Sion Airport
E103780
Sion Airport is a regional airport in the Swiss Alps that serves the town of Sion and nearby ski resorts, handling both civilian and military flights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sion Airport canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T717241 — 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: Sion Airport Context triple: [Sion, hasTransport, Sion Airport]
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A.
Geneva Airport
Geneva Airport is a major international airport in western Switzerland serving the city of Geneva and the surrounding region, including access to the Alps and neighboring France.
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B.
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport is a major international airport in eastern France serving the city of Lyon and the surrounding Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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C.
Strasbourg Airport
Strasbourg Airport is an international airport serving the city of Strasbourg and the surrounding Alsace region in northeastern France.
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D.
Toulon–Hyères Airport
Toulon–Hyères Airport is a regional French airport serving the Toulon and Hyères area on the Mediterranean coast, offering domestic and some international flights.
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E.
Zurich Airport
Zurich Airport is Switzerland’s largest and busiest international airport, serving as a major European aviation hub near the city of Zurich.
- 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: Sion Airport Target entity description: Sion Airport is a regional airport in the Swiss Alps that serves the town of Sion and nearby ski resorts, handling both civilian and military flights.
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A.
Geneva Airport
Geneva Airport is a major international airport in western Switzerland serving the city of Geneva and the surrounding region, including access to the Alps and neighboring France.
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B.
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport is a major international airport in eastern France serving the city of Lyon and the surrounding Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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C.
Strasbourg Airport
Strasbourg Airport is an international airport serving the city of Strasbourg and the surrounding Alsace region in northeastern France.
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D.
Toulon–Hyères Airport
Toulon–Hyères Airport is a regional French airport serving the Toulon and Hyères area on the Mediterranean coast, offering domestic and some international flights.
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E.
Zurich Airport
Zurich Airport is Switzerland’s largest and busiest international airport, serving as a major European aviation hub near the city of Zurich.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
civil–military airport ⓘ regional airport ⓘ |
| cityServed | Sion ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| hasApproachType |
instrument approach procedures
ⓘ
visual approach procedures ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
military air base
ⓘ
public airport ⓘ |
| hasElevation | about 1,600 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
challenging approach procedures
ⓘ
mountain airport operations ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
apron for civil aircraft
ⓘ
military facilities ⓘ passenger terminal ⓘ |
| hasNavigationChallenge | surrounded by high mountains ⓘ |
| hasRole | gateway to Valais ski resorts ⓘ |
| hasRunwayOrientation | 07/25 ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfTraffic |
general aviation
ⓘ
military training flights ⓘ seasonal charter flights ⓘ |
| hasUse |
business aviation
ⓘ
flight training ⓘ search and rescue operations ⓘ |
| IATAcode | SIR ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | LSGS ⓘ |
| isInValley | Rhône Valley ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canton of Valais
ⓘ
Sion ⓘ Swiss Alps ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| near |
ski resort of Crans-Montana
ⓘ
ski resort of Nendaz ⓘ ski resort of Verbier ⓘ ski resort of Zermatt ⓘ
linked to:
Zermatt
|
| operatedBy |
Swiss Air Force
ⓘ
civil aviation authorities of Valais ⓘ |
| regionServed | Valais ⓘ |
| serves |
nearby ski resorts
ⓘ
ski resorts in Valais ⓘ town of Sion ⓘ |
| servesTourism |
Alpine tourism
ⓘ
winter sports tourism ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Swiss Air Force fighter aircraft
ⓘ
Swiss Air Force helicopter units ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss Air Force
|
| usedFor |
civilian flights
ⓘ
military flights ⓘ |
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: Sion Airport Description of subject: Sion Airport is a regional airport in the Swiss Alps that serves the town of Sion and nearby ski resorts, handling both civilian and military flights.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.