Vervins
E507470
Vervins is a commune in the Aisne department of northern France, known historically for the 1598 Treaty of Vervins between France and Spain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vervins canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5266516 — 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: Vervins Context triple: [Guise, arrondissement, Vervins]
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A.
Clamecy
Clamecy is a historic commune in central France known for its medieval architecture and former timber-floating industry along the Yonne River.
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B.
Badonviller
Badonviller is a small commune in northeastern France, known as the birthplace of the astronomer Charles Messier.
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C.
Cambrésis
Cambrésis is a historic region in northern France centered around the city of Cambrai, known for its medieval bishopric and strategic importance in European conflicts.
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D.
Régnié
Régnié is a French red wine appellation and one of the ten Beaujolais crus, known for its fruity, aromatic Gamay-based wines.
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E.
Haguenau
Haguenau is a historic town in northeastern France’s Alsace region, known for its medieval heritage, cultural traditions, and role as a local economic center.
- 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: Vervins Target entity description: Vervins is a commune in the Aisne department of northern France, known historically for the 1598 Treaty of Vervins between France and Spain.
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A.
Clamecy
Clamecy is a historic commune in central France known for its medieval architecture and former timber-floating industry along the Yonne River.
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B.
Badonviller
Badonviller is a small commune in northeastern France, known as the birthplace of the astronomer Charles Messier.
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C.
Cambrésis
Cambrésis is a historic region in northern France centered around the city of Cambrai, known for its medieval bishopric and strategic importance in European conflicts.
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D.
Régnié
Régnié is a French red wine appellation and one of the ten Beaujolais crus, known for its fruity, aromatic Gamay-based wines.
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E.
Haguenau
Haguenau is a historic town in northeastern France’s Alsace region, known for its medieval heritage, cultural traditions, and role as a local economic center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commune of France ⓘ |
| adminCentreOf |
arrondissement of Vervins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
canton of Vervins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 49.8333°N 3.9167°E ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Aisne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation | about 148 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasArea | about 10 square kilometres ⓘ |
| hasClimate | oceanic climate ⓘ |
| hasDepartment | Aisne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
local commerce ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | site of peace treaty between France and Spain ⓘ |
| hasMayor | mayor of Vervins (term 2020–2026) ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent | signing of the Treaty of Vervins in 1598 ⓘ |
| hasPopulation | approximately 2500 inhabitants ⓘ |
| hasRegion | Hauts-de-France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | Church of Saint-Lazare de Vervins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection |
D1043 road
ⓘ
D946 road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | commune ⓘ |
| historicallyKnownFor | Treaty of Vervins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| INSEECODE | 02789 ⓘ |
| languageUsed | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aisne department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hauts-de-France ⓘ
surface form:
Hauts-de-France region
northern France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricalRegion | Picardy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Thiérache region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 02140 ⓘ |
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: Vervins Description of subject: Vervins is a commune in the Aisne department of northern France, known historically for the 1598 Treaty of Vervins between France and Spain.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Guise
subject surface form:
Aisne
subject surface form:
Aisne