canton of Dourdan
E622019
The canton of Dourdan is an administrative division in northern France that groups together Dourdan and surrounding communes within the Essonne department.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| canton of Dourdan canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6818341 — 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: canton of Dourdan Context triple: [Dourdan, partOf, canton of Dourdan]
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A.
canton of Athis-Mons
The canton of Athis-Mons is an administrative division in the Essonne department of the Île-de-France region in northern France, grouping several communes in the southern suburbs of Paris.
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B.
canton of Rambouillet
The canton of Rambouillet is an administrative division in the Yvelines department of north-central France, centered on the town of Rambouillet and grouping several surrounding communes.
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C.
canton of Orsay
The canton of Orsay is an administrative division in the Essonne department of the Île-de-France region in northern France, centered around the town of Orsay and its surrounding communes.
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D.
canton of Thiais
The canton of Thiais is an administrative division in the Val-de-Marne department in the Île-de-France region of northern France, grouping several southeastern Paris suburbs including Rungis.
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E.
canton of La Brède
The canton of La Brède is an administrative division in the Gironde department of southwestern France, grouping several communes around the town of La Brède.
- 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: canton of Dourdan Target entity description: The canton of Dourdan is an administrative division in northern France that groups together Dourdan and surrounding communes within the Essonne department.
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A.
canton of Athis-Mons
The canton of Athis-Mons is an administrative division in the Essonne department of the Île-de-France region in northern France, grouping several communes in the southern suburbs of Paris.
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B.
canton of Rambouillet
The canton of Rambouillet is an administrative division in the Yvelines department of north-central France, centered on the town of Rambouillet and grouping several surrounding communes.
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C.
canton of Orsay
The canton of Orsay is an administrative division in the Essonne department of the Île-de-France region in northern France, centered around the town of Orsay and its surrounding communes.
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D.
canton of Thiais
The canton of Thiais is an administrative division in the Val-de-Marne department in the Île-de-France region of northern France, grouping several southeastern Paris suburbs including Rungis.
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E.
canton of La Brède
The canton of La Brède is an administrative division in the Gironde department of southwestern France, grouping several communes around the town of La Brède.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | canton of France ⓘ |
| administrativeCentre | Dourdan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOf | Essonne department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCommune |
Ablis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Angervilliers NERFINISHED ⓘ Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon NERFINISHED ⓘ Breuillet NERFINISHED ⓘ Briis-sous-Forges NERFINISHED ⓘ Bullion NERFINISHED ⓘ Chauffour-lès-Étréchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Corbreuse NERFINISHED ⓘ Courson-Monteloup NERFINISHED ⓘ Dourdan NERFINISHED ⓘ Fontenay-lès-Briis NERFINISHED ⓘ Forges-les-Bains NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Val-Saint-Germain NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Granges-le-Roi NERFINISHED ⓘ Limours NERFINISHED ⓘ Longvilliers NERFINISHED ⓘ Roinville NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Chéron NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Cyr-sous-Dourdan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sermaise NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonchamp NERFINISHED ⓘ Ville-du-Bois NERFINISHED ⓘ Villiers-le-Bâcle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| governedBy | departmental council of Essonne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Dourdan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Essonne department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern France ⓘ Île-de-France region ⓘ |
| partOf | French canton network ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | canton ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
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: canton of Dourdan Description of subject: The canton of Dourdan is an administrative division in northern France that groups together Dourdan and surrounding communes within the Essonne department.
Referenced by (3)
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