René de Cagny
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René de Cagny was a French engineer best known for his role in designing and constructing the monumental 17th-century waterworks that supplied the Palace of Versailles.
All labels observed (1)
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| René de Cagny canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13840680 — 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: René de Cagny Context triple: [Machine de Marly, engineeredBy, René de Cagny]
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A.
Louis Marie de Lescure
Louis Marie de Lescure was a French royalist noble and military leader best known for his prominent role commanding Catholic and royalist forces during the War in the Vendée against the French Revolution.
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B.
Henri de Chamaillard
Henri de Chamaillard was a French painter associated with the Pont-Aven school, known for his post-Impressionist landscapes and involvement with artists around Paul Gauguin.
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C.
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières was an 18th–19th century French politician, naturalist, and pioneering Pyrenean mountaineer noted for his scientific exploration of the Pyrenees.
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D.
Bernard-René de Launay
Bernard-René de Launay was the last governor of the Bastille prison in Paris, whose capture and killing by revolutionaries on 14 July 1789 made him a notable early victim of the French Revolution.
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E.
Charles de Lorencez
Charles de Lorencez was a French general best known for leading the ill-fated French assault against Mexican forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
- 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: René de Cagny Target entity description: René de Cagny was a French engineer best known for his role in designing and constructing the monumental 17th-century waterworks that supplied the Palace of Versailles.
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A.
Louis Marie de Lescure
Louis Marie de Lescure was a French royalist noble and military leader best known for his prominent role commanding Catholic and royalist forces during the War in the Vendée against the French Revolution.
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B.
Henri de Chamaillard
Henri de Chamaillard was a French painter associated with the Pont-Aven school, known for his post-Impressionist landscapes and involvement with artists around Paul Gauguin.
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C.
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières was an 18th–19th century French politician, naturalist, and pioneering Pyrenean mountaineer noted for his scientific exploration of the Pyrenees.
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D.
Bernard-René de Launay
Bernard-René de Launay was the last governor of the Bastille prison in Paris, whose capture and killing by revolutionaries on 14 July 1789 made him a notable early victim of the French Revolution.
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E.
Charles de Lorencez
Charles de Lorencez was a French general best known for leading the ill-fated French assault against Mexican forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Machine de Marly