Gare de Lyon clock tower
E240073
The Gare de Lyon clock tower is a prominent historic clock tower rising above Paris’s Gare de Lyon railway station, known for its ornate architecture and large four-faced clock visible across the city.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clock tower of Gare de Lyon | 2 |
| Gare de Lyon clock tower canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2149487 — 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: Gare de Lyon clock tower Context triple: [12th arrondissement of Paris, hasLandmark, Gare de Lyon clock tower]
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A.
Jacquemart clock tower
The Jacquemart clock tower is a historic clock tower and emblematic landmark of the French town of Moulins, known for its automaton figures that strike the hours.
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B.
Châtelet–Les Halles
Châtelet–Les Halles is a major underground transport hub in central Paris, serving as one of the largest and busiest railway and metro stations in Europe.
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C.
Gare des Invalides
Gare des Invalides is a central Paris railway and RER station located near Les Invalides and the Seine, serving as a key commuter hub on line C.
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D.
Porte de Vincennes
Porte de Vincennes is a major Parisian intersection and metro station in the 12th arrondissement, serving as a key gateway between central Paris and its eastern suburbs.
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E.
The Gare Saint-Lazare
The Gare Saint-Lazare is a famous 1877 painting by Claude Monet that depicts the bustling interior of Paris’s Saint-Lazare railway station, celebrated as a key work of French Impressionism.
- 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: Gare de Lyon clock tower Target entity description: The Gare de Lyon clock tower is a prominent historic clock tower rising above Paris’s Gare de Lyon railway station, known for its ornate architecture and large four-faced clock visible across the city.
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A.
Jacquemart clock tower
The Jacquemart clock tower is a historic clock tower and emblematic landmark of the French town of Moulins, known for its automaton figures that strike the hours.
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B.
Châtelet–Les Halles
Châtelet–Les Halles is a major underground transport hub in central Paris, serving as one of the largest and busiest railway and metro stations in Europe.
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C.
Gare des Invalides
Gare des Invalides is a central Paris railway and RER station located near Les Invalides and the Seine, serving as a key commuter hub on line C.
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D.
Porte de Vincennes
Porte de Vincennes is a major Parisian intersection and metro station in the 12th arrondissement, serving as a key gateway between central Paris and its eastern suburbs.
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E.
The Gare Saint-Lazare
The Gare Saint-Lazare is a famous 1877 painting by Claude Monet that depicts the bustling interior of Paris’s Saint-Lazare railway station, celebrated as a key work of French Impressionism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clock tower
ⓘ
historic building ⓘ landmark ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Gare de Lyon railway traffic ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in the 12th arrondissement of Paris
ⓘ
Clock towers in France ⓘ Landmarks in Paris ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| function | timekeeping ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
decorative sculptures
ⓘ
four-faced clock ⓘ large clock dials ⓘ ornate architecture ⓘ stone construction ⓘ view over Paris ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic monument ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Parisian skyline ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
12th arrondissement of Paris
ⓘ
France ⓘ Gare de Lyon railway station ⓘ
linked to:
Gare de Lyon
Paris ⓘ Île-de-France ⓘ
linked to:
Île-de-France region
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| locatedNear |
Place Louis-Armand
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Seine River ⓘ
linked to:
River Seine
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| notableFor |
prominent silhouette
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visibility across the city ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gare de Lyon railway station
ⓘ
linked to:
Gare de Lyon
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| usedFor | public time display ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | various parts of Paris ⓘ |
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: Gare de Lyon clock tower Description of subject: The Gare de Lyon clock tower is a prominent historic clock tower rising above Paris’s Gare de Lyon railway station, known for its ornate architecture and large four-faced clock visible across the city.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gare de Lyon clock tower
linked to: Gare de Lyon clock tower