Formigny
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Formigny is a commune in northwestern France best known as the site of a decisive 1450 battle in the closing phase of the Hundred Years’ War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Formigny canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6760322 — 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: Formigny Context triple: [Battle of Formigny, place, Formigny]
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A.
Cartigny
Cartigny is a small rural municipality in western Switzerland known for its agricultural landscape and location within the canton of Geneva.
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B.
Fougères
Fougères is a historic town in Brittany, northwestern France, known for its impressive medieval castle and well-preserved old quarter.
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C.
Serigny
Serigny is a French given name historically associated with the colonial-era figure Serigny Le Moyne.
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D.
Remigny
Remigny is a small wine-producing village in the Burgundy region of eastern France, situated near the renowned appellation of Santenay.
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E.
Givry
Givry is a Burgundy wine appellation in eastern France, noted for its predominantly Pinot Noir red wines with a reputation for good value and quality.
- 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: Formigny Target entity description: Formigny is a commune in northwestern France best known as the site of a decisive 1450 battle in the closing phase of the Hundred Years’ War.
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A.
Cartigny
Cartigny is a small rural municipality in western Switzerland known for its agricultural landscape and location within the canton of Geneva.
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B.
Fougères
Fougères is a historic town in Brittany, northwestern France, known for its impressive medieval castle and well-preserved old quarter.
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C.
Serigny
Serigny is a French given name historically associated with the colonial-era figure Serigny Le Moyne.
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D.
Remigny
Remigny is a small wine-producing village in the Burgundy region of eastern France, situated near the renowned appellation of Santenay.
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E.
Givry
Givry is a Burgundy wine appellation in eastern France, noted for its predominantly Pinot Noir red wines with a reputation for good value and quality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commune of France ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | commune ⓘ |
| battleDateAtLocation | 15 April 1450 ⓘ |
| battleOpposingForce |
Kingdom of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battlePhaseOf | closing phase of the Hundred Years’ War ⓘ |
| category |
Battlefields in France
ⓘ
Communes in Calvados ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
department Calvados
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
region Normandy ⓘ |
| governingCountry | French Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalFeature | rural landscape ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | medieval battlefield site ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Formigny@en
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Formigny@fr ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | decisive French victory in the Hundred Years’ War ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | helped end English presence in Normandy ⓘ |
| knownFor | Battle of Formigny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Calvados department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern France ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bayeux
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Europe ⓘ |
| locationOf | Battle of Formigny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bayeux arrondissement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trévières canton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| war | Hundred Years’ War 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: Formigny Description of subject: Formigny is a commune in northwestern France best known as the site of a decisive 1450 battle in the closing phase of the Hundred Years’ War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.