Pavillon des Chemins de fer
E363810
Pavillon des Chemins de fer was a railway-themed exhibition pavilion in Paris, created for the 1937 International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life to showcase advances in rail transport and engineering.
All labels observed (1)
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| Pavillon des Chemins de fer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3493820 — 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: Pavillon des Chemins de fer Context triple: [Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937), notableStructure, Pavillon des Chemins de fer]
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A.
Gare du Palais
Gare du Palais is a historic railway and bus station in Quebec City, Canada, known for its château-style architecture and role as a major regional transport hub.
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B.
Galerie des Machines
The Galerie des Machines was a vast iron-and-glass exhibition hall in Paris, renowned in the late 19th century as one of the largest and most impressive engineering structures of its time.
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C.
Pavillon Hubert-Aquin
Pavillon Hubert-Aquin is a major academic building of the Université du Québec à Montréal, named in honor of the influential Quebec writer and intellectual Hubert Aquin.
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D.
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.
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E.
Pavillon de Louveciennes
Pavillon de Louveciennes is an 18th-century neoclassical pleasure pavilion near Paris, renowned for its elegant design and association with Madame du Barry and architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux.
- 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: Pavillon des Chemins de fer Target entity description: Pavillon des Chemins de fer was a railway-themed exhibition pavilion in Paris, created for the 1937 International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life to showcase advances in rail transport and engineering.
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A.
Gare du Palais
Gare du Palais is a historic railway and bus station in Quebec City, Canada, known for its château-style architecture and role as a major regional transport hub.
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B.
Galerie des Machines
The Galerie des Machines was a vast iron-and-glass exhibition hall in Paris, renowned in the late 19th century as one of the largest and most impressive engineering structures of its time.
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C.
Pavillon Hubert-Aquin
Pavillon Hubert-Aquin is a major academic building of the Université du Québec à Montréal, named in honor of the influential Quebec writer and intellectual Hubert Aquin.
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D.
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.
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E.
Pavillon de Louveciennes
Pavillon de Louveciennes is an 18th-century neoclassical pleasure pavilion near Paris, renowned for its elegant design and association with Madame du Barry and architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
exhibition pavilion
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railway exhibition ⓘ temporary building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modernist architecture ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished | 1937 ⓘ |
| exhibited |
electrification systems
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high‑speed rail research ⓘ locomotives ⓘ railway infrastructure models ⓘ railway technology ⓘ rolling stock ⓘ signalling technology ⓘ |
| genre | world’s fair pavilion ⓘ |
| hasType | transport pavilion ⓘ |
| inception | 1937 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Champ-de-Mars
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linked to:
Champ de Mars
Paris ⓘ |
| locatedOnTimeAxis | interwar period ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
glass
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reinforced concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| operator |
Chemins de fer de l’État
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linked to:
Chemins de fer de l'État
Compagnie du Midi ⓘ
linked to:
Compagnie du Paris–Orléans
Compagnie du Paris–Lyon–Méditerranée ⓘ Compagnie du Paris–Orléans ⓘ Compagnie du chemin de fer du Nord ⓘ
linked to:
Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord
French railway companies ⓘ |
| partOf |
1937 International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life
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Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne ⓘ |
| purpose |
promotion of French railways
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showcase of technological progress ⓘ |
| significantEvent | 1937 International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life ⓘ |
| startTime | 1937 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
publications on the 1937 Paris Exposition
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railway history studies ⓘ |
| theme |
modern technology
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rail transport ⓘ railway engineering ⓘ |
| use |
exhibition of advances in rail transport
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public education ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Pavillon des Chemins de fer Description of subject: Pavillon des Chemins de fer was a railway-themed exhibition pavilion in Paris, created for the 1937 International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life to showcase advances in rail transport and engineering.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937)
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notableStructure
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Pavillon des Chemins de fer
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