Old Market Square, Rouen
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Old Market Square in Rouen is a historic public square in northern France best known as the site where Joan of Arc was tried and burned at the stake in 1431.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Market Square, Rouen canonical | 2 |
| Place du Vieux-Marché, Rouen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10754701 — 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: Old Market Square, Rouen Context triple: [trial and execution of Joan of Arc, location, Old Market Square, Rouen]
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A.
Basilica of Saint-Ouen, Rouen
The Basilica of Saint-Ouen in Rouen is a monumental Gothic former abbey church renowned for its soaring architecture and exceptional stained glass, standing as one of the city’s most important historic landmarks.
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B.
Saint-Maclou Church in Rouen
Saint-Maclou Church in Rouen is a renowned late-medieval Roman Catholic church in Normandy, France, celebrated as one of the finest examples of Flamboyant Gothic architecture.
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C.
Place de Rennes
Place de Rennes is the former name of Place du 18-Juin-1940, a notable public square in Paris, France.
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D.
Place de Grève, Paris
Place de Grève in Paris was a historic riverside square that served for centuries as the city’s principal site for public executions, political gatherings, and popular demonstrations.
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E.
Abbey of Saint Mary, Rouen
The Abbey of Saint Mary in Rouen is a medieval monastic complex in Normandy notable as the burial site of Robert I, Duke of Normandy, father of William the Conqueror.
- 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: Old Market Square, Rouen Target entity description: Old Market Square in Rouen is a historic public square in northern France best known as the site where Joan of Arc was tried and burned at the stake in 1431.
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A.
Basilica of Saint-Ouen, Rouen
The Basilica of Saint-Ouen in Rouen is a monumental Gothic former abbey church renowned for its soaring architecture and exceptional stained glass, standing as one of the city’s most important historic landmarks.
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B.
Saint-Maclou Church in Rouen
Saint-Maclou Church in Rouen is a renowned late-medieval Roman Catholic church in Normandy, France, celebrated as one of the finest examples of Flamboyant Gothic architecture.
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C.
Place de Rennes
Place de Rennes is the former name of Place du 18-Juin-1940, a notable public square in Paris, France.
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D.
Place de Grève, Paris
Place de Grève in Paris was a historic riverside square that served for centuries as the city’s principal site for public executions, political gatherings, and popular demonstrations.
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E.
Abbey of Saint Mary, Rouen
The Abbey of Saint Mary in Rouen is a medieval monastic complex in Normandy notable as the burial site of Robert I, Duke of Normandy, father of William the Conqueror.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
public square ⓘ |
| category |
Joan of Arc sites
ⓘ
Squares in Rouen ⓘ Tourist attractions in Rouen ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 49.441°N 1.091°E ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| governingBody | Municipality of Rouen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBuilding |
Church of Saint Joan of Arc
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
covered market halls ⓘ Église Sainte-Jeanne-d’Arc de Rouen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
half-timbered houses
ⓘ
outdoor cafés ⓘ restaurants ⓘ |
| hasMonument |
Joan of Arc memorial cross
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
statue of Joan of Arc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark |
Gros-Horloge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rouen Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyStreet | Rue du Gros-Horloge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUse |
marketplace
ⓘ
public gathering place ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic centre of Rouen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
execution of Joan of Arc
ⓘ
trial-related events of Joan of Arc ⓘ |
| languageOfPlaceName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Normandy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rouen NERFINISHED ⓘ Rouen city centre NERFINISHED ⓘ northern France ⓘ |
| nativeName | Place du Vieux-Marché NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePersonAssociated | Joan of Arc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | old town of Rouen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| significantEvent | burning at the stake of Joan of Arc ⓘ |
| significantEventDate | 30 May 1431 ⓘ |
| touristRegion | Seine Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Old Market Square, Rouen Description of subject: Old Market Square in Rouen is a historic public square in northern France best known as the site where Joan of Arc was tried and burned at the stake in 1431.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Place du Vieux-Marché, Rouen