Padirac Cave
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Padirac Cave is a famous underground cavern and chasm in southwestern France known for its vast subterranean river, dramatic vertical shaft, and spectacular limestone formations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gouffre de Padirac | 3 |
| Padirac Cave canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3853238 — 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: Padirac Cave Context triple: [Lot, contains, Padirac Cave]
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A.
Grotte de l’Aven Noir
Grotte de l’Aven Noir is a spectacular limestone cave in southern France known for its vast underground chambers, impressive stalactite and stalagmite formations, and guided speleological tours.
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B.
Grotte de Dargilan
Grotte de Dargilan is a large, richly decorated limestone cave in southern France renowned for its impressive stalactites, stalagmites, and colorful rock formations.
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C.
Grotte des Demoiselles
Grotte des Demoiselles is a famous limestone show cave in southern France known for its vast chambers, dramatic stalactite and stalagmite formations, and underground cathedral-like hall.
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D.
Grotte de la Cocalière
Grotte de la Cocalière is a famous show cave in southern France known for its impressive limestone formations and underground galleries open to visitors.
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E.
Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave
Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave is a prehistoric cave in southern France renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings, some of the oldest known in the world.
- 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: Padirac Cave Target entity description: Padirac Cave is a famous underground cavern and chasm in southwestern France known for its vast subterranean river, dramatic vertical shaft, and spectacular limestone formations.
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A.
Grotte de l’Aven Noir
Grotte de l’Aven Noir is a spectacular limestone cave in southern France known for its vast underground chambers, impressive stalactite and stalagmite formations, and guided speleological tours.
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B.
Grotte de Dargilan
Grotte de Dargilan is a large, richly decorated limestone cave in southern France renowned for its impressive stalactites, stalagmites, and colorful rock formations.
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C.
Grotte des Demoiselles
Grotte des Demoiselles is a famous limestone show cave in southern France known for its vast chambers, dramatic stalactite and stalagmite formations, and underground cathedral-like hall.
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D.
Grotte de la Cocalière
Grotte de la Cocalière is a famous show cave in southern France known for its impressive limestone formations and underground galleries open to visitors.
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E.
Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave
Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave is a prehistoric cave in southern France renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings, some of the oldest known in the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
karst cave
ⓘ
show cave ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| annualVisitors | hundreds of thousands ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Édouard-Alfred Martel ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1889 ⓘ |
| firstExplorationBy | Édouard-Alfred Martel ⓘ |
| formationPeriod | Mesozoic limestone ⓘ |
| hasAccess |
lifts
ⓘ
stairs ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
caves of Occitanie
ⓘ
karst formations of France ⓘ tourist attractions in Lot ⓘ |
| hasConservationStatus | protected natural site at national level ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
flowstone formations
ⓘ
large underground chambers ⓘ stalactites ⓘ stalagmites ⓘ subterranean river ⓘ underground lake ⓘ vertical shaft ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalProcess | karstification ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalType | limestone ⓘ |
| hasHydrology | underground stream feeding into local karst system ⓘ |
| hasLighting | artificial illumination for tourism ⓘ |
| hasNameInFrench |
Gouffre de Padirac
ⓘ
linked to:
Padirac Cave
|
| hasNearbyAttraction |
Dordogne Valley
ⓘ
linked to:
Dordogne
Rocamadour Sanctuary ⓘ
linked to:
Rocamadour
|
| isOneOf | most visited caves in France ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lot department
ⓘ
southwestern France ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricalRegion | Quercy ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Occitanie ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Rocamadour ⓘ |
| managedBy | Compagnie du Gouffre de Padirac ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | approximately 103 metres ⓘ |
| nearSettlement | Padirac ⓘ |
| offers | guided tours ⓘ |
| openedToPublic | 1898 ⓘ |
| postalCodeArea | 46500 ⓘ |
| riverLength | approximately 500 metres of tourist boat route ⓘ |
| shaftDepth | approximately 75 metres ⓘ |
| touristTransport |
guided walking paths
ⓘ
underground boat ⓘ |
| tourSeason | mainly spring to autumn ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Padirac Cave Description of subject: Padirac Cave is a famous underground cavern and chasm in southwestern France known for its vast subterranean river, dramatic vertical shaft, and spectacular limestone formations.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Lot department
linked to: Padirac Cave
linked to: Padirac Cave
linked to: Padirac Cave