Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
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Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, was an 18th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading a major Pacific expedition that mysteriously disappeared.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1067642 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse Context triple: [La Pérouse Strait, namedAfter, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse]
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James Cook
James Cook was an 18th-century British naval captain and explorer renowned for his three Pacific voyages that mapped previously uncharted regions including Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii.
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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was a Baltic German naval officer and explorer in the Russian Imperial Navy, best known as one of the first people to sight the Antarctic continent in 1820.
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Vitus Bering
Vitus Bering was an 18th-century Danish-born explorer in Russian service, best known for leading expeditions that charted parts of the Arctic and North Pacific and helped clarify the separation between Asia and North America.
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Jacob Roggeveen
Jacob Roggeveen was an 18th-century Dutch explorer best known for leading the expedition that first recorded European contact with Easter Island.
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E.
Abel Tasman
Abel Tasman was a 17th-century Dutch seafarer and explorer best known for being the first European to reach Tasmania and New Zealand.
- 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: Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse Target entity description: Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, was an 18th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading a major Pacific expedition that mysteriously disappeared.
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A.
James Cook
James Cook was an 18th-century British naval captain and explorer renowned for his three Pacific voyages that mapped previously uncharted regions including Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii.
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B.
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was a Baltic German naval officer and explorer in the Russian Imperial Navy, best known as one of the first people to sight the Antarctic continent in 1820.
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C.
Vitus Bering
Vitus Bering was an 18th-century Danish-born explorer in Russian service, best known for leading expeditions that charted parts of the Arctic and North Pacific and helped clarify the separation between Asia and North America.
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D.
Jacob Roggeveen
Jacob Roggeveen was an 18th-century Dutch explorer best known for leading the expedition that first recorded European contact with Easter Island.
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E.
Abel Tasman
Abel Tasman was a 17th-century Dutch seafarer and explorer best known for being the first European to reach Tasmania and New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
18th-century explorer
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French naval officer ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ maritime explorer ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1741-08-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Albi
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France ⓘ Tarn River ⓘ
surface form:
Tarn
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| commandedShip |
Astrolabe
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Boussole ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Louis XVI of France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| deathCause | shipwreck ⓘ |
| deathDate | circa 1788 ⓘ |
| disappearanceLocation |
Santa Cruz Islands
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near Vanikoro ⓘ |
| disappeared | circa 1788 ⓘ |
| expeditionEndStatus | lost at sea ⓘ |
| expeditionStartYear | 1785 ⓘ |
| exploredRegion |
East Asia
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Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
North Pacific
Pacific Ocean ⓘ coasts of North America ⓘ |
| familyName | de Galaup ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean-François ⓘ |
| knownFor |
La Pérouse expedition
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Pacific exploration ⓘ mysterious disappearance ⓘ |
| legacy |
inspiration for geographic and historical studies of the Pacific
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numerous places named La Perouse or La Pérouse worldwide ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Navy ⓘ |
| name |
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Jean-François de Galaup
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| nobleTitle |
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
comte de La Pérouse
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| notableEvent | disappearance of his expedition prompted search by d'Entrecasteaux ⓘ |
| rank | naval officer ⓘ |
| visitedPlace |
Alaska
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Botany Bay ⓘ California coast ⓘ Easter Island ⓘ Hawaiʻi (island) ⓘ
surface form:
Hawaii
Japan ⓘ Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
surface form:
Kamchatka
Korean Peninsula ⓘ
surface form:
Korea
Macau ⓘ New Hebrides ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Sakhalin Island ⓘ
surface form:
Sakhalin
Solomon Islands ⓘ |
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Subject: Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse Description of subject: Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, was an 18th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading a major Pacific expedition that mysteriously disappeared.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jean-François de Galaup de La Pérouse, born Jean-François de Galaup de La Pérouse de Krafft
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
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name
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Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
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this entity surface form:
Jean-François de Galaup
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
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nobleTitle
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Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
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this entity surface form:
comte de La Pérouse
this entity surface form:
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse
this entity surface form:
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse
this entity surface form:
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse