Tocqueville, Manche, France
E78319
Tocqueville, Manche, France is a small commune in Normandy best known as the ancestral home and final resting place of political thinker Alexis de Tocqueville.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tocqueville, Manche, France canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T624687 — 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: Tocqueville, Manche, France Context triple: [Alexis de Tocqueville, burialPlace, Tocqueville, Manche, France]
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A.
Cirey, Kingdom of France
Cirey, in the Kingdom of France, was the country estate where Voltaire spent several productive years living and working with Émilie du Châtelet, becoming a major center of Enlightenment thought.
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B.
Normandy
Normandy is a historic region in northern France, famous for its medieval duchy, its role in the Norman Conquest of England, and as the site of the D-Day landings in World War II.
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C.
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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D.
Rueil-Malmaison, France
Rueil-Malmaison, France is a western suburb of Paris best known as the former residence and place of death of Empress Joséphine, featuring the historic Château de Malmaison.
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E.
Rungis, France
Rungis, France is a southern suburb of Paris best known for hosting the Marché International de Rungis, one of the world’s largest wholesale food markets.
- 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: Tocqueville, Manche, France Target entity description: Tocqueville, Manche, France is a small commune in Normandy best known as the ancestral home and final resting place of political thinker Alexis de Tocqueville.
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A.
Cirey, Kingdom of France
Cirey, in the Kingdom of France, was the country estate where Voltaire spent several productive years living and working with Émilie du Châtelet, becoming a major center of Enlightenment thought.
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B.
Normandy
Normandy is a historic region in northern France, famous for its medieval duchy, its role in the Norman Conquest of England, and as the site of the D-Day landings in World War II.
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C.
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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D.
Rueil-Malmaison, France
Rueil-Malmaison, France is a western suburb of Paris best known as the former residence and place of death of Empress Joséphine, featuring the historic Château de Malmaison.
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E.
Rungis, France
Rungis, France is a southern suburb of Paris best known for hosting the Marché International de Rungis, one of the world’s largest wholesale food markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commune of France
ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | commune ⓘ |
| belongsTo | French Republic ⓘ |
| contains |
Château de Tocqueville
ⓘ
grave of Alexis de Tocqueville ⓘ tomb of Alexis de Tocqueville ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| governedBy | municipal council ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
rural commune
ⓘ
small population ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
associated with Alexis de Tocqueville’s life and work
ⓘ
symbolic site for liberal political thought ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
rural tourism ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalFeature | countryside landscape ⓘ |
| hasHeritageSite | Château de Tocqueville ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
family chapel of the Tocqueville family
ⓘ
graveyard containing Alexis de Tocqueville’s tomb ⓘ |
| hasNotableResident |
Alexis de Tocqueville
ⓘ
Tocqueville family ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
commemorative plaques related to Alexis de Tocqueville
ⓘ
historic manor house ⓘ |
| hasReligion | predominantly Roman Catholic tradition ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection | local road network in Manche ⓘ |
| isAncestralHomeOf |
Alexis de Tocqueville
ⓘ
Tocqueville family ⓘ |
| isBurialPlaceOf | Alexis de Tocqueville ⓘ |
| isPartOf | French commune system ⓘ |
| isTouristAttractionFor |
admirers of Alexis de Tocqueville
ⓘ
visitors interested in political history ⓘ |
| languageUsed | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manche
ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
linked to:
Normandy (administrative region)
northwestern France ⓘ |
| locatedNear | English Channel ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Cotentin Peninsula ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Tocqueville family ⓘ |
| partOf |
department of Manche
ⓘ
linked to:
Manche department
region of Normandy ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tocqueville, Manche, France Description of subject: Tocqueville, Manche, France is a small commune in Normandy best known as the ancestral home and final resting place of political thinker Alexis de Tocqueville.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.