Mémorial du 11 mai 1940
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The Mémorial du 11 mai 1940 is a commemorative monument in La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium, honoring the events and victims of the German invasion at the start of World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mémorial du 11 mai 1940 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11135257 — 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: Mémorial du 11 mai 1940 Context triple: [La Roche-en-Ardenne, hasLandmark, Mémorial du 11 mai 1940]
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A.
Place du 8-Mai-1945
Place du 8-Mai-1945 is a public square in Paris named to commemorate the Allied victory in Europe on May 8, 1945, located near the Gare de l'Est railway station.
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B.
Place du 11-Novembre-1918
Place du 11-Novembre-1918 is a public square in Paris named to commemorate the World War I Armistice of November 11, 1918.
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C.
Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation
The Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation is a solemn memorial in Paris dedicated to the memory of the 200,000 people deported from France to Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
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D.
Verdun Memorial Museum
Verdun Memorial Museum is a World War I museum in France dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history and human cost of the Battle of Verdun.
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E.
Musée de l’Ordre de la Libération
The Musée de l’Ordre de la Libération is a French museum in Paris dedicated to the history of the Free French Forces and the Resistance during World War II, honoring the Companions of the Order of Liberation.
- 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: Mémorial du 11 mai 1940 Target entity description: The Mémorial du 11 mai 1940 is a commemorative monument in La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium, honoring the events and victims of the German invasion at the start of World War II.
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A.
Place du 8-Mai-1945
Place du 8-Mai-1945 is a public square in Paris named to commemorate the Allied victory in Europe on May 8, 1945, located near the Gare de l'Est railway station.
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B.
Place du 11-Novembre-1918
Place du 11-Novembre-1918 is a public square in Paris named to commemorate the World War I Armistice of November 11, 1918.
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C.
Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation
The Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation is a solemn memorial in Paris dedicated to the memory of the 200,000 people deported from France to Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
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D.
Verdun Memorial Museum
Verdun Memorial Museum is a World War I museum in France dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history and human cost of the Battle of Verdun.
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E.
Musée de l’Ordre de la Libération
The Musée de l’Ordre de la Libération is a French museum in Paris dedicated to the history of the Free French Forces and the Resistance during World War II, honoring the Companions of the Order of Liberation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monument
ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ |
| commemorates |
German invasion of Belgium
ⓘ
events of 11 May 1940 ⓘ victims of the German invasion ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod |
Second World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| hasTheme | World War II ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfLocation | outdoor monument ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | local memorial in La Roche-en-Ardenne ⓘ |
| inception | 20th century ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | La Roche-en-Ardenne ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Wallonia
ⓘ
province of Luxembourg ⓘ
linked to:
Luxembourg Province
|
| namedAfter | 11 May 1940 ⓘ |
| partOf | World War II memorials in Belgium ⓘ |
| subjectHasRole | site of remembrance ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commemoration ceremonies
ⓘ
public remembrance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Mémorial du 11 mai 1940 Description of subject: The Mémorial du 11 mai 1940 is a commemorative monument in La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium, honoring the events and victims of the German invasion at the start of World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.