Old Montreal
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Old Montreal is the historic district of Montreal, known for its cobblestone streets, preserved 17th–19th century architecture, and major landmarks along the St. Lawrence River.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Montreal canonical | 42 |
| Old Montreal historic district | 4 |
| Old Port of Montreal | 3 |
| Montreal historic centre | 1 |
| Old Montreal area | 1 |
| Old Port of Montréal | 1 |
| historic center of Montreal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T694516 — 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: Old Montreal Context triple: [Notre-Dame Basilica, locatedIn, Old Montreal]
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A.
Old Quebec
Old Quebec is the fortified historic district of Quebec City, renowned for its well-preserved colonial architecture, cobblestone streets, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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B.
Quebec City
Quebec City is the historic capital of the Canadian province of Quebec, renowned for its well-preserved fortified old town and rich French colonial heritage.
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C.
Citadelle of Quebec
The Citadelle of Quebec is a historic star-shaped fortress and active military installation overlooking Old Quebec, recognized as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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D.
Quebec City Hall
Quebec City Hall is the historic municipal government building of Quebec City, known for its distinctive architecture and central role in the city's civic administration.
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E.
Basilica-Cathedral Notre-Dame de Québec
The Basilica-Cathedral Notre-Dame de Québec is a historic Roman Catholic church in Old Quebec, notable as one of the oldest cathedrals in North America and the primatial church of Canada.
- 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: Old Montreal Target entity description: Old Montreal is the historic district of Montreal, known for its cobblestone streets, preserved 17th–19th century architecture, and major landmarks along the St. Lawrence River.
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A.
Old Quebec
Old Quebec is the fortified historic district of Quebec City, renowned for its well-preserved colonial architecture, cobblestone streets, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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B.
Quebec City
Quebec City is the historic capital of the Canadian province of Quebec, renowned for its well-preserved fortified old town and rich French colonial heritage.
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C.
Citadelle of Quebec
The Citadelle of Quebec is a historic star-shaped fortress and active military installation overlooking Old Quebec, recognized as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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D.
Quebec City Hall
Quebec City Hall is the historic municipal government building of Quebec City, known for its distinctive architecture and central role in the city's civic administration.
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E.
Basilica-Cathedral Notre-Dame de Québec
The Basilica-Cathedral Notre-Dame de Québec is a historic Roman Catholic church in Old Quebec, notable as one of the oldest cathedrals in North America and the primatial church of Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic district
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neighborhood ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
French colonial architecture
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Neoclassical architecture ⓘ Victorian architecture ⓘ |
| borders |
Downtown Montreal
ⓘ
linked to:
downtown core of Montreal
Old Port of Montreal ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Montreal
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| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| contains |
Bonsecours Market
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Château Ramezay ⓘ Montreal City Hall ⓘ Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal ⓘ
linked to:
Notre-Dame Basilica
Old Customs House ⓘ Old Port of Montreal ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Montreal
Place Jacques-Cartier ⓘ Place Royale ⓘ Place d'Armes ⓘ Pointe-à-Callière Museum ⓘ Rue Saint-Paul ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| developmentPeriod |
17th century
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18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ |
| foundedAs | French colonial settlement ⓘ |
| governingBody |
City of Montreal
ⓘ
linked to:
Montreal
|
| hasCharacteristic |
cobblestone streets
ⓘ
preserved 17th–19th century architecture ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
Champ-de-Mars metro station nearby
ⓘ
Place-d'Armes metro station nearby ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic district of national significance ⓘ |
| historicalRole | early commercial center of Montreal ⓘ |
| knownFor |
art galleries
ⓘ
historic architecture ⓘ horse-drawn carriages ⓘ restaurants and cafés ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Montreal ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver |
St. Lawrence River
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Lawrence River
|
| partOf |
Ville-Marie borough
ⓘ
linked to:
Ville-Marie
|
| streetLayout |
cobblestone pavements
ⓘ
narrow streets ⓘ |
| tourismActivity |
guided walking tours
ⓘ
riverfront activities at Old Port ⓘ |
| touristAttractionStatus | major tourist destination in Montreal ⓘ |
| urbanPlanningStatus | conservation area ⓘ |
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: Old Montreal Description of subject: Old Montreal is the historic district of Montreal, known for its cobblestone streets, preserved 17th–19th century architecture, and major landmarks along the St. Lawrence River.
Referenced by (53)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Old Montreal
subject linked to:
Maisonneuve Monument in Place d'Armes, Montreal
linked to: Old Montreal
linked to: Old Montreal
linked to: Old Montreal
linked to: Old Montreal
linked to: Old Montreal
subject linked to:
Place-d'Armes metro station nearby
subject linked to:
Place-d'Armes metro station nearby
linked to: Old Montreal
linked to: Old Montreal
subject linked to:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
linked to: Old Montreal
linked to: Old Montreal