Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada
E731318
Val-d'Or is a mining town in western Quebec, Canada, known for its rich gold deposits and role as a regional economic and transportation hub in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada canonical | 1 |
| Val-d’Or, Quebec | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8406501 — 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: Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada Context triple: [Dan Bouchard, birthPlace, Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada]
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A.
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada
Rouyn-Noranda is a mining-based city in western Quebec, Canada, known for its copper smelting industry and role as a regional economic and cultural center in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.
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B.
Godbout, Quebec
Godbout, Quebec is a small coastal village on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River known for its ferry terminal linking it to Baie-Comeau and its scenic maritime setting.
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C.
Saguenay, Quebec
Saguenay, Quebec is a city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, known for its fjord landscapes, aluminum industry, and role as a regional cultural and economic center.
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D.
Thurso, Quebec, Canada
Thurso, Quebec, Canada is a small town in the Outaouais region best known as the birthplace of legendary Montreal Canadiens hockey star Guy Lafleur.
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E.
Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
Shawinigan is an industrial city in central Quebec, Canada, known for its hydroelectric heritage and as the hometown of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.
- 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: Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada Target entity description: Val-d'Or is a mining town in western Quebec, Canada, known for its rich gold deposits and role as a regional economic and transportation hub in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.
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A.
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada
Rouyn-Noranda is a mining-based city in western Quebec, Canada, known for its copper smelting industry and role as a regional economic and cultural center in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.
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B.
Godbout, Quebec
Godbout, Quebec is a small coastal village on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River known for its ferry terminal linking it to Baie-Comeau and its scenic maritime setting.
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C.
Saguenay, Quebec
Saguenay, Quebec is a city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, known for its fjord landscapes, aluminum industry, and role as a regional cultural and economic center.
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D.
Thurso, Quebec, Canada
Thurso, Quebec, Canada is a small town in the Outaouais region best known as the birthplace of legendary Montreal Canadiens hockey star Guy Lafleur.
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E.
Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
Shawinigan is an industrial city in central Quebec, Canada, known for its hydroelectric heritage and as the hometown of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| airportIATAcode | YVO ⓘ |
| areaCode |
819
ⓘ
873 ⓘ |
| connectedBy |
Quebec Route 117
ⓘ
Trans-Canada Highway corridor ⓘ
linked to:
Trans-Canada Highway
|
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
base metal mining
ⓘ
gold extraction ⓘ mining exploration services ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 320 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| governingProvince |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
|
| hasAirport | Val-d'Or Airport ⓘ |
| hasClimate | continental climate ⓘ |
| hasGoldDeposits | rich gold deposits ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
mineral processing
ⓘ
mining equipment supply ⓘ |
| hasNearbyNaturalResource |
forests
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ mineral deposits ⓘ |
| hasRailService | freight rail ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Abitibi greenstone belt ⓘ |
| knownFor |
gold mining
ⓘ
mineral resources ⓘ mining industry ⓘ |
| languageMajority | Francophone population ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
western Quebec ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeRegion | Abitibi-Témiscamingue ⓘ |
| locatedInMiningRegion | Abitibi ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | North America ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Valley of Gold ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| postalCodePrefix | J9P ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicSector |
forestry
ⓘ
mining ⓘ services ⓘ |
| regionalFunction | service centre for surrounding mining communities ⓘ |
| regionType | resource-based community ⓘ |
| role |
regional economic hub
ⓘ
regional transportation hub ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Eastern Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Time Zone
|
| transportMode |
air transport
ⓘ
bus transport ⓘ highway transport ⓘ |
| urbanType | single-industry 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: Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada Description of subject: Val-d'Or is a mining town in western Quebec, Canada, known for its rich gold deposits and role as a regional economic and transportation hub in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada