Bay of St Malo
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The Bay of St Malo is a coastal bay in northern France known for its dramatic tides, historic corsair port of Saint-Malo, and nearby islands and archipelagos.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bay of St Malo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7340882 — 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: Bay of St Malo Context triple: [Norman archipelago, locatedInNorthernPartOf, Bay of St Malo]
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A.
Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo is a historic walled port city in Brittany, northwestern France, known for its maritime heritage, privateering past, and dramatic coastal setting on the English Channel.
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B.
Bay of Morlaix
The Bay of Morlaix is a scenic coastal inlet in Brittany, northwestern France, known for its rugged shoreline, islands, and historic maritime towns.
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C.
Quiberon Bay
Quiberon Bay is a large bay off the southern coast of Brittany in western France, known historically as the site of major naval engagements.
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D.
Cherbourg Harbour
Cherbourg Harbour is a major French naval and commercial port on the English Channel, renowned for its large artificial breakwaters and strategic location on the Cotentin Peninsula.
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E.
Port of Lorient
The Port of Lorient is a major commercial and fishing harbor on France’s Atlantic coast, known for its maritime industry, naval facilities, and role in regional trade.
- 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: Bay of St Malo Target entity description: The Bay of St Malo is a coastal bay in northern France known for its dramatic tides, historic corsair port of Saint-Malo, and nearby islands and archipelagos.
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A.
Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo is a historic walled port city in Brittany, northwestern France, known for its maritime heritage, privateering past, and dramatic coastal setting on the English Channel.
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B.
Bay of Morlaix
The Bay of Morlaix is a scenic coastal inlet in Brittany, northwestern France, known for its rugged shoreline, islands, and historic maritime towns.
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C.
Quiberon Bay
Quiberon Bay is a large bay off the southern coast of Brittany in western France, known historically as the site of major naval engagements.
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D.
Cherbourg Harbour
Cherbourg Harbour is a major French naval and commercial port on the English Channel, renowned for its large artificial breakwaters and strategic location on the Cotentin Peninsula.
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E.
Port of Lorient
The Port of Lorient is a major commercial and fishing harbor on France’s Atlantic coast, known for its maritime industry, naval facilities, and role in regional trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bay
ⓘ
coastal landform ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Côte d'Émeraude
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rance estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bordersCity |
Cancale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dinard NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Malo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
oyster farming ⓘ sailing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasClimate | oceanic climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
extensive intertidal zones
ⓘ
rocky islets ⓘ sandy beaches ⓘ strong tidal currents ⓘ |
| hasIsland |
Cézembre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grand Bé NERFINISHED ⓘ Petit Bé NERFINISHED ⓘ Île Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ Île des Rimains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark |
Cancale oyster beds
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cap Fréhel NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort National NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort de la Conchée NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort du Petit Bé NERFINISHED ⓘ Mont Saint-Michel NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Malo walled city NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedFor |
maritime trade
ⓘ
privateering ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dramatic tides
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historic corsair port of Saint-Malo ⓘ large tidal range ⓘ nearby archipelagos ⓘ nearby islands ⓘ |
| languageRegion |
Breton
ⓘ
French ⓘ Gallo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
English Channel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Brittany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoastOf |
Côtes-d'Armor department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ille-et-Vilaine department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | English Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
coastal navigation
ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ |
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: Bay of St Malo Description of subject: The Bay of St Malo is a coastal bay in northern France known for its dramatic tides, historic corsair port of Saint-Malo, and nearby islands and archipelagos.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.