Montreal, Quebec, Canada
E506041
Montreal, Quebec, Canada is a major French-speaking metropolis known for its vibrant arts scene, diverse culture, and historic architecture on the Saint Lawrence River.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Montreal, Quebec, Canada canonical | 71 |
| Montreal | 9 |
| City of Montreal | 8 |
| Montreal, Canada East | 2 |
| Montreal (city) | 1 |
| Ville de Montréal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4982137 — 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: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Context triple: [Philip Guston, placeOfBirth, Montreal, Quebec, Canada]
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A.
Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada is a suburban city on the Island of Montreal known for its residential neighborhoods, waterfront along Lake Saint-Louis, and role as part of the Greater Montreal area.
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B.
Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Westmount, Quebec, Canada is an affluent, predominantly English-speaking suburb on the Island of Montreal known for its historic architecture and cultural prominence.
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C.
LaSalle, Quebec, Canada
LaSalle is a residential borough of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, known for its St. Lawrence River waterfront and diverse, largely francophone community.
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D.
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is a suburban municipality on the western tip of the Island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, known for its historic canal, waterfront boardwalk, and presence of McGill University's Macdonald Campus.
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E.
Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Longueuil is a major suburban city located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite Montreal in the province of Quebec, Canada.
- 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: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Target entity description: Montreal, Quebec, Canada is a major French-speaking metropolis known for its vibrant arts scene, diverse culture, and historic architecture on the Saint Lawrence River.
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A.
Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada is a suburban city on the Island of Montreal known for its residential neighborhoods, waterfront along Lake Saint-Louis, and role as part of the Greater Montreal area.
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B.
Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Westmount, Quebec, Canada is an affluent, predominantly English-speaking suburb on the Island of Montreal known for its historic architecture and cultural prominence.
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C.
LaSalle, Quebec, Canada
LaSalle is a residential borough of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, known for its St. Lawrence River waterfront and diverse, largely francophone community.
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D.
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is a suburban municipality on the western tip of the Island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, known for its historic canal, waterfront boardwalk, and presence of McGill University's Macdonald Campus.
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E.
Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Longueuil is a major suburban city located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite Montreal in the province of Quebec, Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (88)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode |
263
ⓘ
438 ⓘ 514 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| demographics |
large Francophone population
ⓘ
large immigrant communities ⓘ significant Anglophone minority ⓘ |
| economicSector |
aerospace
ⓘ
film and television production ⓘ higher education and research ⓘ video game industry ⓘ |
| foundedAs | Ville-Marie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1642 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Montreal City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAirport |
Montréal–Mirabel International Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montréal–Trudeau International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFestival |
Just for Laughs Festival
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Les Francos de Montréal NERFINISHED ⓘ Montreal International Jazz Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ Montreal World Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuits d'Afrique Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ Osheaga Music and Arts Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Atwater Market
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Biodome of Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ Biosphere NERFINISHED ⓘ Biosphere Environment Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Bonsecours Market NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinatown NERFINISHED ⓘ Gay Village NERFINISHED ⓘ Habitat 67 NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Drapeau Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Talon Market NERFINISHED ⓘ La Ronde amusement park NERFINISHED ⓘ Lachine Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Mile End NERFINISHED ⓘ Montreal Botanical Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Montreal City Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Montreal Museum of Fine Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Royal NERFINISHED ⓘ Notre-Dame Basilica NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Port of Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ Olympic Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ Place des Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ Plateau-Mont-Royal NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Catherine Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Joseph's Oratory NERFINISHED ⓘ Underground City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMayor | Valérie Plante NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver | Rivière des Prairies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSportsTeam |
CF Montréal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montreal Alouettes NERFINISHED ⓘ Montreal Canadiens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUniversity |
Concordia University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
McGill University NERFINISHED ⓘ Université de Montréal NERFINISHED ⓘ Université du Québec à Montréal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostedEvent |
1976 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
1976 Summer Paralympics NERFINISHED ⓘ Expo 67 NERFINISHED ⓘ Formula One Canadian Grand Prix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCapitalOf | Montreal Metropolitan Community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSeatOf | Archdiocese of Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
French-speaking majority
ⓘ
diverse culture ⓘ festivals ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ vibrant arts scene ⓘ |
| largestCityIn | Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Island of Montreal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint Lawrence River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mount Royal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| otherCommonLanguage | English ⓘ |
| populationRankInCanada | 2 ⓘ |
| postalCodePrefix | H ⓘ |
| secondLargestCityIn | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| twinCity |
Hiroshima
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kyiv NERFINISHED ⓘ Port-au-Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Description of subject: Montreal, Quebec, Canada is a major French-speaking metropolis known for its vibrant arts scene, diverse culture, and historic architecture on the Saint Lawrence River.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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CN
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CN
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Ville-Émard, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Mr. Ranger