Jean-François Marmontel
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Jean-François Marmontel was an 18th-century French historian, writer, and Encyclopédiste known for his moral tales and contributions to the Enlightenment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean-François Marmontel canonical | 3 |
| Marmontel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3118496 — 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: Jean-François Marmontel Context triple: [Collège d’Harcourt, educated, Jean-François Marmontel]
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A.
Vincent de Gournay
Vincent de Gournay was an 18th-century French economist and intendant of commerce known as an early advocate of economic liberalism and the phrase "laissez faire, laissez passer."
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B.
Jean-Jacques-Régis
Jean-Jacques-Régis is the given name of Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, a prominent French statesman and jurist during the French Revolution and Napoleonic era.
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C.
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was an 18th-century French playwright, watchmaker, and political figure best known for his satirical Figaro plays that helped shape pre-Revolutionary French theatre and society.
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D.
La Fontaine
La Fontaine is a residential neighborhood in the municipality of Chêne-Bougeries, located in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
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E.
Marc de La Bruyère
Marc de La Bruyère is a Canadian real estate investor and businessman best known as the husband of Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Stacy Schiff.
- 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: Jean-François Marmontel Target entity description: Jean-François Marmontel was an 18th-century French historian, writer, and Encyclopédiste known for his moral tales and contributions to the Enlightenment.
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A.
Vincent de Gournay
Vincent de Gournay was an 18th-century French economist and intendant of commerce known as an early advocate of economic liberalism and the phrase "laissez faire, laissez passer."
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B.
Jean-Jacques-Régis
Jean-Jacques-Régis is the given name of Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, a prominent French statesman and jurist during the French Revolution and Napoleonic era.
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C.
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was an 18th-century French playwright, watchmaker, and political figure best known for his satirical Figaro plays that helped shape pre-Revolutionary French theatre and society.
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D.
La Fontaine
La Fontaine is a residential neighborhood in the municipality of Chêne-Bougeries, located in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
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E.
Marc de La Bruyère
Marc de La Bruyère is a Canadian real estate investor and businessman best known as the husband of Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Stacy Schiff.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Encyclopédiste
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Enlightenment philosopher ⓘ French writer ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Encyclopédie
ⓘ
surface form:
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers
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| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1723-07-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1799-12-31 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Jesuit college in Clermont-Ferrand
ⓘ
Jesuit college in Mauriac ⓘ |
| employer | Encyclopédie ⓘ |
| familyName |
Jean-François Marmontel
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Marmontel
|
| genre |
drama
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historical fiction ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ moral tale ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean-François ⓘ |
| influenced | French Enlightenment thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Montesquieu
ⓘ
Voltaire ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | Académie française ⓘ |
| movement | Enlightenment ⓘ |
| name | Jean-François Marmontel self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableIdea | use of moral tales to promote Enlightenment values ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bélisaire
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Contes moraux ⓘ Les Incas, ou la destruction de l’Empire du Pérou ⓘ Éléments de littérature ⓘ |
| occupation |
dramatist
ⓘ
encyclopedist ⓘ historian ⓘ journalist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participantIn | French Enlightenment ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bort-les-Orgues
ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ Limousin ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Abloville
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France ⓘ near Évreux ⓘ |
| positionHeld | secrétaire perpétuel de l’Académie française ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
history
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literary theory ⓘ morality ⓘ toleration ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Jean-François Marmontel Description of subject: Jean-François Marmontel was an 18th-century French historian, writer, and Encyclopédiste known for his moral tales and contributions to the Enlightenment.
Referenced by (4)
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Marmontel