Pasquale Paoli
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Pasquale Paoli was an 18th-century Corsican patriot and statesman who led the island’s struggle for independence and inspired later democratic and nationalist movements in Europe.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pasquale Paoli canonical | 27 |
| Corsican patriot Pasquale Paoli | 1 |
| Filippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli | 1 |
| General of the Corsican Nation | 1 |
| Pasquale Paoli (early career) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T213531 — 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: Pasquale Paoli Context triple: [Corsicans, historicalLeader, Pasquale Paoli]
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A.
Carlo Buonaparte
Carlo Buonaparte was a Corsican lawyer and politician best known as the father of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
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B.
Cole Gioberti
Cole Gioberti is a central character in the 1980s American prime-time soap opera "Falcon Crest," known as a member of the Gioberti family entangled in the show's vineyard and family power struggles.
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C.
Louis Appia
Louis Appia was a 19th-century Swiss surgeon and humanitarian pioneer who helped establish the principles and institutions that became the modern Red Cross movement.
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D.
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Guillaume-Henri Dufour was a Swiss general, engineer, and humanitarian who co-founded the International Committee of the Red Cross and played a key role in modern Swiss military and civil infrastructure.
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E.
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle was a French army officer, engineer, and poet best known for writing the revolutionary song that became France’s national anthem.
- 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: Pasquale Paoli Target entity description: Pasquale Paoli was an 18th-century Corsican patriot and statesman who led the island’s struggle for independence and inspired later democratic and nationalist movements in Europe.
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A.
Carlo Buonaparte
Carlo Buonaparte was a Corsican lawyer and politician best known as the father of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
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B.
Cole Gioberti
Cole Gioberti is a central character in the 1980s American prime-time soap opera "Falcon Crest," known as a member of the Gioberti family entangled in the show's vineyard and family power struggles.
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C.
Louis Appia
Louis Appia was a 19th-century Swiss surgeon and humanitarian pioneer who helped establish the principles and institutions that became the modern Red Cross movement.
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D.
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Guillaume-Henri Dufour was a Swiss general, engineer, and humanitarian who co-founded the International Committee of the Red Cross and played a key role in modern Swiss military and civil infrastructure.
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E.
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle was a French army officer, engineer, and poet best known for writing the revolutionary song that became France’s national anthem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
military leader ⓘ patriot ⓘ politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1725-04-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Haute-Corse
ⓘ
surface form:
Stretta, Morosaglia, Corsica
|
| burialPlace |
Morosaglia, Corsica (reinterment)
ⓘ
Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form:
Westminster Abbey (initial burial)
|
| conflict |
resistance to French annexation of Corsica
ⓘ
struggle against the Republic of Genoa ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Corsica
ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1807-02-05 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| drafted | Corsican Constitution of 1755 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Naples ⓘ |
| era |
18th century
ⓘ
Age of Enlightenment ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Corsicans ⓘ |
| familyName |
Paoli, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
surface form:
Paoli
|
| father | Giacinto Paoli ⓘ |
| foughtIn | Corsican War of Independence ⓘ |
| fullName |
Pasquale Paoli
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Filippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli
|
| givenName | Pasquale ⓘ |
| influenced |
European liberal movements
ⓘ
nationalist movements in Europe ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Enlightenment political thought ⓘ |
| knownFor |
establishing an early democratic constitution in Corsica
ⓘ
inspiring later democratic and nationalist movements in Europe ⓘ leading Corsican struggle for independence from Genoa and France ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Corsican
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| movement |
Corsican nationalism
ⓘ
French Enlightenment ⓘ
surface form:
Enlightenment
|
| name | Pasquale Paoli self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage |
Corsican
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ |
| notableWork | Corsican Constitution of 1755 ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Pasquale Paoli
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
General of the Corsican Nation
President of the Council of State of Corsica ⓘ head of state of Corsica ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Haute-Corse
ⓘ
surface form:
Corte, Corsica
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pasquale Paoli Description of subject: Pasquale Paoli was an 18th-century Corsican patriot and statesman who led the island’s struggle for independence and inspired later democratic and nationalist movements in Europe.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pasquale Paoli (early career)
this entity surface form:
Filippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli
this entity surface form:
General of the Corsican Nation
this entity surface form:
Corsican patriot Pasquale Paoli