Quai des Orfèvres
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Quai des Orfèvres is a famous riverside street on Paris’s Île de la Cité, long known as the historic headquarters of the city’s criminal police and a classic setting in French crime fiction.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quai des Orfèvres canonical | 4 |
| 36 Quai des Orfèvres | 3 |
| Quai des Orfèvres (1947 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1990099 — 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.
Target entity: Quai des Orfèvres Context triple: [Île de la Cité, hasPart, Quai des Orfèvres]
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A.
Le Ventre de Paris
Le Ventre de Paris is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that vividly portrays life around Paris’s central market, Les Halles, while exploring themes of social conflict, hunger, and abundance.
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B.
Avenue de Clichy, Five O’Clock in the Evening
"Avenue de Clichy, Five O’Clock in the Evening" is a late-19th-century painting exemplifying the bold flat colors and dark outlines characteristic of the Cloisonnist style.
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C.
La Ville Rose
La Ville Rose is the affectionate nickname for the French city of Toulouse, referencing its distinctive pink-hued brick architecture.
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D.
City of Light
City of Light is a famous nickname for Paris, highlighting its historic role as a center of art, culture, and enlightenment.
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E.
City of Light
City of Light is the nickname of Eindhoven, a Dutch city renowned for its historic association with Philips and its innovative lighting and technology industries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Quai des Orfèvres Target entity description: Quai des Orfèvres is a famous riverside street on Paris’s Île de la Cité, long known as the historic headquarters of the city’s criminal police and a classic setting in French crime fiction.
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A.
Le Ventre de Paris
Le Ventre de Paris is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that vividly portrays life around Paris’s central market, Les Halles, while exploring themes of social conflict, hunger, and abundance.
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B.
Avenue de Clichy, Five O’Clock in the Evening
"Avenue de Clichy, Five O’Clock in the Evening" is a late-19th-century painting exemplifying the bold flat colors and dark outlines characteristic of the Cloisonnist style.
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C.
La Ville Rose
La Ville Rose is the affectionate nickname for the French city of Toulouse, referencing its distinctive pink-hued brick architecture.
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D.
City of Light
City of Light is a famous nickname for Paris, highlighting its historic role as a center of art, culture, and enlightenment.
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E.
City of Light
City of Light is the nickname of Eindhoven, a Dutch city renowned for its historic association with Philips and its innovative lighting and technology industries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
location in Paris ⓘ police headquarters building ⓘ riverside street ⓘ street ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Palais de Justice, Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Palais de Justice de Paris
Pont Neuf ⓘ Pont Saint-Michel ⓘ |
| city | Paris ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Henri-Georges Clouzot ⓘ |
| etymology | named after the goldsmiths’ guild (orfèvres) that once worked in the area ⓘ |
| followsAlong |
River Seine
ⓘ
surface form:
Seine
|
| hasBuilding |
Quai des Orfèvres
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
36 Quai des Orfèvres
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| hasCoordinateSystem | WGS84 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
iconic address in French popular culture
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symbol of French criminal investigation ⓘ |
| hasFilmTitleDerivedFrom |
Quai des Orfèvres
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Quai des Orfèvres (1947 film)
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| hasGenreAsSetting |
crime fiction
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasNotableNumber | 36 ⓘ |
| hasStreetType | quai ⓘ |
| hasWorkAsSetting |
French crime films
ⓘ
Maigret ⓘ
surface form:
Maigret novels by Georges Simenon
various French police procedural novels ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | located within a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Paris, Banks of the Seine) ⓘ |
| knownAs | historic headquarters of the Paris criminal police ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with French crime fiction
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association with French detective fiction ⓘ historic headquarters of the Paris criminal police ⓘ symbolic center of French police investigations ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
4th arrondissement of Paris
ⓘ
France ⓘ France ⓘ Paris ⓘ Paris ⓘ Île de la Cité ⓘ Île de la Cité ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Quai des Orfèvres self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| occupant |
Préfecture de police de Paris
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surface form:
Direction de la Police Judiciaire de la Préfecture de Police de Paris
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| partOf |
historic center of Paris
ⓘ
Île de la Cité road network ⓘ |
| streetAddress |
Quai des Orfèvres
self-link
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surface form:
36 Quai des Orfèvres
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| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| transportConnection |
near Cité metro station
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near Saint-Michel–Notre-Dame RER station ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Préfecture de police de Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Préfecture de Police de Paris
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Subject: Quai des Orfèvres Description of subject: Quai des Orfèvres is a famous riverside street on Paris’s Île de la Cité, long known as the historic headquarters of the city’s criminal police and a classic setting in French crime fiction.
Referenced by (8)
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