Nyon District
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Nyon District is an administrative district in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, situated along Lake Geneva and functioning as part of the broader Geneva metropolitan region.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nyon District canonical | 9 |
| District of Nyon | 2 |
| Nyon district | 1 |
| Nyon district (Vaud) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T398492 — 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: Nyon District Context triple: [Geneva metropolitan area, hasPart, Nyon District]
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A.
Vaud
Vaud is a French-speaking canton in western Switzerland known for its picturesque Lake Geneva shoreline, Alpine scenery, and historic towns such as Lausanne and Montreux.
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B.
Canton of Valais
The Canton of Valais is a mountainous region in southwestern Switzerland known for its Alpine landscapes, vineyards, and major ski resorts such as Zermatt and Verbier.
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C.
Solothurn
Solothurn is a canton in northwestern Switzerland known for its historic baroque town of the same name and its location along the Aare River.
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D.
Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel is a French-speaking canton in western Switzerland known for its lakeside capital, watchmaking industry, and historic architecture.
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E.
canton of Geneva
The canton of Geneva is the westernmost Swiss canton, encompassing the city of Geneva and serving as a major international, diplomatic, and financial hub.
- 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: Nyon District Target entity description: Nyon District is an administrative district in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, situated along Lake Geneva and functioning as part of the broader Geneva metropolitan region.
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A.
Vaud
Vaud is a French-speaking canton in western Switzerland known for its picturesque Lake Geneva shoreline, Alpine scenery, and historic towns such as Lausanne and Montreux.
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B.
Canton of Valais
The Canton of Valais is a mountainous region in southwestern Switzerland known for its Alpine landscapes, vineyards, and major ski resorts such as Zermatt and Verbier.
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C.
Solothurn
Solothurn is a canton in northwestern Switzerland known for its historic baroque town of the same name and its location along the Aare River.
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D.
Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel is a French-speaking canton in western Switzerland known for its lakeside capital, watchmaking industry, and historic architecture.
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E.
canton of Geneva
The canton of Geneva is the westernmost Swiss canton, encompassing the city of Geneva and serving as a major international, diplomatic, and financial hub.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative district
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district of Switzerland ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Nyon ⓘ |
| borderingCanton | canton of Geneva ⓘ |
| borderingCountry | France ⓘ |
| borders | Lake Geneva ⓘ |
| containsMunicipality |
Arnex-sur-Nyon
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Arzier-Le Muids ⓘ Begnins ⓘ Borex ⓘ Bursinel ⓘ Bursins ⓘ Chavannes-de-Bogis ⓘ Chavannes-des-Bois ⓘ Chéserex ⓘ Commugny ⓘ Coppet ⓘ Crans-près-Céligny ⓘ Crassier ⓘ Céligny ⓘ Duillier ⓘ Dully ⓘ Eysins ⓘ Founex ⓘ Genolier ⓘ Gingins ⓘ Gland ⓘ Grens ⓘ La Rippe ⓘ Luins ⓘ Mies ⓘ Nyon ⓘ Prangins ⓘ Rolle ⓘ Saint-Cergue ⓘ Signy-Avenex ⓘ Tannay ⓘ Tartegnin ⓘ Trélex ⓘ Vich ⓘ Vinzel ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Nyon ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canton of Vaud
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surface form:
canton of Vaud
western Switzerland ⓘ |
| locatedOn | northern shore of Lake Geneva ⓘ |
| partOf |
Geneva metropolitan area
ⓘ
Lake Geneva region ⓘ Canton of Vaud ⓘ
surface form:
canton of Vaud
|
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
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: Nyon District Description of subject: Nyon District is an administrative district in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, situated along Lake Geneva and functioning as part of the broader Geneva metropolitan region.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
District of Nyon
this entity surface form:
District of Nyon
this entity surface form:
Nyon district
this entity surface form:
Nyon district (Vaud)
subject surface form:
Rolle
subject surface form:
Rolle