Sainte-Anne-d'Auray
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Sainte-Anne-d'Auray is a small Breton commune in northwestern France renowned as a major Catholic pilgrimage site dedicated to Saint Anne.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sainte-Anne-d'Auray canonical | 3 |
| Sainte-Anne d'Auray | 1 |
| Sainte-Anne-d’Auray | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6474070 — 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: Sainte-Anne-d'Auray Context triple: [Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray, locatedIn, Sainte-Anne-d'Auray]
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A.
Saint-Herblain
Saint-Herblain is a suburban commune in western France, forming part of the metropolitan area of Nantes and known for its residential neighborhoods and commercial zones.
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B.
Auray
Auray is a historic coastal town in Brittany, northwestern France, known for its picturesque old port of Saint-Goustan and medieval architecture.
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C.
Châteaubriant
Châteaubriant is a historic town in western France known for its medieval castle and role as a local administrative and cultural center.
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D.
Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer
Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer is a coastal commune in Normandy, France, historically significant for its location at the heart of the D-Day landings during World War II.
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E.
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont is a commune in Normandy, France, best known for its role in the D-Day landings as one of the first villages liberated by American forces.
- 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: Sainte-Anne-d'Auray Target entity description: Sainte-Anne-d'Auray is a small Breton commune in northwestern France renowned as a major Catholic pilgrimage site dedicated to Saint Anne.
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A.
Saint-Herblain
Saint-Herblain is a suburban commune in western France, forming part of the metropolitan area of Nantes and known for its residential neighborhoods and commercial zones.
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B.
Auray
Auray is a historic coastal town in Brittany, northwestern France, known for its picturesque old port of Saint-Goustan and medieval architecture.
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C.
Châteaubriant
Châteaubriant is a historic town in western France known for its medieval castle and role as a local administrative and cultural center.
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D.
Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer
Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer is a coastal commune in Normandy, France, historically significant for its location at the heart of the D-Day landings during World War II.
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E.
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont is a commune in Normandy, France, best known for its role in the D-Day landings as one of the first villages liberated by American forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic pilgrimage site
ⓘ
Catholic sanctuary ⓘ basilica ⓘ commune of France ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | commune ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Anne ⓘ |
| governedBy | mayor of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice | Breton Catholic pilgrimages ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | important Marian and Saint Anne devotion center ⓘ |
| hasDemographics | population of a few thousand inhabitants ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
hospitality industry
ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
local administrative center
ⓘ
regional pilgrimage center ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Breton Catholic culture ⓘ |
| hasLocalEconomyDependence | pilgrims and visitors ⓘ |
| hasMonument | memorials related to World War I ⓘ |
| hasPatronSaint | Saint Anne ⓘ |
| hasPlaceOfWorship |
Basilica of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray
ⓘ
linked to:
Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray
|
| hasReligiousArt |
religious processional banners
ⓘ
statues of Saint Anne ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding |
sanctuary of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray
ⓘ
linked to:
Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray
|
| hasReligiousEvent |
annual pilgrimage to Saint Anne
ⓘ
processions in honor of Saint Anne ⓘ |
| hasReligiousTitle |
sanctuary of Saint Anne of Brittany
ⓘ
linked to:
Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray
|
| hasTypeOfTourism | pilgrimage tourism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
major Catholic pilgrimage
ⓘ
sanctuary of Saint Anne ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Breton
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brittany
ⓘ
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray ⓘ Sainte-Anne-d'Auray ⓘ diocese of Vannes ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholic Diocese of Vannes
northwestern France ⓘ
linked to:
Western France
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Morbihan ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | historical province of Brittany ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Auray ⓘ |
| nearbyTransportHub | Auray railway station ⓘ |
| partOf |
arrondissement of Lorient
ⓘ
canton of Auray ⓘ |
| pilgrimageFocus | relics of Saint Anne ⓘ |
| religiousDevotionType | devotion to the grandmother of Jesus ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| topLevelAdministrativeDivision | region of Brittany ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction | basilica and sanctuary complex ⓘ |
| transportConnection | road links to Auray ⓘ |
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: Sainte-Anne-d'Auray Description of subject: Sainte-Anne-d'Auray is a small Breton commune in northwestern France renowned as a major Catholic pilgrimage site dedicated to Saint Anne.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray
subject linked to:
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray
linked to: Sainte-Anne-d'Auray