Vaulx-en-Velin
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Vaulx-en-Velin is a suburban commune in eastern France located just northeast of Lyon, known for its large housing estates and diverse population.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vaulx-en-Velin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4961404 — 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: Vaulx-en-Velin Context triple: [Lyon metropolitan area, containsCity, Vaulx-en-Velin]
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A.
Firminy
Firminy is a commune in central France known for its notable modernist architecture, including works by Le Corbusier such as the Maison de la Culture.
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B.
Vitry-le-François
Vitry-le-François is a commune in northeastern France’s Marne department, known as a planned Renaissance town and the birthplace of mathematician Abraham de Moivre.
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C.
Vanves
Vanves is a suburban commune in the southwestern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its dense residential character and proximity to the capital.
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D.
Vitry-sur-Seine
Vitry-sur-Seine is a suburban commune in the southeastern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its large population and prominent role in the Val-de-Marne department.
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E.
Louveciennes
Louveciennes is a picturesque commune in north-central France, noted for its scenic landscapes that attracted Impressionist painters such as Camille Pissarro.
- 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: Vaulx-en-Velin Target entity description: Vaulx-en-Velin is a suburban commune in eastern France located just northeast of Lyon, known for its large housing estates and diverse population.
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A.
Firminy
Firminy is a commune in central France known for its notable modernist architecture, including works by Le Corbusier such as the Maison de la Culture.
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B.
Vitry-le-François
Vitry-le-François is a commune in northeastern France’s Marne department, known as a planned Renaissance town and the birthplace of mathematician Abraham de Moivre.
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C.
Vanves
Vanves is a suburban commune in the southwestern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its dense residential character and proximity to the capital.
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D.
Vitry-sur-Seine
Vitry-sur-Seine is a suburban commune in the southeastern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its large population and prominent role in the Val-de-Marne department.
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E.
Louveciennes
Louveciennes is a picturesque commune in north-central France, noted for its scenic landscapes that attracted Impressionist painters such as Camille Pissarro.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commune of France ⓘ |
| area | 20.95 km² ⓘ |
| contains | Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 45.781°N 4.924°E ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| crossedBy | Rhône River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationMax | 193 m ⓘ |
| elevationMin | 165 m ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
diverse population
ⓘ
large housing estates ⓘ suburban ⓘ |
| hasDistrict |
La Grappinière
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Rize ⓘ La Soie NERFINISHED ⓘ La Tase NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Village NERFINISHED ⓘ Mas du Taureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicSector |
light industry
ⓘ
services ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | École nationale des travaux publics de l'État NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
commercial
ⓘ
industrial ⓘ residential ⓘ |
| hasNeighbour |
Bron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Décines-Charpieu NERFINISHED ⓘ Meyzieu NERFINISHED ⓘ Villeurbanne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
bus network
ⓘ
tramway ⓘ |
| hasUrbanType | banlieue ⓘ |
| INSEECODE | 69256 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
ⓘ
surface form:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Metropolis of Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhône department NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern France NERFINISHED ⓘ suburbs of Lyon ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | left bank of the Rhône ⓘ |
| partOf | Lyon metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 69120 ⓘ |
| servedBy |
Lyon Metro Line A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rhônexpress tram-train NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone |
CEST
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CET ⓘ |
| twinnedWith |
Batroun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bălți NERFINISHED ⓘ Schkeuditz NERFINISHED ⓘ Vénissieux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Vaulx-en-Velin Description of subject: Vaulx-en-Velin is a suburban commune in eastern France located just northeast of Lyon, known for its large housing estates and diverse population.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.