Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue
E423722
Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue is a coastal commune in northwestern France known for its historic Vauban fortifications and oyster farming.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue canonical | 2 |
| St Vaast-la-Hougue | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4236196 — 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: Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue Context triple: [Cotentin Peninsula, containsTown, Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue]
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A.
Herbeumont
Herbeumont is a picturesque village and municipality in the Belgian Ardennes, known for its forested landscapes, medieval castle ruins, and scenic views over the Semois valley.
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B.
Avranches
Avranches is a historic town in northwestern France, near Mont-Saint-Michel, known for its medieval heritage and role in the liberation of Normandy during World War II.
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C.
Brouage
Brouage is a historic fortified coastal village in southwestern France, known as the birthplace of explorer Samuel de Champlain and once an important salt-trading port.
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D.
Fécamp
Fécamp is a coastal town and former important fishing port in northern France, known for its historic Benedictine Palace and dramatic cliffs along the English Channel.
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E.
Yvetot
Yvetot is a small town in the Seine-Maritime department of Normandy in northern France, historically known as the seat of a medieval "kingdom" within France.
- 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: Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue Target entity description: Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue is a coastal commune in northwestern France known for its historic Vauban fortifications and oyster farming.
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A.
Herbeumont
Herbeumont is a picturesque village and municipality in the Belgian Ardennes, known for its forested landscapes, medieval castle ruins, and scenic views over the Semois valley.
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B.
Avranches
Avranches is a historic town in northwestern France, near Mont-Saint-Michel, known for its medieval heritage and role in the liberation of Normandy during World War II.
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C.
Brouage
Brouage is a historic fortified coastal village in southwestern France, known as the birthplace of explorer Samuel de Champlain and once an important salt-trading port.
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D.
Fécamp
Fécamp is a coastal town and former important fishing port in northern France, known for its historic Benedictine Palace and dramatic cliffs along the English Channel.
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E.
Yvetot
Yvetot is a small town in the Seine-Maritime department of Normandy in northern France, historically known as the seat of a medieval "kingdom" within France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal town
ⓘ
commune of France ⓘ |
| administrativeTerritoryOf |
arrondissement of Cherbourg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
canton of Val-de-Saire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | oceanic climate ⓘ |
| contains |
La Hougue fort
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue tower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| department | Manche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
oyster cultivation
ⓘ
shellfish farming ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasCoastOn | English Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalEvent | maritime festivals ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
natural harbour
ⓘ
oyster beds ⓘ tidal flats ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIndustry | seafood processing ⓘ |
| hasLandscape |
rocky coastline
ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ |
| hasPort | Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | Église de Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
ferry to Tatihou Island
ⓘ
marina ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOSitePartOf | Fortifications of Vauban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationAppliesTo | Vauban fortifications of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue and Tatihou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | Battle of La Hougue (1692) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inseeCode | 50550 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Vauban fortifications
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fishing port ⓘ maritime heritage ⓘ oyster farming ⓘ |
| languageUsed | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manche department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern France ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Bay of Saint-Vaast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saint Vedast (Saint Vaast) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Tatihou Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cotentin Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 50550 ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction |
Tatihou maritime museum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vauban coastal defenses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue Description of subject: Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue is a coastal commune in northwestern France known for its historic Vauban fortifications and oyster farming.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
St Vaast-la-Hougue