province of Quebec
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The province of Quebec is Canada's largest province by area, known for its predominantly French-speaking population, distinct civil law system, and cultural center in the city of Montreal.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Province of Quebec | 53 |
| province of Quebec canonical | 6 |
| Province of Quebec, Canada | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7787045 — 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: province of Quebec Context triple: [Baie-Comeau, countrySubdivision, province of Quebec]
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A.
Province of Quebec
The Province of Quebec was a British colonial territory in North America that encompassed much of present-day Quebec and parts of surrounding regions following the Seven Years' War.
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B.
Mauricie region of Quebec
The Mauricie region of Quebec is a central Quebec administrative area known for its forests, rivers, and industrial heritage, situated between Montreal and Quebec City along the Saint Lawrence River.
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C.
Côte-Nord region of Quebec
The Côte-Nord region of Quebec is a vast, sparsely populated coastal area along the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, known for its Innu communities, rugged natural landscapes, and resource-based industries.
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D.
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec
The Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec is a vast, sparsely populated area in central Quebec known for its fjord-like Saguenay River, large Lac Saint-Jean, forestry and aluminum industries, and strong francophone and Indigenous cultural presence.
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E.
Province of Montreal
The Province of Montreal is an ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec, Canada, grouping several dioceses under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Montreal.
- 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: province of Quebec Target entity description: The province of Quebec is Canada's largest province by area, known for its predominantly French-speaking population, distinct civil law system, and cultural center in the city of Montreal.
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A.
Province of Quebec
The Province of Quebec was a British colonial territory in North America that encompassed much of present-day Quebec and parts of surrounding regions following the Seven Years' War.
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B.
Mauricie region of Quebec
The Mauricie region of Quebec is a central Quebec administrative area known for its forests, rivers, and industrial heritage, situated between Montreal and Quebec City along the Saint Lawrence River.
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C.
Côte-Nord region of Quebec
The Côte-Nord region of Quebec is a vast, sparsely populated coastal area along the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, known for its Innu communities, rugged natural landscapes, and resource-based industries.
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D.
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec
The Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec is a vast, sparsely populated area in central Quebec known for its fjord-like Saguenay River, large Lac Saint-Jean, forestry and aluminum industries, and strong francophone and Indigenous cultural presence.
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E.
Province of Montreal
The Province of Montreal is an ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec, Canada, grouping several dioceses under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Montreal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative territorial entity
ⓘ
province of Canada ⓘ |
| areaRankingInCanada | 1 ⓘ |
| borderWithCountry |
Canada (other provinces)
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderWithProvince |
New Brunswick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderWithTerritory | Nunavut (marine boundary) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderWithUSState |
Maine
NERFINISHED
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New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Vermont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| civilLawTradition | French civil law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateType |
humid continental climate (most regions)
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subarctic climate (northern regions) ⓘ |
| confederationEntry | 1867 ⓘ |
| containsCity |
Gatineau
NERFINISHED
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Laval NERFINISHED ⓘ Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherbrooke NERFINISHED ⓘ Trois-Rivières NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsRegion |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
NERFINISHED
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Côte-Nord NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurentides NERFINISHED ⓘ Montérégie NERFINISHED ⓘ Outaouais NERFINISHED ⓘ Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalCenter | Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency | Canadian dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demonym |
Québécois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Québécoise ⓘ |
| drivesOn | right ⓘ |
| federalRepresentation |
House of Commons of Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Senate of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoatOfArms | Coat of arms of Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFlag | Flag of Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorLanguagePolicy | Charter of the French Language (Bill 101) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentTitle | Premier of Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfState | Monarch of Canada ⓘ |
| ISO3166-2Code | CA-QC ⓘ |
| largestCity | Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
bijuridical system
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civil law ⓘ |
| legislature | National Assembly of Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| majorRiver | Saint Lawrence River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIsland |
Île de Montréal
NERFINISHED
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Île d’Orléans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| officialMotto | Je me souviens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialReligionStatus | no official religion ⓘ |
| originalProvinceOfConfederation | true ⓘ |
| partOf | Eastern Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predominantLanguage | French ⓘ |
| representedBy | Lieutenant Governor of Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Atlantic Time Zone (eastern portion, some areas)
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Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
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: province of Quebec Description of subject: The province of Quebec is Canada's largest province by area, known for its predominantly French-speaking population, distinct civil law system, and cultural center in the city of Montreal.
Referenced by (61)
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