Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat
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Enlightenment thinker
French nobleman
advocate of human rights
advocate of liberal democracy
human
mathematician
philosopher
politician
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, better known as the Marquis de Condorcet, was an 18th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and early advocate of liberal democracy and human rights.
All labels observed (1)
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| Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat Context triple: [Marquis de Condorcet, name, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat]
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Alexandre de Beauharnais
Alexandre de Beauharnais was a French aristocrat, general, and politician of the Revolutionary era who became the first husband of Joséphine, later Empress of France.
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Pierre-Claude-François Daunou
Pierre-Claude-François Daunou was a French statesman, historian, and constitutional theorist who played a prominent role in shaping political institutions during the French Revolution and Napoleonic era.
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C.
Étienne-Louis
Étienne-Louis is a French given name most famously borne by the visionary neoclassical architect Étienne-Louis Boullée.
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Anne-Robert-Jacques
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot was an 18th-century French economist and statesman known for his early advocacy of economic liberalism and his reforms as Controller-General of Finances under Louis XVI.
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E.
Jean-Étienne-Marie
Jean-Étienne-Marie is the given name of Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis, a prominent French jurist and statesman known as one of the principal drafters of the Napoleonic Civil Code.
- 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: Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat Target entity description: Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, better known as the Marquis de Condorcet, was an 18th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and early advocate of liberal democracy and human rights.
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A.
Alexandre de Beauharnais
Alexandre de Beauharnais was a French aristocrat, general, and politician of the Revolutionary era who became the first husband of Joséphine, later Empress of France.
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B.
Pierre-Claude-François Daunou
Pierre-Claude-François Daunou was a French statesman, historian, and constitutional theorist who played a prominent role in shaping political institutions during the French Revolution and Napoleonic era.
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C.
Étienne-Louis
Étienne-Louis is a French given name most famously borne by the visionary neoclassical architect Étienne-Louis Boullée.
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D.
Anne-Robert-Jacques
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot was an 18th-century French economist and statesman known for his early advocacy of economic liberalism and his reforms as Controller-General of Finances under Louis XVI.
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E.
Jean-Étienne-Marie
Jean-Étienne-Marie is the given name of Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis, a prominent French jurist and statesman known as one of the principal drafters of the Napoleonic Civil Code.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Enlightenment thinker
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French nobleman ⓘ advocate of human rights ⓘ advocate of liberal democracy ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Marquis de Condorcet
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Marquis de Condorcet ⓘ
surface form:
Nicolas de Condorcet
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| birthDate | 1743-09-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Ribemont, France
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surface form:
Ribemont, Picardy, France
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| causeOfDeath | uncertain (suicide or murder in prison) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1794-03-29 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Bourg-la-Reine, France ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Collège de Navarre ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mathematics
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philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ probability theory ⓘ social choice theory ⓘ |
| ideology |
liberalism
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republicanism ⓘ |
| influenced |
liberal political philosophy
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modern voting theory ⓘ social choice theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Jean d’Alembert
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surface form:
Jean le Rond d’Alembert
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ Voltaire ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Condorcet method in voting theory
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Condorcet paradox in social choice theory ⓘ advocacy of abolition of slavery ⓘ advocacy of women’s rights ⓘ theory of progress of the human mind ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie française
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Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
Académie royale des sciences
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| movement |
Age of Enlightenment
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French Enlightenment ⓘ |
| name | Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain
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Essai sur l’application de l’analyse à la probabilité des décisions rendues à la pluralité des voix ⓘ Réflexions sur l’esclavage des nègres ⓘ |
| opposed |
absolute monarchy
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slavery ⓘ |
| participatedIn | French Revolution ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
member of the Legislative Assembly of France
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member of the National Convention of France ⓘ perpetual secretary of the Académie royale des sciences ⓘ |
| spouse | Sophie de Grouchy ⓘ |
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