Harfleur
E902349
Harfleur is a historic port town in Normandy, northern France, known for its strategic importance during the Hundred Years’ War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harfleur canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11010194 — 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: Harfleur Context triple: [Siege of Harfleur, locatedIn, Harfleur]
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A.
Fécamp
Fécamp is a coastal town and former important fishing port in northern France, known for its historic Benedictine Palace and dramatic cliffs along the English Channel.
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B.
Bellême
Bellême is a historic town in northwestern France’s Normandy region, known for its medieval architecture and picturesque setting on the edge of the Perche forest.
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C.
Falaise
Falaise is a town in Normandy, France, known for its strategic role in the Second World War, particularly during the closing of the Falaise Pocket in 1944.
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D.
Bayeux
Bayeux is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Paraíba, located in the northeastern region of the country and forming part of the João Pessoa metropolitan area.
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E.
Bayeux
Bayeux is a historic town in Normandy, France, renowned for the medieval Bayeux Tapestry and its proximity to the D-Day landing beaches.
- 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: Harfleur Target entity description: Harfleur is a historic port town in Normandy, northern France, known for its strategic importance during the Hundred Years’ War.
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A.
Fécamp
Fécamp is a coastal town and former important fishing port in northern France, known for its historic Benedictine Palace and dramatic cliffs along the English Channel.
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B.
Bellême
Bellême is a historic town in northwestern France’s Normandy region, known for its medieval architecture and picturesque setting on the edge of the Perche forest.
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C.
Falaise
Falaise is a town in Normandy, France, known for its strategic role in the Second World War, particularly during the closing of the Falaise Pocket in 1944.
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D.
Bayeux
Bayeux is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Paraíba, located in the northeastern region of the country and forming part of the João Pessoa metropolitan area.
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E.
Bayeux
Bayeux is a historic town in Normandy, France, renowned for the medieval Bayeux Tapestry and its proximity to the D-Day landing beaches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commune of France
ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ port town ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | commune ⓘ |
| belongsTo | intercommunality Le Havre Seine Métropole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Communes in Seine-Maritime
ⓘ
Hundred Years’ War locations ⓘ Port cities and towns on the French Atlantic coast ⓘ |
| conflict | Hundred Years’ War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| distanceTo | approximately 8 km east of Le Havre ⓘ |
| elevationMaxMeters | 88 ⓘ |
| elevationMinMeters | 0 ⓘ |
| formerName |
Caracotinum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harfleu ⓘ |
| hasCoatOfArms | coat of arms of Harfleur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDemonym |
Harfleurais
ⓘ
Harfleuraise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | historic port town ⓘ |
| hasPort | Harfleur port ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | Église Saint-Martin d’Harfleur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalFunction |
commercial port
ⓘ
military port ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Pays de Caux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| INSEECode | 76341 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
siege of 1415
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
strategic importance during the Hundred Years’ War ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Normandy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seine-Maritime department NERFINISHED ⓘ northern France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNearMouthOf | Seine River estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Lézarde River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Le Havre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | surrender to English forces in 1415 ⓘ |
| partOf |
arrondissement of Le Havre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
canton of Le Havre-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 76700 ⓘ |
| region | Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadAccess | near A131 motorway ⓘ |
| timeZone | CET ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | CEST ⓘ |
| wasAnnexedPortFunctionBy | Le Havre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasBesiegedBy | Henry V of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasBesiegedInYear | 1415 ⓘ |
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: Harfleur Description of subject: Harfleur is a historic port town in Normandy, northern France, known for its strategic importance during the Hundred Years’ War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.