M (Paris Métro symbol)
E342979
M (Paris Métro symbol) is the iconic yellow "M" logo used to mark entrances to the Paris Métro network.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| M (Paris Métro symbol) canonical | 6 |
| M (Métro symbol) | 1 |
| Métro M | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3262981 — 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: M (Paris Métro symbol) Context triple: [Porte Dauphine, hasSymbol, M (Paris Métro symbol)]
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A.
Paris Métro Line 10
Paris Métro Line 10 is an east–west subway line in the Paris Métro network that runs primarily along the Left Bank, serving several central and southwestern districts of the city.
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B.
Paris Métro Line 7
Paris Métro Line 7 is a major north–south subway line in Paris that runs through the city center and serves key hubs such as Opéra, Châtelet, and Gare de l'Est.
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C.
Paris Métro Line 11
Paris Métro Line 11 is a short, primarily east–west line of the Paris Métro known for serving northeastern districts and being one of the network’s more modernized and recently extended lines.
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D.
Paris Métro line 7bis
Paris Métro line 7bis is a short, secondary metro line in northeastern Paris known for serving local neighborhoods with relatively low passenger traffic compared to the main lines.
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E.
Paris Métro Line 9
Paris Métro Line 9 is a major east–west subway line in Paris that connects the western suburbs to the city center and eastern districts, serving key stations such as Trocadéro.
- 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: M (Paris Métro symbol) Target entity description: M (Paris Métro symbol) is the iconic yellow "M" logo used to mark entrances to the Paris Métro network.
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A.
Paris Métro Line 10
Paris Métro Line 10 is an east–west subway line in the Paris Métro network that runs primarily along the Left Bank, serving several central and southwestern districts of the city.
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B.
Paris Métro Line 7
Paris Métro Line 7 is a major north–south subway line in Paris that runs through the city center and serves key hubs such as Opéra, Châtelet, and Gare de l'Est.
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C.
Paris Métro Line 11
Paris Métro Line 11 is a short, primarily east–west line of the Paris Métro known for serving northeastern districts and being one of the network’s more modernized and recently extended lines.
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D.
Paris Métro line 7bis
Paris Métro line 7bis is a short, secondary metro line in northeastern Paris known for serving local neighborhoods with relatively low passenger traffic compared to the main lines.
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E.
Paris Métro Line 9
Paris Métro Line 9 is a major east–west subway line in Paris that connects the western suburbs to the city center and eastern districts, serving key stations such as Trocadéro.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Paris Métro symbol
ⓘ
logo ⓘ transport symbol ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Paris Métro entrances
ⓘ
Paris Métro stations ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Paris cityscape
ⓘ
Paris public transport network ⓘ |
| category |
public transport signage
ⓘ
urban wayfinding symbol ⓘ |
| color | yellow ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| designGoal |
easy recognition by passengers
ⓘ
high visibility in urban environment ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
RER symbol
ⓘ
bus symbol ⓘ tramway symbol ⓘ |
| feature |
often backlit at night
ⓘ
often mounted in a circular frame ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
M in a circle with RATP branding
ⓘ
white M on colored background ⓘ |
| iconicStatus | widely recognized symbol of Paris ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Paris ⓘ |
| material |
glass
ⓘ
illuminated tubing ⓘ metal ⓘ plastic ⓘ |
| partOf | visual identity of the Paris Métro ⓘ |
| represents |
Paris Metro
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris Métro
|
| shape | capital letter M ⓘ |
| standsFor |
Paris Metro
ⓘ
surface form:
Métro
Paris Metro ⓘ
surface form:
Métropolitain
|
| transportMode |
metro
ⓘ
rapid transit ⓘ |
| usedBy |
RATP group
ⓘ
surface form:
RATP Group
RATP group ⓘ
surface form:
Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens
|
| usedFor | marking entrances to the Paris Métro network ⓘ |
| usedIn | Île-de-France region ⓘ |
| usedOn |
digital journey planners
ⓘ
information panels ⓘ maps ⓘ signage ⓘ |
| usedSince | 20th century ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: M (Paris Métro symbol) Description of subject: M (Paris Métro symbol) is the iconic yellow "M" logo used to mark entrances to the Paris Métro network.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Métro M
subject surface form:
Jussieu