Alma
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Alma is a small industrial and service city in Quebec, Canada, located in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region and known for its aluminum production and proximity to Lac Saint-Jean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alma canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9885552 — 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: Alma Context triple: [Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, hasCity, Alma]
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A.
Alma
Alma is a historic wooden scow schooner preserved as a museum ship in San Francisco, representing the city’s 19th- and early 20th-century maritime commerce.
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B.
Alma
Alma is a historic British Army battle honour commemorating the Battle of the Alma in the Crimean War.
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C.
Alma
Alma is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning "nourishing" or "kind," used in various cultures around the world.
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D.
Mena
Mena is a small town located in northern Ukraine’s Chernihiv region, known for its rural character and local agricultural activities.
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E.
Ellah
Ellah is a given name, typically used as a feminine variant of the name Ella.
- 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: Alma Target entity description: Alma is a small industrial and service city in Quebec, Canada, located in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region and known for its aluminum production and proximity to Lac Saint-Jean.
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A.
Alma
Alma is a historic wooden scow schooner preserved as a museum ship in San Francisco, representing the city’s 19th- and early 20th-century maritime commerce.
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B.
Alma
Alma is a historic British Army battle honour commemorating the Battle of the Alma in the Crimean War.
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C.
Alma
Alma is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning "nourishing" or "kind," used in various cultures around the world.
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D.
Mena
Mena is a small town located in northern Ukraine’s Chernihiv region, known for its rural character and local agricultural activities.
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E.
Ellah
Ellah is a given name, typically used as a feminine variant of the name Ella.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode |
418
ⓘ
581 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicSector |
manufacturing
ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| governingBody | City of Alma municipal council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Alma Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalEvent | Festivalma (local festivals brand) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | Cégep de l’Alma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHydroelectricFacility |
Chute-des-Passes generating station (nearby influence)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isle-Maligne hydroelectric generating station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIndustrialFacility | Alma aluminum smelter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLakeAccess | Lac Saint-Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNeighbouringMunicipality |
L’Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint-Bruno NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Gédéon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver |
Grande Décharge River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Petite Décharge River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSportsTeam | Alma Junior hockey teams ⓘ |
| knownFor |
aluminum production
ⓘ
industrial activities ⓘ service sector ⓘ |
| languageOfficial | French NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saguenay River NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Bruno NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Gédéon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Lac Saint-Jean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rivière Grande Décharge NERFINISHED ⓘ Rivière Petite Décharge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Rio Tinto Alcan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean administrative region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCodePrefix | G8B ⓘ |
| primaryIndustry | aluminum industry ⓘ |
| province | Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Eastern Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Daylight Time
|
| transportInfrastructure |
bridge over Grande Décharge
ⓘ
bridge over Petite Décharge NERFINISHED ⓘ regional road network ⓘ |
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: Alma Description of subject: Alma is a small industrial and service city in Quebec, Canada, located in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region and known for its aluminum production and proximity to Lac Saint-Jean.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean