Angoumois
E149330
Angoumois is a historic province in western France centered around the town of Angoulême, known for its role in the old French provincial system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Angoumois canonical | 14 |
| Arms of Angoumois | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1307193 — 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: Angoumois Context triple: [Poitou, borders, Angoumois]
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A.
Sauvy
Sauvy is a French surname most notably borne by Alfred Sauvy, a prominent demographer, sociologist, and economist.
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B.
Sauvestre
Sauvestre is a French surname most notably associated with architect Stephen Sauvestre, who contributed to the design of the Eiffel Tower.
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C.
Groseau
Groseau is a smaller watercourse in southeastern France that serves as a tributary feeding into the Ouvèze River.
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D.
Houffalize
Houffalize is a small town in the Belgian Ardennes known for its World War II history, outdoor tourism, and scenic natural surroundings.
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E.
Chiers
The Chiers is a river in Western Europe that flows through Luxembourg, Belgium, and France before joining the Meuse.
- 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: Angoumois Target entity description: Angoumois is a historic province in western France centered around the town of Angoulême, known for its role in the old French provincial system.
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A.
Sauvy
Sauvy is a French surname most notably borne by Alfred Sauvy, a prominent demographer, sociologist, and economist.
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B.
Sauvestre
Sauvestre is a French surname most notably associated with architect Stephen Sauvestre, who contributed to the design of the Eiffel Tower.
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C.
Groseau
Groseau is a smaller watercourse in southeastern France that serves as a tributary feeding into the Ouvèze River.
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D.
Houffalize
Houffalize is a small town in the Belgian Ardennes known for its World War II history, outdoor tourism, and scenic natural surroundings.
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E.
Chiers
The Chiers is a river in Western Europe that flows through Luxembourg, Belgium, and France before joining the Meuse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historic province of France ⓘ |
| abolishedAsProvinceIn | 1790 ⓘ |
| borders |
Limousin
ⓘ
Poitou ⓘ Périgord ⓘ Saintonge ⓘ |
| capital | Angoulême ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| formerSubdivisionOf | France ⓘ |
| hasCity |
Angoulême
ⓘ
Cognac ⓘ |
| hasRiver |
Charente River
ⓘ
linked to:
Charente
|
| historicalGovernmentType | province of France ⓘ |
| historicalLanguage |
French
ⓘ
Occitan ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOf | France ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | province of the Ancien Régime ⓘ |
| knownFor |
agricultural production
ⓘ
cognac production ⓘ vineyards ⓘ |
| locatedIn | western France ⓘ |
| modernTerritoryMostlyIn | Charente department ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Angoulême ⓘ |
| partOf | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| preFrenchRevolutionAdministrativeDivision | yes ⓘ |
| regionToday | Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ |
| replacedBy | French departments ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Ancien Régime
ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedIn | old French provincial system ⓘ |
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: Angoumois Description of subject: Angoumois is a historic province in western France centered around the town of Angoulême, known for its role in the old French provincial system.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Charente department
subject linked to:
historical province of Angoumois
linked to: Angoumois
subject linked to:
lordship of Angoulême