La Brède, near Bordeaux, France
E55415
La Brède, near Bordeaux, France, is a commune in southwestern France best known as the birthplace of the Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Brède, Gironde, France | 1 |
| La Brède, near Bordeaux, France canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T432483 — 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: La Brède, near Bordeaux, France Context triple: [Montesquieu, birthPlace, La Brède, near Bordeaux, France]
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A.
Soisy-sous-Montmorency, France
Soisy-sous-Montmorency is a suburban commune in the northern outskirts of Paris, France, known as the birthplace of pioneering computer scientist Yann LeCun.
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B.
Fontainebleau, France
Fontainebleau, France is a historic town southeast of Paris best known for its vast forest and royal château, long associated with French monarchs and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a historic town in the western suburbs of Paris, France, known for its royal château and long association with the French monarchy.
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D.
Limoges
Limoges is a historic city in central France renowned for its fine porcelain production and medieval architecture.
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E.
Auxerre, France
Auxerre, France is a historic city in the Burgundy region known for its medieval architecture, Gothic cathedral, and role as a cultural and economic center along the Yonne River.
- 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: La Brède, near Bordeaux, France Target entity description: La Brède, near Bordeaux, France, is a commune in southwestern France best known as the birthplace of the Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu.
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A.
Soisy-sous-Montmorency, France
Soisy-sous-Montmorency is a suburban commune in the northern outskirts of Paris, France, known as the birthplace of pioneering computer scientist Yann LeCun.
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B.
Fontainebleau, France
Fontainebleau, France is a historic town southeast of Paris best known for its vast forest and royal château, long associated with French monarchs and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a historic town in the western suburbs of Paris, France, known for its royal château and long association with the French monarchy.
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D.
Limoges
Limoges is a historic city in central France renowned for its fine porcelain production and medieval architecture.
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E.
Auxerre, France
Auxerre, France is a historic city in the Burgundy region known for its medieval architecture, Gothic cathedral, and role as a cultural and economic center along the Yonne River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commune ⓘ |
| contains | Château de La Brède ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation | Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ |
| hasDepartmentCode | FR-33 ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity | wine production ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalFeature | vineyard landscape ⓘ |
| hasHeritageSite | Château de La Brède ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerson | Montesquieu ⓘ |
| hasRegionCode | FR-NAQ ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | rural commune ⓘ |
| hasTourismAttraction | Montesquieu-related heritage sites ⓘ |
| INSEECODE | 33213 ⓘ |
| isMunicipalityOf | France ⓘ |
| knownFor | birthplace of Montesquieu ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gironde department
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine region ⓘ
linked to:
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
southwestern France ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
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Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Bordeaux ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf |
arrondissement of Bordeaux
ⓘ
canton of La Brède ⓘ |
| postalCode | 33650 ⓘ |
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: La Brède, near Bordeaux, France Description of subject: La Brède, near Bordeaux, France, is a commune in southwestern France best known as the birthplace of the Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
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placeOfBirth
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La Brède, Gironde, France
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subject linked to:
Charles-Louis
linked to: La Brède, near Bordeaux, France