Matane, Quebec
E692854
Matane, Quebec is a small coastal city on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in eastern Quebec, known as a regional service hub and gateway to the Gaspé Peninsula.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matane, Quebec canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7787062 — 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: Matane, Quebec Context triple: [Baie-Comeau, hasFerryConnection, Matane, Quebec]
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A.
La Pocatière, Quebec
La Pocatière, Quebec is a small town in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region known as an educational and religious center along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River.
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B.
Valcartier, Quebec
Valcartier, Quebec is a Canadian military community near Quebec City best known for its large training base and historic role as a mobilization camp during World War I.
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C.
Beauharnois, Quebec
Beauharnois, Quebec is a small city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, situated along the Saint Lawrence River and known for its major hydroelectric power facilities and role in regional industry and transportation.
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D.
Saint-Hubert, Quebec
Saint-Hubert, Quebec is a borough of Longueuil near Montreal best known as the home of the Canadian Space Agency’s headquarters and a hub for aerospace activities.
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E.
Mirabel, Quebec
Mirabel, Quebec is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, known for its large rural territory and as the former site of Montréal–Mirabel International Airport.
- 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: Matane, Quebec Target entity description: Matane, Quebec is a small coastal city on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in eastern Quebec, known as a regional service hub and gateway to the Gaspé Peninsula.
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A.
La Pocatière, Quebec
La Pocatière, Quebec is a small town in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region known as an educational and religious center along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River.
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B.
Valcartier, Quebec
Valcartier, Quebec is a Canadian military community near Quebec City best known for its large training base and historic role as a mobilization camp during World War I.
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C.
Beauharnois, Quebec
Beauharnois, Quebec is a small city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, situated along the Saint Lawrence River and known for its major hydroelectric power facilities and role in regional industry and transportation.
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D.
Saint-Hubert, Quebec
Saint-Hubert, Quebec is a borough of Longueuil near Montreal best known as the home of the Canadian Space Agency’s headquarters and a hub for aerospace activities.
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E.
Mirabel, Quebec
Mirabel, Quebec is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, known for its large rural territory and as the former site of Montréal–Mirabel International Airport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode |
418
ⓘ
581 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| crossesByRiver | Matane River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
forestry ⓘ services ⓘ tourism ⓘ wind energy ⓘ |
| governingLevel | local municipality ⓘ |
| hasCoatOfArms | Coat of arms of Matane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFerryConnectionTo |
Baie-Comeau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Godbout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFlag | Flag of Matane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHarborFacilities | true ⓘ |
| hasIndustrialActivity | seafood processing ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalStatus | city ⓘ |
| hasPort | Port of Matane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRegionalHospital | true ⓘ |
| hasRegionalSchools | true ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttraction |
Matane River salmon fishing
ⓘ
St. Lawrence River coastal scenery ⓘ |
| hasWindFarmNearby | true ⓘ |
| isCoastalCity | true ⓘ |
| isGatewayTo |
Gaspé Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaspésie region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLocatedOnRoute |
Quebec Route 132
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quebec Route 195 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Canada’s Atlantic façade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRegionalCenterFor | Gaspésie–Bas-Saint-Laurent area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRegionalServiceHub | true ⓘ |
| languageMajority | French-speaking population ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Quebec
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Quebec ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeRegion | Bas-Saint-Laurent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | south shore of the St. Lawrence River ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| postalCodePrefix | G4W ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicSector | tertiary sector ⓘ |
| province | Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionalFunction | service center for surrounding rural communities ⓘ |
| river | St. Lawrence River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| transportRole | regional transportation hub ⓘ |
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: Matane, Quebec Description of subject: Matane, Quebec is a small coastal city on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in eastern Quebec, known as a regional service hub and gateway to the Gaspé Peninsula.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Baie-Comeau