Canton of Vaud

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canton of Switzerland

The Canton of Vaud is a predominantly French-speaking canton in western Switzerland, known for its capital Lausanne, its location along Lake Geneva, and its mix of urban centers, vineyards, and Alpine landscapes.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
canton of Vaud	160
Canton of Vaud canonical	82
Canton de Vaud	2
Vaud	2
Canton of Vaud, Switzerland	1
Swiss canton of Vaud	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T842619 — 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: Canton of Vaud
Context triple: [Gland, Switzerland, canton, Canton of Vaud]

A. canton of Fribourg
The canton of Fribourg is a bilingual (French- and German-speaking) Swiss canton in western Switzerland, known for its medieval capital city, rural landscapes, and traditional cheese-making regions such as Gruyères.
B. Canton of Valais
The Canton of Valais is a mountainous region in southwestern Switzerland known for its Alpine landscapes, vineyards, and major ski resorts such as Zermatt and Verbier.
C. canton of Geneva
The canton of Geneva is the westernmost Swiss canton, encompassing the city of Geneva and serving as a major international, diplomatic, and financial hub.
D. canton of Bern
The canton of Bern is a large, predominantly German-speaking canton in west-central Switzerland that includes the federal capital city of Bern and encompasses diverse landscapes from the Swiss Plateau to the Alps.
E. Nyon District
Nyon District is an administrative district in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, situated along Lake Geneva and functioning as part of the broader Geneva metropolitan region.
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: Canton of Vaud
Target entity description: The Canton of Vaud is a predominantly French-speaking canton in western Switzerland, known for its capital Lausanne, its location along Lake Geneva, and its mix of urban centers, vineyards, and Alpine landscapes.

A. canton of Fribourg
The canton of Fribourg is a bilingual (French- and German-speaking) Swiss canton in western Switzerland, known for its medieval capital city, rural landscapes, and traditional cheese-making regions such as Gruyères.
B. Canton of Valais
The Canton of Valais is a mountainous region in southwestern Switzerland known for its Alpine landscapes, vineyards, and major ski resorts such as Zermatt and Verbier.
C. canton of Geneva
The canton of Geneva is the westernmost Swiss canton, encompassing the city of Geneva and serving as a major international, diplomatic, and financial hub.
D. canton of Bern
The canton of Bern is a large, predominantly German-speaking canton in west-central Switzerland that includes the federal capital city of Bern and encompasses diverse landscapes from the Swiss Plateau to the Alps.
E. Nyon District
Nyon District is an administrative district in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, situated along Lake Geneva and functioning as part of the broader Geneva metropolitan region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canton of Switzerland ⓘ
capital	Lausanne ⓘ
containsCity	Aigle ⓘ Lausanne ⓘ Montreux ⓘ Morges ⓘ Nyon ⓘ Payerne ⓘ Vevey ⓘ Yverdon-les-Bains ⓘ
containsMountainRange	Alps ⓘ Jura Mountains ⓘ
containsRegion	Broye-Vully ⓘ Haut-Chablais ⓘ surface form: Chablais vaudois Gros-de-Vaud ⓘ Jura-Nord vaudois ⓘ La Côte ⓘ Lausanne District ⓘ surface form: Lausanne Region Lavaux vineyards ⓘ surface form: Lavaux Nord vaudois ⓘ Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut District ⓘ surface form: Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut
containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Lavaux vineyards ⓘ surface form: Lavaux Vineyard Terraces
country	Switzerland ⓘ
currency	Swiss franc ⓘ
demonym	Vaud ⓘ surface form: Vaudois Vaud ⓘ surface form: Vaudoise
executiveBody	Council of State of Vaud ⓘ
hasLakeShoreOn	Lake Geneva ⓘ Lake Morat ⓘ Lake Neuchâtel ⓘ
highestPoint	Les Diablerets ⓘ surface form: Diablerets
ISO3166-2Code	CH-VD ⓘ
knownFor	Alpine landscapes ⓘ vineyards ⓘ wine production ⓘ
languageRegion	Romandy ⓘ surface form: French-speaking Switzerland
largestCity	Lausanne ⓘ
legislativeBody	Grand Council of Vaud ⓘ
locatedIn	western Switzerland ⓘ
locatedOn	Lake Geneva ⓘ
officialLanguage	French ⓘ
officialName	Canton of Vaud self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Canton de Vaud
partOf	Romandy ⓘ
sharesBorderWith	canton of Bern ⓘ surface form: Canton of Bern canton of Fribourg ⓘ surface form: Canton of Fribourg canton of Geneva ⓘ surface form: Canton of Geneva Canton of Neuchâtel ⓘ Canton of Valais NERFINISHED ⓘ France ⓘ
shortName	Vaud ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ

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