Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
E859788
Rimouski is a coastal city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in eastern Quebec, Canada, known for its maritime research institutions and role as a regional economic and cultural center.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rimouski, Quebec | 1 |
| Rimouski, Quebec, Canada canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10378064 — 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: Rimouski, Quebec, Canada Context triple: [NAVD 88, referenceTideGaugeLocation, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada]
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A.
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec is a small city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River known as a regional transportation hub and gateway to eastern Quebec and the Maritimes.
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B.
Saguenay, Quebec
Saguenay, Quebec is a city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, known for its fjord landscapes, aluminum industry, and role as a regional cultural and economic center.
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C.
Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Trois-Rivières is a historic city in Quebec, Canada, located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence rivers and known as one of the province’s oldest settlements.
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D.
Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
Shawinigan is an industrial city in central Quebec, Canada, known for its hydroelectric heritage and as the hometown of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.
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E.
Gaspé, Quebec
Gaspé, Quebec is a small coastal city at the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Quebec, known for its maritime heritage and scenic Gulf of St. Lawrence surroundings.
- 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: Rimouski, Quebec, Canada Target entity description: Rimouski is a coastal city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in eastern Quebec, Canada, known for its maritime research institutions and role as a regional economic and cultural center.
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A.
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec is a small city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River known as a regional transportation hub and gateway to eastern Quebec and the Maritimes.
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B.
Saguenay, Quebec
Saguenay, Quebec is a city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, known for its fjord landscapes, aluminum industry, and role as a regional cultural and economic center.
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C.
Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Trois-Rivières is a historic city in Quebec, Canada, located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence rivers and known as one of the province’s oldest settlements.
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D.
Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
Shawinigan is an industrial city in central Quebec, Canada, known for its hydroelectric heritage and as the hometown of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.
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E.
Gaspé, Quebec
Gaspé, Quebec is a small coastal city at the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Quebec, known for its maritime heritage and scenic Gulf of St. Lawrence surroundings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| areaCode |
418
ⓘ
581 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| electoralDistrictFederal | Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralDistrictProvincial | Rimouski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | City of Rimouski municipal council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Rimouski Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalInstitution | Salle DESJARDINS-TELUS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFestival |
Carrefour international de théâtre de Rimouski
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Festi Jazz International de Rimouski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHospital | Centre hospitalier régional de Rimouski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIceHockeyTeam | Rimouski Océanic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMaritimeActivity |
commercial shipping
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ marine research ⓘ |
| hasMayor | mayor of Rimouski ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Musée régional de Rimouski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNeighbouringMunicipality |
Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint-Fabien NERFINISHED ⓘ Sainte-Luce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPort | Port of Rimouski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchInstitution |
Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Institut maritime du Québec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUniversity | Université du Québec à Rimouski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCoastalCity | true ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Bas-Saint-Laurent tourist region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRegionalCenterFor | Bas-Saint-Laurent region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRegionalServiceCenterFor |
education in Bas-Saint-Laurent
ⓘ
government services in Bas-Saint-Laurent ⓘ health services in Bas-Saint-Laurent ⓘ |
| isSeatOf | Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
maritime research
ⓘ
oceanography ⓘ regional cultural role ⓘ regional economic role ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Bas-Saint-Laurent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOn | south shore of the Saint Lawrence River ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Saint Lawrence River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorLanguageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| postalCodePrefix | G5L ⓘ |
| province | Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sportsLeague | Quebec Major Junior Hockey League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportationRoute |
Autoroute 20
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quebec Route 132 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: Rimouski, Quebec, Canada Description of subject: Rimouski is a coastal city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in eastern Quebec, Canada, known for its maritime research institutions and role as a regional economic and cultural center.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rimouski, Quebec