Roche, Vaud, Switzerland
E617158
Roche is a small municipality in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, situated near the eastern end of Lake Geneva and known for its scenic Alpine surroundings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roche (VD) | 1 |
| Roche, Vaud, Switzerland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6775303 — 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: Roche, Vaud, Switzerland Context triple: [Edith Schaeffer, burialPlace, Roche, Vaud, Switzerland]
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A.
Rolle, Vaud, Switzerland
Rolle, in the canton of Vaud, is a small Swiss town on the shores of Lake Geneva known for its picturesque lakeside setting and historic charm.
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B.
Rüschlikon, Switzerland
Rüschlikon, Switzerland is a wealthy lakeside municipality near Zurich known for hosting major institutions and events, including the Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize ceremonies and the IBM Research laboratory.
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C.
Bern, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland is the de facto capital of Switzerland, known for its well-preserved medieval old town, political institutions, and cultural heritage.
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D.
La Sarraz, Switzerland
La Sarraz, Switzerland is a small historic town in the canton of Vaud known for its medieval castle and its role in early 20th-century modern architecture movements.
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E.
Valais, Switzerland
Valais, Switzerland is a mountainous canton in southwestern Switzerland known for its Alpine peaks, glaciers, vineyards, and the upper Rhône Valley.
- 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: Roche, Vaud, Switzerland Target entity description: Roche is a small municipality in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, situated near the eastern end of Lake Geneva and known for its scenic Alpine surroundings.
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A.
Rolle, Vaud, Switzerland
Rolle, in the canton of Vaud, is a small Swiss town on the shores of Lake Geneva known for its picturesque lakeside setting and historic charm.
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B.
Rüschlikon, Switzerland
Rüschlikon, Switzerland is a wealthy lakeside municipality near Zurich known for hosting major institutions and events, including the Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize ceremonies and the IBM Research laboratory.
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C.
Bern, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland is the de facto capital of Switzerland, known for its well-preserved medieval old town, political institutions, and cultural heritage.
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D.
La Sarraz, Switzerland
La Sarraz, Switzerland is a small historic town in the canton of Vaud known for its medieval castle and its role in early 20th-century modern architecture movements.
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E.
Valais, Switzerland
Valais, Switzerland is a mountainous canton in southwestern Switzerland known for its Alpine peaks, glaciers, vineyards, and the upper Rhône Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | municipality ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | municipality of the canton of Vaud ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Swiss Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canton | Vaud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | temperate oceanic climate ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| district | Aigle District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 380 metres ⓘ |
| governedBy | municipal council of Roche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBodyOfWaterNearby | Lake Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
commuter residential community
ⓘ
local services ⓘ small-scale industry ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | traditional Swiss village character ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
agricultural land
ⓘ
forested slopes ⓘ residential areas ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalCode | official Swiss municipality code (BFS code) ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringMunicipality |
Corbeyrier, Vaud, Switzerland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Tour-de-Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ Noville, Vaud, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ Villeneuve, Vaud, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvorne, Vaud, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | local Christian church ⓘ |
| hasScenicFeature | Alpine surroundings ⓘ |
| hasTransport | regional road links to Aigle and Villeneuve ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Alps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Geneva basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO3166-2 | CH-VD ⓘ |
| latitudeApprox | 46.37 N ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alps region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Switzerland ⓘ
surface form:
western Switzerland
|
| locatedInValley | Rhône valley region near Lake Geneva ⓘ |
| locatedNear | eastern end of Lake Geneva ⓘ |
| longitudeApprox | 6.90 E ⓘ |
| partOf | Romandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | small population ⓘ |
| postalCode | 1852 ⓘ |
| region | Chablais Vaudois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadConnection | Swiss road network in canton Vaud ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| usesDaylightSavingTime | true ⓘ |
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: Roche, Vaud, Switzerland Description of subject: Roche is a small municipality in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, situated near the eastern end of Lake Geneva and known for its scenic Alpine surroundings.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Roche (VD)