Simon Bernard
E180473
Simon Bernard was a French military engineer and general who, after serving under Napoleon, became a key figure in designing coastal fortifications for the United States in the early 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simon Bernard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1585913 — 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: Simon Bernard Context triple: [Fort Monroe, Virginia, designedBy, Simon Bernard]
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A.
Bernard Sasia
Bernard Sasia is a French film editor known for his work on numerous acclaimed European films, including "Monsieur Ibrahim."
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B.
Henry Bernard
Henry Bernard was a prominent 20th-century French architect known for his modernist public buildings and influential role in postwar urban planning.
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C.
Mike Southon
Mike Southon is a British cinematographer known for his work on feature films, television, and commercials.
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D.
Philip Martiny
Philip Martiny was a French-born American sculptor known for his architectural and decorative sculptures on prominent U.S. public buildings and monuments in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Bernard
Bernard is a masculine given name of Old French and Germanic origin, historically borne by notable figures such as military leaders and saints.
- 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: Simon Bernard Target entity description: Simon Bernard was a French military engineer and general who, after serving under Napoleon, became a key figure in designing coastal fortifications for the United States in the early 19th century.
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A.
Bernard Sasia
Bernard Sasia is a French film editor known for his work on numerous acclaimed European films, including "Monsieur Ibrahim."
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B.
Henry Bernard
Henry Bernard was a prominent 20th-century French architect known for his modernist public buildings and influential role in postwar urban planning.
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C.
Mike Southon
Mike Southon is a British cinematographer known for his work on feature films, television, and commercials.
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D.
Philip Martiny
Philip Martiny was a French-born American sculptor known for his architectural and decorative sculptures on prominent U.S. public buildings and monuments in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Bernard
Bernard is a masculine given name of Old French and Germanic origin, historically borne by notable figures such as military leaders and saints.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French general
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human ⓘ military engineer ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | coastal fortification systems in the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| employer |
French Army
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United States Army ⓘ |
| era | early 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Bernard ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fortification design
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military engineering ⓘ |
| givenName | Simon ⓘ |
| influenced | United States coastal defense strategy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
French Army engineering corps
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surface form:
French Army engineers
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| notableFor | designing early 19th-century U.S. coastal defenses ⓘ |
| notableRole | key figure in U.S. Board of Engineers for coastal defenses ⓘ |
| notableWork | design of U.S. coastal fortifications ⓘ |
| occupation |
army officer
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general ⓘ military engineer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
engineer in service of the United States
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general in the French Army ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| workLocation |
France
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Simon Bernard Description of subject: Simon Bernard was a French military engineer and general who, after serving under Napoleon, became a key figure in designing coastal fortifications for the United States in the early 19th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.