Tour Part-Dieu (Le Crayon)
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Tour Part-Dieu, commonly called "Le Crayon" for its pencil-like shape, is a prominent office skyscraper and one of the most recognizable landmarks in Lyon, France.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tour Part-Dieu | 3 |
| Tour Part-Dieu (Le Crayon) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5014169 — 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: Tour Part-Dieu (Le Crayon) Context triple: [3rd arrondissement of Lyon, hasLandmark, Tour Part-Dieu (Le Crayon)]
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A.
Tour Rive Gauche
Tour Rive Gauche is a high-rise residential and office tower located along the Seine in Paris’s 15th arrondissement.
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B.
Barrières of Paris
The Barrières of Paris were a series of monumental toll gates built around late 18th-century Paris as part of the city’s customs wall, many designed in a distinctive neoclassical style by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux.
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C.
The Corso
The Corso is a bustling pedestrian mall and main shopping and dining strip that links Manly Beach to Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Manly, Australia.
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D.
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.
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E.
Le Ventre de Paris
Le Ventre de Paris is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that vividly portrays life around Paris’s central market, Les Halles, while exploring themes of social conflict, hunger, and abundance.
- 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: Tour Part-Dieu (Le Crayon) Target entity description: Tour Part-Dieu, commonly called "Le Crayon" for its pencil-like shape, is a prominent office skyscraper and one of the most recognizable landmarks in Lyon, France.
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A.
Tour Rive Gauche
Tour Rive Gauche is a high-rise residential and office tower located along the Seine in Paris’s 15th arrondissement.
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B.
Barrières of Paris
The Barrières of Paris were a series of monumental toll gates built around late 18th-century Paris as part of the city’s customs wall, many designed in a distinctive neoclassical style by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux.
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C.
The Corso
The Corso is a bustling pedestrian mall and main shopping and dining strip that links Manly Beach to Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Manly, Australia.
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D.
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.
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E.
Le Ventre de Paris
Le Ventre de Paris is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that vividly portrays life around Paris’s central market, Les Halles, while exploring themes of social conflict, hunger, and abundance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landmark
ⓘ
office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| architect | Cabet, Berger, and Boucher (architects) ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modernist architecture ⓘ |
| buildingType | office ⓘ |
| cityPanorama | overlooks central Lyon ⓘ |
| color | brownish-orange façade ⓘ |
| completionDate | late 1970s ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| floorCount | approximately 42 floors ⓘ |
| function |
commercial offices
ⓘ
hospitality ⓘ |
| hasHotel | Radisson Blu Hotel Lyon ⓘ |
| hasObservationArea | upper floors with panoramic views ⓘ |
| hasRestaurant | restaurant at upper floors ⓘ |
| hasUse |
hotel
ⓘ
observation point ⓘ offices ⓘ restaurant ⓘ |
| height | approximately 165 meters ⓘ |
| heightIncludingSpire | approximately 165 meters ⓘ |
| heightToRoof | approximately 142 meters ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1977 ⓘ |
| localSignificance | symbol of Lyon’s modern business district ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
3rd arrondissement of Lyon
ⓘ
La Part-Dieu district ⓘ
linked to:
Quartier Part-Dieu
Lyon ⓘ |
| material |
concrete
ⓘ
glass ⓘ stone cladding ⓘ |
| near |
Centre commercial de la Part-Dieu
ⓘ
linked to:
La Part-Dieu
Gare de la Part-Dieu ⓘ
linked to:
Lyon-Part-Dieu railway station
|
| nickname | Le Crayon ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pencil-like silhouette
ⓘ
role in Lyon’s business district identity ⓘ |
| owner | various private real estate interests ⓘ |
| partOf | La Part-Dieu urban development ⓘ |
| postalAddressCity | Lyon ⓘ |
| region |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
ⓘ
linked to:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
|
| renovation | subject to modernization works in the 21st century ⓘ |
| roofShape | conical roof ⓘ |
| shape | cylindrical tower with conical top ⓘ |
| skylineRole | one of the most recognizable buildings in Lyon ⓘ |
| skylineStatus | among tallest buildings in Lyon ⓘ |
| startDate | early 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tour Part-Dieu (Le Crayon) Description of subject: Tour Part-Dieu, commonly called "Le Crayon" for its pencil-like shape, is a prominent office skyscraper and one of the most recognizable landmarks in Lyon, France.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tour Part-Dieu (Le Crayon)
linked to: Tour Part-Dieu (Le Crayon)
linked to: Tour Part-Dieu (Le Crayon)