Fontaines-lès-Dijon
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Fontaines-lès-Dijon is a commune in eastern France, historically notable as the birthplace of the influential 12th-century Cistercian abbot and theologian Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fontaines-lès-Dijon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4757839 — 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: Fontaines-lès-Dijon Context triple: [Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, placeOfBirth, Fontaines-lès-Dijon]
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Beaune
Beaune is a historic town in eastern France renowned as the wine capital of Burgundy and a center of Burgundy’s prestigious vineyards and wine trade.
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Tournus
Tournus is a historic town in eastern France’s Burgundy region, known for its Romanesque abbey and riverside setting along the Saône.
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C.
Louveciennes
Louveciennes is a picturesque commune in north-central France, noted for its scenic landscapes that attracted Impressionist painters such as Camille Pissarro.
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D.
Seneffe
Seneffe is a municipality in the province of Hainaut in Wallonia, Belgium, historically notable as the site of a major 17th-century battle during the Franco-Dutch War.
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E.
Blagny
Blagny is a small Burgundy wine village in eastern France, known for producing high-quality red and white wines from the Côte de Beaune region.
- 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: Fontaines-lès-Dijon Target entity description: Fontaines-lès-Dijon is a commune in eastern France, historically notable as the birthplace of the influential 12th-century Cistercian abbot and theologian Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.
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A.
Beaune
Beaune is a historic town in eastern France renowned as the wine capital of Burgundy and a center of Burgundy’s prestigious vineyards and wine trade.
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B.
Tournus
Tournus is a historic town in eastern France’s Burgundy region, known for its Romanesque abbey and riverside setting along the Saône.
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C.
Louveciennes
Louveciennes is a picturesque commune in north-central France, noted for its scenic landscapes that attracted Impressionist painters such as Camille Pissarro.
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D.
Seneffe
Seneffe is a municipality in the province of Hainaut in Wallonia, Belgium, historically notable as the site of a major 17th-century battle during the Franco-Dutch War.
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E.
Blagny
Blagny is a small Burgundy wine village in eastern France, known for producing high-quality red and white wines from the Côte de Beaune region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commune of France ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionType | commune ⓘ |
| areaSquareKilometers | 4.64 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | French Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| elevationMaxMeters | 337 ⓘ |
| elevationMinMeters | 250 ⓘ |
| governedAs | municipality ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | WGS84 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage | pilgrimage site dedicated to Saint Bernard ⓘ |
| hasDemonym |
Fontenois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fontenoises ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | associated with Cistercian order history ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalFigure | Bernard of Clairvaux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriodOfSignificance | 12th century ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | French ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalStatus | commune ⓘ |
| hasNearbyUrbanArea | Dijon metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialStatus | commune in Côte-d'Or department ⓘ |
| hasPatronSaint | Saint Bernard of Clairvaux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSite |
basilica of Saint Bernard of Fontaine-lès-Dijon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
birthplace sanctuary of Saint Bernard ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | suburban commune ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection | road links to Dijon ⓘ |
| historicallyAssociatedWith |
12th-century monasticism
ⓘ
Cistercian reform movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| INSEECODE | 21278 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Côte-d'Or NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern France ⓘ historical province of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ north of Dijon urban area ⓘ northeastern Massif Central periphery ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Dijon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | its fountains near Dijon ⓘ |
| notableAs | birthplace of Bernard of Clairvaux ⓘ |
| partOf |
arrondissement of Dijon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
canton of Fontaine-lès-Dijon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 21121 ⓘ |
| regionCapitalNearby | Dijon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| timeZone | CET ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | CEST ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fontaines-lès-Dijon Description of subject: Fontaines-lès-Dijon is a commune in eastern France, historically notable as the birthplace of the influential 12th-century Cistercian abbot and theologian Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.
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