Cirque de Cilaos
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Cirque de Cilaos is a dramatic volcanic caldera on Réunion Island known for its steep cliffs, mountain scenery, and hot springs, popular with hikers and nature tourists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cirque de Cilaos canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6341671 — 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: Cirque de Cilaos Context triple: [Pitons, cirques and remparts of Réunion Island, hasPart, Cirque de Cilaos]
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A.
Cirque de Navacelles
Cirque de Navacelles is a dramatic limestone canyon and natural amphitheater in southern France, renowned for its striking geological formations and scenic beauty.
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B.
Cirque de Mourèze
Cirque de Mourèze is a striking natural amphitheater in southern France known for its dramatic dolomitic rock formations and scenic hiking trails.
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C.
Cirque Calder
Cirque Calder is Alexander Calder’s famous miniature circus installation, featuring handcrafted wire and fabric performers that he animated in live performances and that helped pioneer his kinetic and sculptural style.
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D.
Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval
Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval is a vast natural amphitheater of limestone cliffs and waterfalls in the French Alps, renowned as one of France’s most spectacular glacial cirques.
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E.
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil is a world-renowned Canadian entertainment company known for its innovative contemporary circus productions that blend acrobatics, theater, dance, and music.
- 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: Cirque de Cilaos Target entity description: Cirque de Cilaos is a dramatic volcanic caldera on Réunion Island known for its steep cliffs, mountain scenery, and hot springs, popular with hikers and nature tourists.
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A.
Cirque de Navacelles
Cirque de Navacelles is a dramatic limestone canyon and natural amphitheater in southern France, renowned for its striking geological formations and scenic beauty.
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B.
Cirque de Mourèze
Cirque de Mourèze is a striking natural amphitheater in southern France known for its dramatic dolomitic rock formations and scenic hiking trails.
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C.
Cirque Calder
Cirque Calder is Alexander Calder’s famous miniature circus installation, featuring handcrafted wire and fabric performers that he animated in live performances and that helped pioneer his kinetic and sculptural style.
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D.
Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval
Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval is a vast natural amphitheater of limestone cliffs and waterfalls in the French Alps, renowned as one of France’s most spectacular glacial cirques.
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E.
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil is a world-renowned Canadian entertainment company known for its innovative contemporary circus productions that blend acrobatics, theater, dance, and music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cirque
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geographical feature ⓘ volcanic caldera ⓘ |
| accessedBy | mountain road with many switchbacks ⓘ |
| administrativeCommune | Cilaos ⓘ |
| climate | mountain tropical climate ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| elevationType | highland area ⓘ |
| formedBy | volcanic activity ⓘ |
| formedOn |
Piton des Neiges volcano
ⓘ
linked to:
Piton des Neiges
|
| geologicalType | erosional cirque on shield volcano ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
canyoning
ⓘ
mountain biking ⓘ rock climbing ⓘ trail hiking ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
deep ravines
ⓘ
rugged relief ⓘ terraced slopes ⓘ thermal springs ⓘ |
| hasHydrology |
mountain streams
ⓘ
waterfalls ⓘ |
| hasTown | Cilaos ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Piton des Neiges ⓘ |
| island |
Réunion Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Réunion
|
| knownFor |
hiking
ⓘ
hot springs ⓘ mountain scenery ⓘ nature tourism ⓘ steep cliffs ⓘ |
| languageRegion |
French
ⓘ
Réunion Creole ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
France
ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ Réunion ⓘ |
| oneOf | three main cirques of Réunion ⓘ |
| partOf | Réunion National Park ⓘ |
| popularWith |
adventure tourists
ⓘ
hikers ⓘ nature tourists ⓘ |
| protectedAreaStatus | within protected natural area ⓘ |
| region |
Overseas department of Réunion
ⓘ
linked to:
Réunion
|
| siblingCirque |
Cirque de Mafate
ⓘ
Cirque de Salazie ⓘ |
| tourismType |
eco-tourism destination
ⓘ
mountain tourism destination ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf | Pitons, cirques and remparts of Réunion Island ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
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: Cirque de Cilaos Description of subject: Cirque de Cilaos is a dramatic volcanic caldera on Réunion Island known for its steep cliffs, mountain scenery, and hot springs, popular with hikers and nature tourists.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.