French Resistance
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The French Resistance was a collection of clandestine movements in occupied France during World War II that engaged in espionage, sabotage, and guerrilla warfare against Nazi Germany and the Vichy regime.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T977207 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: French Resistance Context triple: [Charlotte Gray (film), theme, French Resistance]
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Free France
Free France was the World War II government-in-exile and resistance movement led by Charles de Gaulle that continued the fight against Axis powers after the fall of France in 1940.
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Anti-French Resistance War
The Anti-French Resistance War, better known internationally as the First Indochina War, was the conflict from 1946 to 1954 in which Vietnamese forces led by the Viet Minh fought to end French colonial rule in Vietnam.
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Luxembourg Resistance
The Luxembourg Resistance was a network of underground groups in Luxembourg that opposed Nazi occupation during World War II through intelligence gathering, sabotage, and support for Allied forces.
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European resistance movements
European resistance movements were diverse underground groups across Nazi-occupied Europe that carried out sabotage, intelligence gathering, and support for Allied forces while resisting German control and repression.
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Danish resistance movement
The Danish resistance movement was a World War II underground organization in Nazi-occupied Denmark that engaged in sabotage, intelligence gathering, and the rescue of Jews, contributing significantly to the broader European resistance against Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French Resistance Target entity description: The French Resistance was a collection of clandestine movements in occupied France during World War II that engaged in espionage, sabotage, and guerrilla warfare against Nazi Germany and the Vichy regime.
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Free France
Free France was the World War II government-in-exile and resistance movement led by Charles de Gaulle that continued the fight against Axis powers after the fall of France in 1940.
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B.
Anti-French Resistance War
The Anti-French Resistance War, better known internationally as the First Indochina War, was the conflict from 1946 to 1954 in which Vietnamese forces led by the Viet Minh fought to end French colonial rule in Vietnam.
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C.
Luxembourg Resistance
The Luxembourg Resistance was a network of underground groups in Luxembourg that opposed Nazi occupation during World War II through intelligence gathering, sabotage, and support for Allied forces.
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European resistance movements
European resistance movements were diverse underground groups across Nazi-occupied Europe that carried out sabotage, intelligence gathering, and support for Allied forces while resisting German control and repression.
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E.
Danish resistance movement
The Danish resistance movement was a World War II underground organization in Nazi-occupied Denmark that engaged in sabotage, intelligence gathering, and the rescue of Jews, contributing significantly to the broader European resistance against Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: French Resistance Description of subject: The French Resistance was a collection of clandestine movements in occupied France during World War II that engaged in espionage, sabotage, and guerrilla warfare against Nazi Germany and the Vichy regime.
Referenced by (123)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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French Resistance against Nazi Germany
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resistance army
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French Resistance during World War II
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French Resistance (political and diplomatic wing)
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French Resistance during World War II
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Organisation de résistance de l’armée
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French resistance
Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris
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French resistance
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Free French movement in London
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Conseil National de la Résistance
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Creation of the French Resistance
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French Resistance (political opposition milieu)
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Conseil National de la Résistance