Félix Éboué
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Félix Éboué was a prominent French colonial administrator and Free French leader from French Guiana, noted for rallying African territories to Charles de Gaulle during World War II and becoming the first Black person buried in the Panthéon in Paris.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Félix Éboué canonical | 2 |
| Félix Adolphe Éboué | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4200981 — 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: Félix Éboué Context triple: [Brazzaville Conference, significantParticipant, Félix Éboué]
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A.
Blaise Diagne
Blaise Diagne was a pioneering Senegalese politician and statesman, notable as the first Black African elected to the French National Assembly and a key figure in early 20th-century West African political history.
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B.
Jean-Pierre Boyer
Jean-Pierre Boyer was a Haitian military and political leader who served as President of Haiti from 1818 to 1843 and oversaw the unification of the island of Hispaniola under Haitian rule.
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C.
Jacques Samossoud
Jacques Samossoud was a Russian-born conductor best known as the second husband of Clara Clemens, the daughter of author Mark Twain.
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D.
Léon Frapié
Léon Frapié was a French novelist and short story writer best known for his 1904 novel "La Maternelle," which won the Prix Goncourt.
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E.
Paul Doumer
Paul Doumer was a French statesman who served as Governor-General of French Indochina and later as President of France from 1931 until his assassination in 1932.
- 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: Félix Éboué Target entity description: Félix Éboué was a prominent French colonial administrator and Free French leader from French Guiana, noted for rallying African territories to Charles de Gaulle during World War II and becoming the first Black person buried in the Panthéon in Paris.
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A.
Blaise Diagne
Blaise Diagne was a pioneering Senegalese politician and statesman, notable as the first Black African elected to the French National Assembly and a key figure in early 20th-century West African political history.
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B.
Jean-Pierre Boyer
Jean-Pierre Boyer was a Haitian military and political leader who served as President of Haiti from 1818 to 1843 and oversaw the unification of the island of Hispaniola under Haitian rule.
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C.
Jacques Samossoud
Jacques Samossoud was a Russian-born conductor best known as the second husband of Clara Clemens, the daughter of author Mark Twain.
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D.
Léon Frapié
Léon Frapié was a French novelist and short story writer best known for his 1904 novel "La Maternelle," which won the Prix Goncourt.
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E.
Paul Doumer
Paul Doumer was a French statesman who served as Governor-General of French Indochina and later as President of France from 1931 until his assassination in 1932.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Free French leader
ⓘ
French colonial administrator ⓘ anti‑Vichy figure ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedGovernorOfChad | 1938 ⓘ |
| appointedGovernorOfGuadeloupe | 1936 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Panthéon, Paris ONNED1 ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Place Félix-Éboué, Paris
ⓘ
statues and monuments in France and French Guiana ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1884-12-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1944-05-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Lycée Montaigne (Bordeaux)
ⓘ
surface form:
Lycée de Bordeaux
École coloniale ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Afro-Caribbean ⓘ |
| fullName |
Félix Éboué
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Félix Adolphe Éboué
|
| hasChild |
Ginette Éboué
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yves Éboué ⓘ |
| honor |
Companion of the Liberation
ⓘ
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
|
| influenced | French colonial policy in Africa ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Early adherence of French Equatorial Africa to Free France
ⓘ
Rallying African territories to Charles de Gaulle during World War II ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| madeDeclarationForFreeFrance | 1940-08-26 ⓘ |
| memberOf | Free French Forces ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | First Black person buried in the Panthéon in Paris ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Advocacy of reforms in colonial administration
ⓘ
Symbol of Black participation in the French Resistance ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Rallying of French Equatorial Africa to Free France
ⓘ
surface form:
Rallying French Equatorial Africa to Free France
|
| occupation |
colonial administrator
ⓘ
governor ⓘ |
| opposed | Vichy regime ONNED1 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Cayenne
ⓘ
surface form:
Cayenne, French Guiana
|
| placeOfDeath |
Cairo
ⓘ
surface form:
Cairo, Egypt
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| positionHeld |
Governor of Chad
ⓘ
Governor of Guadeloupe ⓘ Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Eugénie Tell Éboué ⓘ |
| supported |
Charles de Gaulle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Free France ⓘ |
| yearOfPantheonization | 1949 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Félix Éboué Description of subject: Félix Éboué was a prominent French colonial administrator and Free French leader from French Guiana, noted for rallying African territories to Charles de Gaulle during World War II and becoming the first Black person buried in the Panthéon in Paris.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Félix Adolphe Éboué