Illiers-Combray
E258299
Illiers-Combray is a commune in northern France’s Eure-et-Loir department, best known as the model for “Combray” in Marcel Proust’s novel "In Search of Lost Time."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Illiers-Combray canonical | 9 |
| Combray | 4 |
| Combray (fictional town) | 1 |
| fictional town of Combray | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2343895 — 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-Combray Context triple: [Eure, flowsThroughCity, Illiers-Combray]
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A.
Parthenay
Parthenay is a historic fortified town in western France known for its medieval architecture and role as a regional center in the former province of Poitou.
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B.
La Charité-sur-Loire
La Charité-sur-Loire is a historic town in central France on the banks of the Loire River, renowned for its medieval architecture and UNESCO-listed Cluniac priory.
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C.
Compiegne
Compiègne is a historic city in northern France known for its royal château, forest, and role in significant events such as the signing of the 1918 Armistice.
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D.
Bourgueil
Bourgueil is a Loire Valley wine appellation in France renowned for its red wines, particularly those made predominantly from Cabernet Franc.
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E.
Limoges
Limoges is a historic city in central France renowned for its fine porcelain production and medieval architecture.
- 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-Combray Target entity description: Illiers-Combray is a commune in northern France’s Eure-et-Loir department, best known as the model for “Combray” in Marcel Proust’s novel "In Search of Lost Time."
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A.
Parthenay
Parthenay is a historic fortified town in western France known for its medieval architecture and role as a regional center in the former province of Poitou.
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B.
La Charité-sur-Loire
La Charité-sur-Loire is a historic town in central France on the banks of the Loire River, renowned for its medieval architecture and UNESCO-listed Cluniac priory.
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C.
Compiegne
Compiègne is a historic city in northern France known for its royal château, forest, and role in significant events such as the signing of the 1918 Armistice.
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D.
Bourgueil
Bourgueil is a Loire Valley wine appellation in France renowned for its red wines, particularly those made predominantly from Cabernet Franc.
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E.
Limoges
Limoges is a historic city in central France renowned for its fine porcelain production and medieval architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commune of France ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Marcel Proust ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| formerName | Illiers ⓘ |
| governmentType | commune council ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | sites associated with Marcel Proust’s childhood ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Maison de Tante Léonie ⓘ |
| hasRegionCode | FR-CVL ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | Saint-Jacques church of Illiers-Combray ⓘ |
| hasTourismType | literary tourism ⓘ |
| INSEECODE | 28194 ⓘ |
| inspired | fictional town of Combray ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Centre-Val de Loire region
ⓘ
linked to:
Centre-Val de Loire
Eure-et-Loir department ⓘ
linked to:
Eure-et-Loir
northern France ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Chartres ⓘ |
| nameChangeYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Combray
ⓘ
linked to:
Illiers-Combray
|
| notableFor | being model for Combray in Marcel Proust’s novel "In Search of Lost Time" ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf |
arrondissement of Chartres
ⓘ
canton of Illiers-Combray ⓘ |
| postalCode | 28120 ⓘ |
| timeZone |
CEST
ⓘ
CET ⓘ |
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: Illiers-Combray Description of subject: Illiers-Combray is a commune in northern France’s Eure-et-Loir department, best known as the model for “Combray” in Marcel Proust’s novel "In Search of Lost Time."
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time
linked to: Illiers-Combray
linked to: Illiers-Combray
linked to: Illiers-Combray
linked to: Illiers-Combray
linked to: Illiers-Combray