Place Jacques-Cartier
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Place Jacques-Cartier is a historic public square and lively pedestrian hub in Old Montreal, known for its street performers, restaurants, and proximity to the Old Port.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Place Jacques-Cartier canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3995827 — 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 Jacques-Cartier Context triple: [Old Montreal, contains, Place Jacques-Cartier]
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A.
Charlevoix
Charlevoix is a small resort city and popular tourist destination on the shores of Lake Michigan in northern Michigan, known for its waterfront, historic architecture, and outdoor recreation.
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B.
Pont Lavigueur
Pont Lavigueur is a bridge spanning the Saint-Charles River in Quebec City, Canada.
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C.
Site Richelieu
Site Richelieu is a historic complex in central Paris that serves as one of the main locations of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, housing important research collections, reading rooms, and cultural spaces.
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D.
Sept-Îles
Sept-Îles is a coastal city in eastern Quebec, Canada, known for its deep-water port, industrial activities, and proximity to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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E.
Port of Quebec
The Port of Quebec is a major Canadian seaport and historic maritime hub located in Quebec City along the Saint Lawrence River.
- 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 Jacques-Cartier Target entity description: Place Jacques-Cartier is a historic public square and lively pedestrian hub in Old Montreal, known for its street performers, restaurants, and proximity to the Old Port.
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A.
Charlevoix
Charlevoix is a small resort city and popular tourist destination on the shores of Lake Michigan in northern Michigan, known for its waterfront, historic architecture, and outdoor recreation.
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B.
Pont Lavigueur
Pont Lavigueur is a bridge spanning the Saint-Charles River in Quebec City, Canada.
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C.
Site Richelieu
Site Richelieu is a historic complex in central Paris that serves as one of the main locations of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, housing important research collections, reading rooms, and cultural spaces.
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D.
Sept-Îles
Sept-Îles is a coastal city in eastern Quebec, Canada, known for its deep-water port, industrial activities, and proximity to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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E.
Port of Quebec
The Port of Quebec is a major Canadian seaport and historic maritime hub located in Quebec City along the Saint Lawrence River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pedestrian zone
ⓘ
public square ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Château Ramezay
ⓘ
Montreal City Hall ⓘ Montreal waterfront ⓘ
surface form:
Old Port of Montreal
|
| borough | Ville-Marie ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Rue Notre-Dame
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rue Saint-Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ Rue de la Commune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 45.507°N 73.553°W ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| formerName | New Market Place ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark |
Château Ramezay Museum
ⓘ
Montreal City Hall ⓘ Nelson's Column (Montreal) ⓘ Old Port waterfront ⓘ
surface form:
Old Port promenade
|
| hasSeasonalFeature |
Christmas decorations in winter
ⓘ
street artists in summer ⓘ summer restaurant terraces ⓘ |
| hasUse |
pedestrian thoroughfare
ⓘ
public gathering place ⓘ street performance venue ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasView |
Montreal waterfront
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Port of Montreal
Saint Lawrence River ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic site ⓘ |
| inception | 1804 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic architecture
ⓘ
outdoor terraces ⓘ proximity to Old Port ⓘ restaurants ⓘ seasonal festivals ⓘ street performers ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ Old Montreal ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
|
| municipality | Montreal ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jacques Cartier ⓘ |
| pedestrianized | yes ⓘ |
| primaryActivity |
dining
ⓘ
leisure ⓘ street entertainment ⓘ |
| touristRegion |
Old Montreal
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Montreal historic district
|
| transportConnection | Champ-de-Mars metro station ⓘ |
| urbanPlanningFeature | sloping square ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Jacques-Cartier Description of subject: Place Jacques-Cartier is a historic public square and lively pedestrian hub in Old Montreal, known for its street performers, restaurants, and proximity to the Old Port.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.