Plainpalais
E242896
Plainpalais is a central district of Geneva, Switzerland, known for its large public square, markets, and cultural and historical significance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plainpalais canonical | 6 |
| Plaine de Plainpalais | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2175869 — 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: Plainpalais Context triple: [Cimetière des Rois, locatedIn, Plainpalais]
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A.
Place des Cocotiers
Place des Cocotiers is a central public square and popular gathering spot in Nouméa, New Caledonia, known for its gardens, fountains, and cultural events.
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B.
Parc des Bastions
Parc des Bastions is a historic public park in central Geneva, Switzerland, known for its cultural monuments, leafy promenades, and role as a popular gathering place for locals and visitors.
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C.
Grand-Place
Grand-Place is the central historic square of Lille, France, renowned for its ornate Flemish architecture and vibrant civic life.
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D.
Neue Wache
Neue Wache is a neoclassical guardhouse-turned-war memorial in Berlin, renowned as one of architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s most important works.
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E.
Les Halles
Les Halles is a major underground transport hub and commercial area in central Paris, historically known as the city’s main market district.
- 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: Plainpalais Target entity description: Plainpalais is a central district of Geneva, Switzerland, known for its large public square, markets, and cultural and historical significance.
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A.
Place des Cocotiers
Place des Cocotiers is a central public square and popular gathering spot in Nouméa, New Caledonia, known for its gardens, fountains, and cultural events.
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B.
Parc des Bastions
Parc des Bastions is a historic public park in central Geneva, Switzerland, known for its cultural monuments, leafy promenades, and role as a popular gathering place for locals and visitors.
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C.
Grand-Place
Grand-Place is the central historic square of Lille, France, renowned for its ornate Flemish architecture and vibrant civic life.
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D.
Neue Wache
Neue Wache is a neoclassical guardhouse-turned-war memorial in Berlin, renowned as one of architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s most important works.
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E.
Les Halles
Les Halles is a major underground transport hub and commercial area in central Paris, historically known as the city’s main market district.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
district
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neighborhood ⓘ urban quarter ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| governedBy | Municipality of Geneva ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
parking areas
ⓘ
playgrounds ⓘ restaurants and cafés ⓘ skatepark ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
street art and murals
ⓘ
tramway crossings ⓘ tree-lined edges ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
event venue
ⓘ
marketplace ⓘ recreational area ⓘ |
| hasLandUse | mixed residential and commercial area ⓘ |
| hasMarket |
farmers’ market
ⓘ
second-hand goods market ⓘ weekly flea market ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAttraction |
Museum of Ethnography of Geneva
ⓘ
Patek Philippe Museum ⓘ Reformation Wall (Parc des Bastions) ⓘ
linked to:
Parc des Bastions
|
| hasNearbyInstitution |
Geneva University Hospitals
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Geneva Hospitals
University of Geneva ⓘ University of Geneva Sciences II campus ⓘ
linked to:
University of Geneva
|
| hasPostalCode | 1205 Geneva ⓘ |
| hasPublicArt | Broken Chair sculpture vicinity ⓘ |
| hasPublicSquare |
Plaine de Plainpalais
ⓘ
linked to:
Plainpalais
|
| hasShape | triangular square ⓘ |
| hasSurface | gravel and paved open space ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection |
Geneva bus network
ⓘ
Geneva tram network ⓘ |
| isCentralAreaOf | left bank of Geneva ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cultural significance
ⓘ
flea market ⓘ historical significance ⓘ large public square ⓘ open-air markets ⓘ |
| languageUsed | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Geneva ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Canton of Geneva
ⓘ
linked to:
canton of Geneva
|
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| partOf |
City of Geneva
ⓘ
linked to:
Geneva
|
| usedFor |
circuses
ⓘ
fairs ⓘ festivals ⓘ political demonstrations ⓘ sport and leisure activities ⓘ |
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: Plainpalais Description of subject: Plainpalais is a central district of Geneva, Switzerland, known for its large public square, markets, and cultural and historical significance.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Plainpalais