Bures-sur-Yvette
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Bures-sur-Yvette is a suburban commune in the Île-de-France region of northern France, known for hosting part of the Paris-Saclay scientific and university cluster.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bures-sur-Yvette canonical | 16 |
| Bures-sur-Yvette, France | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3173559 — 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: Bures-sur-Yvette Context triple: [arrondissement of Palaiseau, contains, Bures-sur-Yvette]
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A.
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine is an affluent suburban commune just west of central Paris, known for its upscale residential neighborhoods and proximity to major business districts like La Défense.
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B.
Garches
Garches is a suburban commune in the western outskirts of Paris, France, known for its residential character and proximity to major Parisian business districts.
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C.
Épinay-sur-Orge
Épinay-sur-Orge is a suburban commune in the southern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its location along the Orge River in the Essonne department.
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D.
Palaiseau
Palaiseau is a suburban commune in the southern outskirts of Paris, France, known for hosting major scientific and engineering institutions.
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E.
Ivry-sur-Seine
Ivry-sur-Seine is a suburban commune in the southeastern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its mix of residential areas, industrial zones, and strong tradition of left-wing politics.
- 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: Bures-sur-Yvette Target entity description: Bures-sur-Yvette is a suburban commune in the Île-de-France region of northern France, known for hosting part of the Paris-Saclay scientific and university cluster.
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A.
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine is an affluent suburban commune just west of central Paris, known for its upscale residential neighborhoods and proximity to major business districts like La Défense.
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B.
Garches
Garches is a suburban commune in the western outskirts of Paris, France, known for its residential character and proximity to major Parisian business districts.
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C.
Épinay-sur-Orge
Épinay-sur-Orge is a suburban commune in the southern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its location along the Orge River in the Essonne department.
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D.
Palaiseau
Palaiseau is a suburban commune in the southern outskirts of Paris, France, known for hosting major scientific and engineering institutions.
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E.
Ivry-sur-Seine
Ivry-sur-Seine is a suburban commune in the southeastern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its mix of residential areas, industrial zones, and strong tradition of left-wing politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commune of France ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOf | France ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
department of Essonne in Île-de-France
ⓘ
linked to:
department of Essonne
|
| climate | temperate oceanic climate ⓘ |
| connectedBy | RER B line ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| distanceToParisCenter | approximately 20 km southwest ⓘ |
| governedAs | commune ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity | higher education and research ⓘ |
| hasEducationalFunction | university town ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
research and academic hub within Paris-Saclay
ⓘ
residential community for Paris-Saclay workers and students ⓘ |
| hasGreenSpaces | forested and park areas ⓘ |
| hasMayor | local municipal mayor (term-based) ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalStatusSince | French Revolution era ⓘ |
| hasPublicTransport |
RER B suburban rail
ⓘ
linked to:
RER B line
local bus lines ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation |
Bures-sur-Yvette station
ⓘ
La Hacquinière station ⓘ |
| hasUrbanCharacter | residential suburb ⓘ |
| hosts |
campus of Université Paris-Saclay
ⓘ
research laboratories ⓘ |
| INSEECODE | 91122 ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Essonne department
ⓘ
linked to:
Essonne
Vallée de Chevreuse area ⓘ
linked to:
Chevreuse Valley
northern France ⓘ Île-de-France region ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Gif-sur-Yvette
ⓘ
Orsay ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Yvette river
ⓘ
linked to:
Yvette River
|
| nearbyHigherEducation |
CentraleSupélec (on Paris-Saclay plateau)
ⓘ
linked to:
CentraleSupélec
Université Paris-Saclay main sites ⓘ École Polytechnique (on Paris-Saclay plateau) ⓘ
linked to:
École Polytechnique
|
| partOf |
Paris metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Grand Paris urban area
Paris-Saclay cluster ⓘ Saclay plateau scientific area ⓘ
linked to:
Plateau de Saclay fringe
arrondissement of Palaiseau ⓘ canton of Gif-sur-Yvette ⓘ |
| postalCode | 91440 ⓘ |
| regionType | suburban ⓘ |
| roadAccess | via local roads from N118 and A10 corridors ⓘ |
| timeZone | CET ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | CEST ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Yvette river
ⓘ
linked to:
Yvette River
|
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: Bures-sur-Yvette Description of subject: Bures-sur-Yvette is a suburban commune in the Île-de-France region of northern France, known for hosting part of the Paris-Saclay scientific and university cluster.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bures-sur-Yvette
subject linked to:
Les Ulis, Essonne, France
subject linked to:
Les Ulis, Essonne, France