Jacques Cartier

Target entity: Jacques Cartier
Context triple: [Saint Lawrence River, exploredBy, Jacques Cartier]

• A. Samuel de Champlain
  Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer and cartographer known as the "Father of New France" for founding Quebec City and extensively mapping northeastern North America in the early 17th century.
• B. Giovanni da Verrazzano
  Giovanni da Verrazzano was a 16th-century Italian explorer best known for being the first European to extensively explore the Atlantic coast of North America, including the area around present-day New York Harbor.
• C. Martin Frobisher
  Martin Frobisher was a 16th-century English seafarer and privateer best known for his early Arctic voyages in search of a Northwest Passage to Asia.
• D. John Cabot
  John Cabot was an Italian-born navigator and explorer, sailing under the English flag, best known for his late 15th-century voyages to North America that helped lay the groundwork for England’s claims in the New World.
• E. Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve
  Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve was a 17th-century French military officer and colonial leader best known as the founder and first governor of Montreal in New France.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Jacques Cartier
Target entity description: Jacques Cartier was a 16th-century French explorer best known for his voyages to North America, during which he claimed what is now Canada for France.

• A. Samuel de Champlain
  Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer and cartographer known as the "Father of New France" for founding Quebec City and extensively mapping northeastern North America in the early 17th century.
• B. Giovanni da Verrazzano
  Giovanni da Verrazzano was a 16th-century Italian explorer best known for being the first European to extensively explore the Atlantic coast of North America, including the area around present-day New York Harbor.
• C. Martin Frobisher
  Martin Frobisher was a 16th-century English seafarer and privateer best known for his early Arctic voyages in search of a Northwest Passage to Asia.
• D. John Cabot
  John Cabot was an Italian-born navigator and explorer, sailing under the English flag, best known for his late 15th-century voyages to North America that helped lay the groundwork for England’s claims in the New World.
• E. Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve
  Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve was a 17th-century French military officer and colonial leader best known as the founder and first governor of Montreal in New France.
• F. None of above. chosen