Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
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Cumières-le-Mort-Homme is a former French village in the Meuse department that was completely destroyed during the Battle of Verdun in World War I and never rebuilt, now preserved as a memorial site.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cumières-le-Mort-Homme canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3304161 — 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: Cumières-le-Mort-Homme Context triple: [Verdun, France, hasNearbyDestroyedVillage, Cumières-le-Mort-Homme]
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A.
Deuil-la-Barre
Deuil-la-Barre is a suburban commune in the northern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its residential character and proximity to Montmorency.
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B.
Chambois
Chambois is a small town in Normandy, France, best known as a key site of the decisive encirclement and defeat of German forces during the 1944 Falaise Pocket in World War II.
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C.
Flémalle
Flémalle is a municipality in eastern Belgium known for its industrial heritage and location along the Meuse River in the province of Liège.
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D.
Laumière
Laumière is a Paris Métro station on the city’s northeastern side, located in the 19th arrondissement near the Canal de l’Ourcq.
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E.
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
Saint-Côme-du-Mont is a former commune in northwestern France’s Normandy region, notable for its location near the D-Day landing areas of World War II.
- 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: Cumières-le-Mort-Homme Target entity description: Cumières-le-Mort-Homme is a former French village in the Meuse department that was completely destroyed during the Battle of Verdun in World War I and never rebuilt, now preserved as a memorial site.
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A.
Deuil-la-Barre
Deuil-la-Barre is a suburban commune in the northern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its residential character and proximity to Montmorency.
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B.
Chambois
Chambois is a small town in Normandy, France, best known as a key site of the decisive encirclement and defeat of German forces during the 1944 Falaise Pocket in World War II.
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C.
Flémalle
Flémalle is a municipality in eastern Belgium known for its industrial heritage and location along the Meuse River in the province of Liège.
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D.
Laumière
Laumière is a Paris Métro station on the city’s northeastern side, located in the 19th arrondissement near the Canal de l’Ourcq.
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E.
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
Saint-Côme-du-Mont is a former commune in northwestern France’s Normandy region, notable for its location near the D-Day landing areas of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
destroyed village
ⓘ
former commune of France ⓘ |
| access | open to visitors ⓘ |
| commemorates |
French soldiers killed in the Battle of Verdun
ⓘ
civilian victims of World War I ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| currentStatus |
commune without inhabitants
ⓘ
uninhabited ⓘ |
| destroyedDuring |
Battle of Verdun
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ |
| event | Battle of Verdun ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
World War I sites in France
ⓘ
linked to:
World War I battlefields
ghost towns in France ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | military cemetery nearby ⓘ |
| hasInformationBoard | panels explaining history of the village and its destruction ⓘ |
| hasRemains | traces of cellars and building foundations ⓘ |
| hasRoadNetwork | marked paths and roads indicating former village streets ⓘ |
| hasStatue | statue of a French soldier (poilu) ⓘ |
| hasUse |
memorial site
ⓘ
remembrance site ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | village détruit (destroyed village) of the Meuse ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northeastern France ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Grand Est
ⓘ
Lorraine ⓘ Meuse department ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mort-Homme hill
ⓘ
Verdun ⓘ
linked to:
Verdun, France
|
| locatedOn | left bank of the Meuse River ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
French state
ⓘ
linked to:
French state (partially)
local authorities of Meuse ⓘ |
| memorial |
chapel and monuments commemorating the destroyed village
ⓘ
inscriptions listing names of former inhabitants ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature | French and German military cemeteries in the Verdun area ⓘ |
| originalFunction |
agricultural community
ⓘ
rural village ⓘ |
| partOf |
French national remembrance sites of World War I
ⓘ
Zone rouge ⓘ communes of Meuse that were destroyed in World War I ⓘ memorial landscape of Verdun ⓘ
linked to:
Verdun memorial sites
|
| populationAfterWar | 0 ⓘ |
| rebuildingStatus | never rebuilt ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
evacuation of civilian population during World War I
ⓘ
intense artillery bombardment in 1916 ⓘ |
| timeOfDestruction | 1916 ⓘ |
| toponymy | name refers to nearby Mort-Homme hill ⓘ |
| warTheater |
Western Front of World War I
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linked to:
Western Front
|
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Subject: Cumières-le-Mort-Homme Description of subject: Cumières-le-Mort-Homme is a former French village in the Meuse department that was completely destroyed during the Battle of Verdun in World War I and never rebuilt, now preserved as a memorial site.
Referenced by (4)
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