Peugeot 403 convertible
E511301
The Peugeot 403 convertible is a classic French mid-size cabriolet from the late 1950s and early 1960s, best known as the distinctive car driven by the TV detective Columbo.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peugeot 403 convertible canonical | 2 |
| Peugeot 403 | 1 |
| Peugeot 403 Cabriolet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5338991 — 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: Peugeot 403 convertible Context triple: [Columbo, notableProp, Peugeot 403 convertible]
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A.
Peugeot 404
The Peugeot 404 is a mid-20th-century French family car renowned for its Pininfarina-styled design, durability, and widespread use in Europe, Africa, and South America.
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B.
Peugeot 104
The Peugeot 104 is a small French supermini car produced by Peugeot from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s, known for its compact hatchback design and practicality.
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C.
Peugeot 504
The Peugeot 504 is a mid-size family car produced from 1968 that became renowned worldwide for its durability, comfort, and success in both everyday use and rally competition, especially in Africa and developing markets.
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D.
Peugeot 305
The Peugeot 305 is a small family car produced by the French manufacturer Peugeot from the late 1970s to the late 1980s, known for its practical design and solid reliability.
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E.
Peugeot 301
The Peugeot 301 is a compact sedan designed primarily for emerging markets, known for its affordability, practicality, and robust build for varied road conditions.
- 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: Peugeot 403 convertible Target entity description: The Peugeot 403 convertible is a classic French mid-size cabriolet from the late 1950s and early 1960s, best known as the distinctive car driven by the TV detective Columbo.
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A.
Peugeot 404
The Peugeot 404 is a mid-20th-century French family car renowned for its Pininfarina-styled design, durability, and widespread use in Europe, Africa, and South America.
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B.
Peugeot 104
The Peugeot 104 is a small French supermini car produced by Peugeot from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s, known for its compact hatchback design and practicality.
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C.
Peugeot 504
The Peugeot 504 is a mid-size family car produced from 1968 that became renowned worldwide for its durability, comfort, and success in both everyday use and rally competition, especially in Africa and developing markets.
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D.
Peugeot 305
The Peugeot 305 is a small family car produced by the French manufacturer Peugeot from the late 1970s to the late 1980s, known for its practical design and solid reliability.
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E.
Peugeot 301
The Peugeot 301 is a compact sedan designed primarily for emerging markets, known for its affordability, practicality, and robust build for varied road conditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Peugeot 403 variant
ⓘ
automobile model ⓘ convertible ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Lieutenant Columbo
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbo
|
| basedOn |
Peugeot 403
ⓘ
linked to:
Peugeot 403 convertible
|
| bodyStyle |
cabriolet
ⓘ
convertible ⓘ |
| category |
European car
ⓘ
French car ⓘ classic car ⓘ |
| class | mid-size car ⓘ |
| collectibility | sought-after classic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | cult TV car ⓘ |
| designer | Pininfarina ⓘ |
| displacement | 1.5 L ⓘ |
| doorCount | 2 ⓘ |
| drivetrain | FR layout ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | inline-four engine ⓘ |
| enginePlacement | front ⓘ |
| era |
early 1960s
ⓘ
late 1950s ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInSeries |
Columbo: Prescription: Murder
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbo
|
| fuelType | petrol ⓘ |
| layout | front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Peugeot ⓘ |
| marketPosition | more expensive than the Peugeot 403 sedan ⓘ |
| marketSegment | family car ⓘ |
| notableAppearanceIn | Columbo ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Pininfarina-styled body
ⓘ
chrome trim ⓘ distinctive front grille ⓘ |
| notableMediaUse | television series prop ⓘ |
| originLanguageName |
Peugeot 403 Cabriolet
ⓘ
linked to:
Peugeot 403 convertible
|
| portrayedDriver | Peter Falk ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1961 ⓘ |
| productionNumbers | low-volume production ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1956 ⓘ |
| relatedModel |
Peugeot 403 estate
ⓘ
linked to:
Peugeot 403 sedan
Peugeot 403 sedan ⓘ |
| roofType | folding soft top ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | 4 ⓘ |
| statusInColumbo | signature car of Columbo ⓘ |
| successorModel |
Peugeot 404 convertible
ⓘ
linked to:
Peugeot 404
|
| transmission | 4-speed manual transmission ⓘ |
| wheelDrive | rear-wheel drive ⓘ |
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: Peugeot 403 convertible Description of subject: The Peugeot 403 convertible is a classic French mid-size cabriolet from the late 1950s and early 1960s, best known as the distinctive car driven by the TV detective Columbo.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Peugeot 403 convertible
linked to: Peugeot 403 convertible