Barrières of Paris
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The Barrières of Paris were a series of monumental toll gates built around late 18th-century Paris as part of the city’s customs wall, many designed in a distinctive neoclassical style by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barrière de l’Étoile | 1 |
| Barrière d’Enfer, Paris | 1 |
| Barrières of Paris canonical | 1 |
| Gates of Paris | 1 |
| customs wall of Paris | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3142951 — 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: Barrières of Paris Context triple: [Claude Nicolas Ledoux, notableWork, Barrières of Paris]
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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.
Quai des Orfèvres
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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C.
The Corso
The Corso is a bustling pedestrian mall and main shopping and dining strip that links Manly Beach to Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Manly, Australia.
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D.
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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E.
Quai aux Fleurs
Quai aux Fleurs is a historic riverside quay along the Seine in central Paris, known for its picturesque views and classic Parisian architecture on the Île de la Cité.
- 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: Barrières of Paris Target entity description: The Barrières of Paris were a series of monumental toll gates built around late 18th-century Paris as part of the city’s customs wall, many designed in a distinctive neoclassical style by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux.
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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.
Quai des Orfèvres
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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C.
The Corso
The Corso is a bustling pedestrian mall and main shopping and dining strip that links Manly Beach to Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Manly, Australia.
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D.
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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E.
Quai aux Fleurs
Quai aux Fleurs is a historic riverside quay along the Seine in central Paris, known for its picturesque views and classic Parisian architecture on the Île de la Cité.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Barrières of Paris Description of subject: The Barrières of Paris were a series of monumental toll gates built around late 18th-century Paris as part of the city’s customs wall, many designed in a distinctive neoclassical style by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gates of Paris
this entity surface form:
Barrière d’Enfer, Paris
this entity surface form:
Barrière de l’Étoile
this entity surface form:
customs wall of Paris