Place de l'Étoile (Nejmeh Square)
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Place de l'Étoile (Nejmeh Square) is the central square of downtown Beirut, Lebanon, known for its iconic clock tower, surrounding parliamentary and historic buildings, and role as a focal point of the city’s social and political life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nejmeh Square, Beirut, Lebanon | 1 |
| Place de l'Étoile (Nejmeh Square) canonical | 1 |
| Place de l'Étoile, Beirut | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1323790 — 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: Place de l'Étoile (Nejmeh Square) Context triple: [Saint George Maronite Cathedral, locatedNear, Place de l'Étoile (Nejmeh Square)]
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A.
Place de l’Indépendance
Place de l’Indépendance is the central square of Dakar, Senegal, serving as a major civic, commercial, and symbolic gathering place in the heart of the city.
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B.
Martyrs’ Square
Martyrs’ Square is a historic central plaza in Beirut that has served as a key site for political demonstrations, national gatherings, and public life in Lebanon.
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C.
Martyrs' Square
Martyrs' Square is the central public square and symbolic heart of Tripoli, Libya, often used for political gatherings, celebrations, and civic events.
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D.
Place de l'Étoile
Place de l'Étoile is the historic Parisian square, now officially called Place Charles de Gaulle, where the Arc de Triomphe stands at the center of a major road junction.
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E.
Beirut Hippodrome
Beirut Hippodrome is a historic horse racing track and green space in central Beirut, often used for equestrian events and public gatherings.
- 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: Place de l'Étoile (Nejmeh Square) Target entity description: Place de l'Étoile (Nejmeh Square) is the central square of downtown Beirut, Lebanon, known for its iconic clock tower, surrounding parliamentary and historic buildings, and role as a focal point of the city’s social and political life.
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A.
Place de l’Indépendance
Place de l’Indépendance is the central square of Dakar, Senegal, serving as a major civic, commercial, and symbolic gathering place in the heart of the city.
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B.
Martyrs’ Square
Martyrs’ Square is a historic central plaza in Beirut that has served as a key site for political demonstrations, national gatherings, and public life in Lebanon.
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C.
Martyrs' Square
Martyrs' Square is the central public square and symbolic heart of Tripoli, Libya, often used for political gatherings, celebrations, and civic events.
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D.
Place de l'Étoile
Place de l'Étoile is the historic Parisian square, now officially called Place Charles de Gaulle, where the Arc de Triomphe stands at the center of a major road junction.
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E.
Beirut Hippodrome
Beirut Hippodrome is a historic horse racing track and green space in central Beirut, often used for equestrian events and public gatherings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public square
ⓘ
urban plaza ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Beirut Central District reconstruction
ⓘ
Lebanese Parliament ⓘ Solidere redevelopment project ⓘ |
| cityCenterOf | Beirut ⓘ |
| country | Lebanon ⓘ |
| function |
pedestrian gathering place
ⓘ
political center ⓘ social hub ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| governedBy | Municipality of Beirut ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Nejmeh Square
ⓘ
Nejmeh Square ⓘ
surface form:
Nejmeh Square, Beirut
Place de l'Étoile (Nejmeh Square) ⓘ
surface form:
Place de l'Étoile, Beirut
Place de l'Étoile ⓘ
surface form:
Place de l’Etoile
|
| hasCulturalSignificance |
iconic image of Beirut
ⓘ
symbol of Beirut’s downtown ⓘ |
| hasLandmark | Beirut clock tower ⓘ |
| hasPart | Beirut clock tower ⓘ |
| hasPedestrianAccess | yes ⓘ |
| languageOfAlternativeName | Arabic ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beirut
ⓘ
Beirut ⓘ
surface form:
Beirut Central District
Beirut Governorate ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Beirut Souks ⓘ
surface form:
downtown Beirut
|
| near |
Martyrs’ Square
ⓘ
surface form:
Martyrs’ Square, Beirut
Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque ⓘ Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral ⓘ Saint George Maronite Cathedral ⓘ |
| notableFor | iconic clock tower ⓘ |
| partOf | historic core of Beirut ⓘ |
| region |
Levant region
ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
|
| roleIn |
Beirut’s civic life
ⓘ
Lebanon’s political life ⓘ |
| shape | star-shaped layout ⓘ |
| surroundedBy |
Lebanese Parliament Building
ⓘ
surface form:
Lebanese Parliament building
cafés ⓘ historic buildings ⓘ pedestrian streets ⓘ restaurants ⓘ |
| urbanPlanFeature | radial street layout ⓘ |
| usedFor |
celebrations
ⓘ
demonstrations ⓘ public events ⓘ 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: Place de l'Étoile (Nejmeh Square) Description of subject: Place de l'Étoile (Nejmeh Square) is the central square of downtown Beirut, Lebanon, known for its iconic clock tower, surrounding parliamentary and historic buildings, and role as a focal point of the city’s social and political life.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nejmeh Square, Beirut, Lebanon
subject surface form:
Place de l'Étoile
this entity surface form:
Place de l'Étoile, Beirut