Toul
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Toul is a historic commune in northeastern France known for its medieval fortifications and impressive Gothic cathedral.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Toul canonical | 17 |
| City of Toul | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6027763 — 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: Toul Context triple: [Meurthe-et-Moselle, hasSubprefecture, Toul]
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A.
Belfort
Belfort is the surname of Jordan Belfort, the American former stockbroker, motivational speaker, and author whose high-profile fraud case inspired the film "The Wolf of Wall Street."
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B.
Dijon
Dijon is a historic city in eastern France renowned for its rich architectural heritage, former status as the capital of the Duchy of Burgundy, and its famous mustard.
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C.
Nevers
Nevers is a historic city in central France known for its medieval architecture, religious heritage, and traditional faience pottery.
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D.
Tournus
Tournus is a historic town in eastern France’s Burgundy region, known for its Romanesque abbey and riverside setting along the Saône.
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E.
Ville-la-Grand
Ville-la-Grand is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department of southeastern France, situated near the Swiss border in the urban area of Annemasse.
- 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: Toul Target entity description: Toul is a historic commune in northeastern France known for its medieval fortifications and impressive Gothic cathedral.
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A.
Belfort
Belfort is the surname of Jordan Belfort, the American former stockbroker, motivational speaker, and author whose high-profile fraud case inspired the film "The Wolf of Wall Street."
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B.
Dijon
Dijon is a historic city in eastern France renowned for its rich architectural heritage, former status as the capital of the Duchy of Burgundy, and its famous mustard.
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C.
Nevers
Nevers is a historic city in central France known for its medieval architecture, religious heritage, and traditional faience pottery.
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D.
Tournus
Tournus is a historic town in eastern France’s Burgundy region, known for its Romanesque abbey and riverside setting along the Saône.
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E.
Ville-la-Grand
Ville-la-Grand is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department of southeastern France, situated near the Swiss border in the urban area of Annemasse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commune of France ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | subprefecture of Meurthe-et-Moselle ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | coat of arms of Toul ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| demonym |
Toulois
ⓘ
Touloises ⓘ |
| economicActivity | viticulture ⓘ |
| elevationType | lowland town ⓘ |
| fortificationType | Vauban-style fortifications ⓘ |
| hasCanal |
Canal de la Marne au Rhin
ⓘ
linked to:
Marne–Rhine Canal
|
| hasCityWalls | true ⓘ |
| hasCivicBuilding | Hôtel de ville de Toul (town hall) ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Gothic cathedral
ⓘ
medieval fortifications ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | historic town ⓘ |
| hasNearbyMilitaryInstallation | Toul-Rosières Air Base ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding |
Saint-Gengoult church
ⓘ
Saint-Étienne cathedral ⓘ |
| hasRiver |
Moselle
ⓘ
linked to:
Moselle River
|
| hasTransport | Toul railway station ⓘ |
| heritageType | medieval urban fabric ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
annexed to France in 1552
ⓘ
became officially French in 1648 (Treaty of Westphalia) ⓘ |
| historicalStatus |
former episcopal city
ⓘ
former free imperial city ⓘ |
| historicDiocese |
Roman Catholic Diocese of Toul
ⓘ
linked to:
Diocese of Nancy-Toul
|
| INSEECODE | 54528 ⓘ |
| isNear | city of Nancy ⓘ |
| isOn | Moselle River ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Grand Est region
ⓘ
linked to:
Grand Est
Meurthe-et-Moselle department ⓘ
linked to:
Meurthe-et-Moselle
northeastern France ⓘ |
| notableArchitectureStyle | Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| notableBuilding | Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Toul ⓘ |
| partOf | historical region of Lorraine ⓘ |
| postalCode | 54200 ⓘ |
| regionSpecialty | Côtes de Toul wine ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
A31 motorway nearby
ⓘ
RN4 road nearby ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Central European Summer Time ⓘ |
| urbanForm | walled town ⓘ |
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: Toul Description of subject: Toul is a historic commune in northeastern France known for its medieval fortifications and impressive Gothic cathedral.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Toul