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A.
La Défense
La Défense is the French-language name of the Belgian Armed Forces, the military organization responsible for Belgium’s national defense and participation in international security operations.
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B.
Seine-Saint-Denis
Seine-Saint-Denis is a densely populated suburban department northeast of Paris, known for its cultural diversity, working-class communities, and significant role in the metropolitan area’s social and economic life.
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C.
Ile de Puteaux
Île de Puteaux is a small Seine River island in the western suburbs of Paris, known for its sports facilities and role as a venue during the 1900 Summer Olympics.
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D.
Parc des Bastions
Parc des Bastions is a historic public park in central Geneva, Switzerland, known for its cultural monuments, leafy promenades, and role as a popular gathering place for locals and visitors.
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E.
Bois de Boulogne
Bois de Boulogne is a large public park on the western edge of Paris, France, known for its extensive woodlands, lakes, and recreational facilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business district
ⓘ
urban district ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| developedSince | late 1950s ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Paris La Défense public agency
ⓘ
Établissement public d’aménagement de La Défense (EPAD) ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
conference centers
ⓘ
high-rise buildings ⓘ office towers ⓘ pedestrian esplanade ⓘ public art installations ⓘ shopping malls ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
headquarters location for multinational companies
ⓘ
major office market of Paris region ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
CNIT
ⓘ
La Défense – Grande Arche ⓘ
surface form:
Grande Arche de la Défense
La Défense de Paris statue ⓘ Areva ⓘ
surface form:
Tour Areva
EDF ⓘ
surface form:
Tour EDF
Tour First ⓘ Tour Total ⓘ |
| hasTransportHub | La Défense – Grande Arche station ⓘ |
| knownFor |
La Défense – Grande Arche
ⓘ
surface form:
Grande Arche
corporate headquarters ⓘ esplanade ⓘ large shopping centers ⓘ modern skyscrapers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hauts-de-Seine
ⓘ
surface form:
Hauts-de-Seine department
Grand Paris urban area ⓘ
surface form:
Paris metropolitan area
western suburbs of Paris ⓘ Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form:
Île-de-France
|
| namedAfter | statue La Défense de Paris ⓘ |
| near | central Paris ⓘ |
| partlyLocatedIn |
Courbevoie
ⓘ
Nanterre ⓘ Puteaux ⓘ |
| partOf |
Grand Paris urban area
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris urban unit
|
| planningType | planned business district ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
business
ⓘ
office district ⓘ |
| region |
Île-de-France region
ⓘ
surface form:
Île-de-France
|
| servedBy |
Paris Métro Line 1
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris Métro line 1
RER A ⓘ
surface form:
RER line A
Tramway line T2 ⓘ Transilien Line L ⓘ
surface form:
Transilien lines L and U
|
| startPointOf | Axe de la Défense ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| traversedBy | Axe historique of Paris ⓘ |
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: La Défense Description of subject: La Défense is a major high-rise business district just west of central Paris, known for its modern skyscrapers, corporate headquarters, and the Grande Arche monument.
Referenced by (99)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Île-de-France
this entity surface form:
La Défense Grande Arche project
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
this entity surface form:
Parvis de La Défense
subject surface form:
Île de Puteaux
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
this entity surface form:
Rueil-sur-Seine business district
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
subject surface form:
Puteaux
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
subject surface form:
Pont de Neuilly
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
subject surface form:
Pont de Neuilly
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
subject surface form:
Pont de Neuilly
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
subject surface form:
Neuilly-sur-Seine
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
subject surface form:
Thales Group
this entity surface form:
La Défense campus
this entity surface form:
La Défense (France)
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
subject surface form:
Line 1 (Paris Métro)
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district
subject surface form:
Line 1 (Paris Métro)
this entity surface form:
La Défense – Nation
this entity surface form:
La Défense business district