Col de la Machine
E869130
Col de la Machine is a scenic mountain pass in the Vercors region of southeastern France, known for its dramatic roads and proximity to the famous Combe Laval balcony road.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Col de la Machine canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10513215 — 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: Col de la Machine Context triple: [Combe Laval, near, Col de la Machine]
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A.
Col de la Seigne
Col de la Seigne is a high alpine pass on the border between France and Italy, known as a key crossing point on the popular Tour du Mont Blanc trekking route.
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B.
Col de Larche
Col de Larche is a high mountain pass in the Alps that connects southeastern France and northwestern Italy, serving as an important transalpine route.
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C.
Col de la Faucille
Col de la Faucille is a high mountain pass in the French Jura that serves as a key crossing point between the Lake Geneva region and the interior of France.
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D.
Col de Bussang
Col de Bussang is a mountain pass in northeastern France that crosses the Vosges range and serves as an important route between Alsace and Lorraine.
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E.
Col de la Madeleine
Col de la Madeleine is a high mountain pass in the French Alps, renowned for its challenging climbs and frequent inclusion in the Tour de France.
- 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: Col de la Machine Target entity description: Col de la Machine is a scenic mountain pass in the Vercors region of southeastern France, known for its dramatic roads and proximity to the famous Combe Laval balcony road.
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A.
Col de la Seigne
Col de la Seigne is a high alpine pass on the border between France and Italy, known as a key crossing point on the popular Tour du Mont Blanc trekking route.
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B.
Col de Larche
Col de Larche is a high mountain pass in the Alps that connects southeastern France and northwestern Italy, serving as an important transalpine route.
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C.
Col de la Faucille
Col de la Faucille is a high mountain pass in the French Jura that serves as a key crossing point between the Lake Geneva region and the interior of France.
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D.
Col de Bussang
Col de Bussang is a mountain pass in northeastern France that crosses the Vosges range and serves as an important route between Alsace and Lorraine.
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E.
Col de la Madeleine
Col de la Madeleine is a high mountain pass in the French Alps, renowned for its challenging climbs and frequent inclusion in the Tour de France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mountain pass ⓘ |
| access | public road ⓘ |
| attracts |
landscape photographers
ⓘ
road cyclists ⓘ sightseers ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| hasView |
Combe Laval cirque
ⓘ
Vercors cliffs ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dramatic mountain road
ⓘ
proximity to Combe Laval balcony road ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
ⓘ
Drôme department ⓘ Vercors Massif ⓘ southeastern France ⓘ |
| mountainRange | French Prealps ⓘ |
| near | Combe Laval ⓘ |
| notableFor |
sheer rock faces along access road
ⓘ
tunnels and cuttings in rock ⓘ |
| partOf |
Vercors Regional Natural Park
ⓘ
linked to:
Monts du Vercors Regional Natural Park
|
| regionType | mountainous area ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved ⓘ |
| roadType | scenic road ⓘ |
| safetyConsideration | narrow and winding road sections ⓘ |
| terrainFeature | balcony road section nearby ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cycling
ⓘ
driving tours ⓘ motorcycling ⓘ road transport ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
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: Col de la Machine Description of subject: Col de la Machine is a scenic mountain pass in the Vercors region of southeastern France, known for its dramatic roads and proximity to the famous Combe Laval balcony road.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.