Alexandre Pétion
E160285
Alexandre Pétion was a key leader of the Haitian Revolution who became the first president of the Republic of Haiti and is remembered as a founding father of the nation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexandre Pétion canonical | 8 |
| Pétion | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1061403 — 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: Alexandre Pétion Context triple: [Jean-Jacques Dessalines, succeededBy, Alexandre Pétion]
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A.
Bertrand Barère
Bertrand Barère was a prominent French revolutionary politician, journalist, and member of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution.
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B.
Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Jean-Sylvain Bailly was a French astronomer and revolutionary statesman who became the first mayor of Paris and a prominent leader during the early stages of the French Revolution.
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C.
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne was a radical French revolutionary leader and influential member of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror.
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D.
Antoine Barnave
Antoine Barnave was a prominent French revolutionary, lawyer, and orator who played a leading role in the early stages of the French Revolution and briefly advised King Louis XVI.
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E.
Jean-Marie Roland
Jean-Marie Roland was a prominent French statesman and leading figure of the moderate Girondin faction during the early years of the French Revolution.
- 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: Alexandre Pétion Target entity description: Alexandre Pétion was a key leader of the Haitian Revolution who became the first president of the Republic of Haiti and is remembered as a founding father of the nation.
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A.
Bertrand Barère
Bertrand Barère was a prominent French revolutionary politician, journalist, and member of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution.
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B.
Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Jean-Sylvain Bailly was a French astronomer and revolutionary statesman who became the first mayor of Paris and a prominent leader during the early stages of the French Revolution.
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C.
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne was a radical French revolutionary leader and influential member of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror.
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D.
Antoine Barnave
Antoine Barnave was a prominent French revolutionary, lawyer, and orator who played a leading role in the early stages of the French Revolution and briefly advised King Louis XVI.
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E.
Jean-Marie Roland
Jean-Marie Roland was a prominent French statesman and leading figure of the moderate Girondin faction during the early years of the French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
founding father
ⓘ
head of state ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| allyOf |
Henri Christophe
ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Dessalines ⓘ Simón Bolívar ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | yellow fever ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
place names in Haiti
ⓘ
statues in Haiti ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
French colony of Saint-Domingue
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint-Domingue
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Haiti ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Haiti ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1770-04-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1818-03-29 ⓘ |
| describedAs | founding father of Haiti ⓘ |
| endTime | 1818-03-29 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | mulatto ⓘ |
| familyName |
Alexandre Pétion
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Pétion
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| founderOf | Republic of Haiti (southern state) ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexandre ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf |
Haiti
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Haiti
|
| headOfStateOf |
Republic of Haiti (southern state)
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Haiti
|
| languageSpoken |
French
ⓘ
Haitian Creole ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| movement | Haitian Revolution ⓘ |
| name | Alexandre Pétion self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being first president of the Republic of Haiti
ⓘ
leading role in Haitian Revolution ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership in the Haitian Revolution ⓘ |
| occupation |
soldier
ⓘ
statesman ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue
ⓘ
Napoleonic expedition to Saint-Domingue ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Haitian Revolution
ⓘ
Haitian Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
War of Haitian Independence
|
| placeOfBirth | Port-au-Prince ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Port-au-Prince ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of the Republic of Haiti
ⓘ
President of the Republic of Haiti (South) ⓘ |
| precededBy |
President of Haiti
ⓘ
surface form:
François Duvalier (as head of state of unified Haiti)?
|
| providedMilitaryAidTo | Simón Bolívar ⓘ |
| providedPoliticalAsylumTo | Simón Bolívar ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| requestedInExchange | abolition of slavery in liberated territories ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime | 1807-03-09 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Jean-Pierre Boyer ⓘ |
| supported | Latin American independence movements ⓘ |
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Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pétion