Illiers, Eure-et-Loir, France
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Illiers, in the Eure-et-Loir department of northern France, is a small town best known as the childhood home of Marcel Proust’s father and a key inspiration for the fictional Combray in Proust’s "In Search of Lost Time."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Illiers, Eure-et-Loir, France canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12640048 — 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: Illiers, Eure-et-Loir, France Context triple: [Adrien Proust, placeOfBirth, Illiers, Eure-et-Loir, France]
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Milly-la-Forêt, Essonne, France
Milly-la-Forêt, in the Essonne department of France, is a historic rural town south of Paris known for its picturesque landscapes, medicinal herb cultivation, and cultural associations with artists and writers.
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B.
Anet, Eure-et-Loir, France
Anet, in the Eure-et-Loir department of northern France, is a small historic town best known for its Renaissance château closely associated with Diane de Poitiers.
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C.
Senlis, Oise, France
Senlis is a historic commune in the Oise department of northern France, known for its well-preserved medieval old town and Gothic cathedral.
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D.
Boussay, Indre-et-Loire, France
Boussay, Indre-et-Loire, France is a small commune in central France’s Indre-et-Loire department, known as the birthplace of French general Abdallah Menou.
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E.
Plessis-lès-Tours, France
Plessis-lès-Tours is a historic locality near Tours in central France, notable as a former royal residence and the place where Saint Francis of Paola died.
- 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: Illiers, Eure-et-Loir, France Target entity description: Illiers, in the Eure-et-Loir department of northern France, is a small town best known as the childhood home of Marcel Proust’s father and a key inspiration for the fictional Combray in Proust’s "In Search of Lost Time."
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A.
Milly-la-Forêt, Essonne, France
Milly-la-Forêt, in the Essonne department of France, is a historic rural town south of Paris known for its picturesque landscapes, medicinal herb cultivation, and cultural associations with artists and writers.
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B.
Anet, Eure-et-Loir, France
Anet, in the Eure-et-Loir department of northern France, is a small historic town best known for its Renaissance château closely associated with Diane de Poitiers.
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C.
Senlis, Oise, France
Senlis is a historic commune in the Oise department of northern France, known for its well-preserved medieval old town and Gothic cathedral.
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D.
Boussay, Indre-et-Loire, France
Boussay, Indre-et-Loire, France is a small commune in central France’s Indre-et-Loire department, known as the birthplace of French general Abdallah Menou.
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E.
Plessis-lès-Tours, France
Plessis-lès-Tours is a historic locality near Tours in central France, notable as a former royal residence and the place where Saint Francis of Paola died.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.