Le Havre
E14638
Le Havre is a major French port city in Normandy, known as one of the country’s principal maritime and commercial gateways.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Havre canonical | 86 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T127716 — 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: Le Havre Context triple: [English Channel, hasMajorPort, Le Havre]
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A.
Casablanca
Casablanca is Morocco’s largest city and economic hub, located on the Atlantic coast of North Africa and known for its major port and modern urban character.
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B.
Casablanca
Casablanca is a classic 1942 American romantic drama film set during World War II, renowned for its iconic performances, memorable dialogue, and enduring status as one of Hollywood’s greatest movies.
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C.
The Railway Man
The Railway Man is a 2013 British-Australian war drama film in which Colin Firth portrays a former World War II prisoner of war confronting the trauma of his past.
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D.
Hancock
Hancock is a prominent surname most famously associated with John Hancock, a key figure of the American Revolution and first signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.
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E.
City of Light
City of Light is a famous nickname for Paris, highlighting its historic role as a center of art, culture, and enlightenment.
- 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: Le Havre Target entity description: Le Havre is a major French port city in Normandy, known as one of the country’s principal maritime and commercial gateways.
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A.
Casablanca
Casablanca is Morocco’s largest city and economic hub, located on the Atlantic coast of North Africa and known for its major port and modern urban character.
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B.
Casablanca
Casablanca is a classic 1942 American romantic drama film set during World War II, renowned for its iconic performances, memorable dialogue, and enduring status as one of Hollywood’s greatest movies.
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C.
The Railway Man
The Railway Man is a 2013 British-Australian war drama film in which Colin Firth portrays a former World War II prisoner of war confronting the trauma of his past.
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D.
Hancock
Hancock is a prominent surname most famously associated with John Hancock, a key figure of the American Revolution and first signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.
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E.
City of Light
City of Light is a famous nickname for Paris, highlighting its historic role as a center of art, culture, and enlightenment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
commune of France ⓘ subprefecture of France ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion |
Normandy
ⓘ
surface form:
Normandy region
|
| climate | oceanic climate ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| departmentCapitalOf |
Seine-Maritime
ⓘ
surface form:
Seine-Maritime (subprefecture)
|
| foundedBy | Francis I of France ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1517 ⓘ |
| handles |
automobile shipments
ⓘ
bulk cargo ⓘ container traffic ⓘ oil and petroleum products ⓘ |
| hasFootballClub | Le Havre AC ⓘ |
| hasUniversity | Université Le Havre Normandie ⓘ |
| INSEECODE | 76351 ⓘ |
| is |
commercial gateway of France
ⓘ
major French port city ⓘ principal maritime gateway of France ⓘ |
| locatedAtMouthOf |
River Seine
ⓘ
surface form:
Seine River
|
| locatedIn |
Normandy
ⓘ
Seine-Maritime ⓘ
surface form:
Seine-Maritime department
|
| locatedOn | English Channel ⓘ |
| mayorTitle | Mayor of Le Havre ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | the harbor ⓘ |
| notableFor |
container shipping
ⓘ
large commercial port ⓘ petrochemical industry ⓘ post-war modernist urban planning ⓘ |
| originalName |
Francisville
ⓘ
Port of Le Havre ⓘ
surface form:
Le Havre-de-Grâce
|
| partOf | Metropolitan France ⓘ |
| populationApproximate | 170000 ⓘ |
| portType |
commercial seaport
ⓘ
container port ⓘ passenger port ⓘ |
| postalCodeRange | 76600–76620 ⓘ |
| reconstructedBy | Auguste Perret ⓘ |
| regionEconomicRole | major industrial and logistics center of Normandy ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Central European Summer Time ⓘ |
| twinCity |
Port of Dalian
ⓘ
surface form:
Dalian
Southampton ⓘ St. Petersburg, Florida ⓘ
surface form:
St. Petersburg (Florida)
Tampa, Florida ⓘ
surface form:
Tampa
|
| UNESCOWorldHeritageReason | post-World War II reconstruction by Auguste Perret ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 2005 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | yes ⓘ |
| urbanAreaPopulationApproximate | 240000 ⓘ |
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: Le Havre Description of subject: Le Havre is a major French port city in Normandy, known as one of the country’s principal maritime and commercial gateways.
Referenced by (86)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Northern France
subject surface form:
Pays de Caux