Riddes
E605884
Riddes is a municipality in the canton of Valais in southwestern Switzerland, known for hosting the Écône seminary of the traditionalist Catholic Society of Saint Pius X.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Riddes canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6516525 — 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: Riddes Context triple: [International Seminary of Saint Pius X, Écône, locatedIn, Riddes]
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A.
McIldowie
McIldowie is a relatively uncommon Scottish-origin surname associated with individuals such as Mr Hudson.
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B.
Sholto
Sholto is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as military leaders and nobles.
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C.
Selwyn
Selwyn is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate located in the South Island, known for its largely rural character and rapid population growth around the Canterbury region.
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D.
Lundie
Lundie is a small rural settlement in Angus, Scotland, situated near the Sidlaw Hills and known for its scenic countryside setting.
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E.
Kilgetty
Kilgetty is a small village in Pembrokeshire, Wales, known as a local residential and service hub near the coastal resort of Saundersfoot.
- 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: Riddes Target entity description: Riddes is a municipality in the canton of Valais in southwestern Switzerland, known for hosting the Écône seminary of the traditionalist Catholic Society of Saint Pius X.
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A.
McIldowie
McIldowie is a relatively uncommon Scottish-origin surname associated with individuals such as Mr Hudson.
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B.
Sholto
Sholto is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as military leaders and nobles.
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C.
Selwyn
Selwyn is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate located in the South Island, known for its largely rural character and rapid population growth around the Canterbury region.
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D.
Lundie
Lundie is a small rural settlement in Angus, Scotland, situated near the Sidlaw Hills and known for its scenic countryside setting.
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E.
Kilgetty
Kilgetty is a small village in Pembrokeshire, Wales, known as a local residential and service hub near the coastal resort of Saundersfoot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic seminary
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ populated place ⓘ traditionalist Catholic priestly society ⓘ village ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOf | district of Martigny ⓘ |
| affiliation | Society of Saint Pius X ⓘ |
| canton | Valais ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | canton of Valais ⓘ |
| governedBy |
communal council of Riddes
ⓘ
linked to:
Commune of Riddes
|
| hasArea | approximately 23.9 square kilometres ⓘ |
| hasDemonym |
Riddan
ⓘ
Riddane ⓘ |
| hasElevation | approximately 494 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
agricultural land
ⓘ
forested land ⓘ settled area (buildings or roads) ⓘ |
| hasMayor | communal executive head (mayor of Riddes) ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalityCode | 6139 ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 1908 ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Riddes railway station ⓘ |
| hasSeminary | Écône seminary ⓘ |
| hasSettlement | Écône ⓘ |
| hosts | Écône seminary ⓘ |
| knownFor | hosting the Écône seminary ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
French-speaking part of Valais
ⓘ
Riddes ⓘ Riddes ⓘ Swiss Alps ⓘ canton of Valais ⓘ
linked to:
Canton of Valais
district of Martigny ⓘ |
| locatedOn | left bank of the Rhône River ⓘ |
| neighboringMunicipality |
Chamoson
ⓘ
Fully ⓘ Isérables ⓘ Leytron ⓘ Nendaz ⓘ Saxon ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.riddes.ch ⓘ |
| region | southwestern Switzerland ⓘ |
| religiousInstitutionLocatedIn | Écône seminary ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| servedBy | Martigny–Sion railway line ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| usesDaylightSavingTime | yes ⓘ |
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: Riddes Description of subject: Riddes is a municipality in the canton of Valais in southwestern Switzerland, known for hosting the Écône seminary of the traditionalist Catholic Society of Saint Pius X.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.