Roscoff, France
E108179
Roscoff, France is a small coastal town in Brittany known for its historic port, thalassotherapy centers, and traditional onion-growing heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roscoff, France canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T895248 — 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: Roscoff, France Context triple: [Auxerre, twinnedWith, Roscoff, France]
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A.
Honfleur
Honfleur is a historic port town in Normandy, northern France, renowned for its picturesque old harbor, timber-framed houses, and association with Impressionist painters.
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B.
Cherbourg
Cherbourg is a major French port city on the Cotentin Peninsula, known for its strategic naval harbor and cross-Channel ferry connections.
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C.
Loulé
Loulé is a historic market town and municipality in southern Portugal known for its traditional architecture, lively festivals, and role as a cultural and commercial center in the Algarve region.
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D.
Calais
Calais is a major French port city on the northern coast, serving as one of the primary crossing points between France and England.
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E.
Cavalaire-sur-Mer
Cavalaire-sur-Mer is a seaside commune on the French Riviera in southeastern France, known for its Mediterranean beaches and as one of the Allied landing sites during Operation Dragoon in World War II.
- 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: Roscoff, France Target entity description: Roscoff, France is a small coastal town in Brittany known for its historic port, thalassotherapy centers, and traditional onion-growing heritage.
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A.
Honfleur
Honfleur is a historic port town in Normandy, northern France, renowned for its picturesque old harbor, timber-framed houses, and association with Impressionist painters.
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B.
Cherbourg
Cherbourg is a major French port city on the Cotentin Peninsula, known for its strategic naval harbor and cross-Channel ferry connections.
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C.
Loulé
Loulé is a historic market town and municipality in southern Portugal known for its traditional architecture, lively festivals, and role as a cultural and commercial center in the Algarve region.
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D.
Calais
Calais is a major French port city on the northern coast, serving as one of the primary crossing points between France and England.
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E.
Cavalaire-sur-Mer
Cavalaire-sur-Mer is a seaside commune on the French Riviera in southeastern France, known for its Mediterranean beaches and as one of the Allied landing sites during Operation Dragoon in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commune of France
ⓘ
seaside resort ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | commune ⓘ |
| climate | oceanic climate ⓘ |
| coastalType | rocky coast with sandy beaches ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| departmentCode | 29 ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
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fishing ⓘ maritime transport ⓘ thalassotherapy services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
fishing harbour
ⓘ
historic port ⓘ marina ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Jardin Exotique de Roscoff
ⓘ
Notre-Dame de Croaz-Batz church ⓘ Port of Roscoff ⓘ Port of Roscoff ⓘ
surface form:
Roscoff ferry terminal
old town center ⓘ |
| hasPortFunction |
freight shipping
ⓘ
passenger ferries ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
ferry connections to Ireland
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ferry connections to the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| heritage |
Breton cultural traditions
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traditional stone houses ⓘ |
| knownFor |
botanical garden
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onion-growing tradition ⓘ seaside tourism ⓘ thalassotherapy ⓘ “Onion Johnnies” exporting onions to Britain ⓘ |
| languageUsed | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brittany
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surface form:
Brittany region
Finistère ⓘ
surface form:
Finistère department
arrondissement of Morlaix ⓘ canton of Saint-Pol-de-Léon ⓘ Western France ⓘ
surface form:
northwestern France
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| locatedOn |
Bay of Morlaix
ⓘ
English Channel ⓘ |
| near | Île de Batz ⓘ |
| postalCode | 29680 ⓘ |
| regionalLanguage | Breton ⓘ |
| regionType | Léon area of northern Finistère ⓘ |
| timeZone | CET ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | CEST ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction |
historic waterfront
ⓘ
seaweed and marine-based treatments ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roscoff, France Description of subject: Roscoff, France is a small coastal town in Brittany known for its historic port, thalassotherapy centers, and traditional onion-growing heritage.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Auxerre