Pierre André de Suffren
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Pierre André de Suffren was an 18th-century French admiral renowned for his bold naval campaigns against the British during the American War of Independence and in the Indian Ocean.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pierre André de Suffren canonical | 4 |
| Admiral Pierre André de Suffren | 1 |
| Bailli de Suffren | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4602295 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pierre André de Suffren Context triple: [Order of Saint Louis, notableRecipient, Pierre André de Suffren]
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A.
François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers
François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers was a French admiral of the Revolutionary era, best known for commanding the French fleet that was defeated by Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile in 1798.
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B.
Admiral Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran
Admiral Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran was an 18th-century French naval officer best known for commanding the French fleet defeated by the British at the Battle of Lagos during the Seven Years' War.
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C.
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois was a French naval officer and admiral of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, noted for his command of squadrons in the Indian Ocean and his engagements against British forces.
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D.
Jean de la Garde
Jean de la Garde was a military commander known for leading forces against the Spanish during the Eighty Years' War, notably at the 1579 siege of Maastricht.
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E.
François Joseph Paul de Grasse
François Joseph Paul de Grasse was a French admiral whose decisive naval victory in the American Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of the Chesapeake, helped secure the British surrender at Yorktown.
- 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: Pierre André de Suffren Target entity description: Pierre André de Suffren was an 18th-century French admiral renowned for his bold naval campaigns against the British during the American War of Independence and in the Indian Ocean.
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A.
François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers
François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers was a French admiral of the Revolutionary era, best known for commanding the French fleet that was defeated by Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile in 1798.
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B.
Admiral Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran
Admiral Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran was an 18th-century French naval officer best known for commanding the French fleet defeated by the British at the Battle of Lagos during the Seven Years' War.
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C.
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois was a French naval officer and admiral of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, noted for his command of squadrons in the Indian Ocean and his engagements against British forces.
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D.
Jean de la Garde
Jean de la Garde was a military commander known for leading forces against the Spanish during the Eighty Years' War, notably at the 1579 siege of Maastricht.
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E.
François Joseph Paul de Grasse
François Joseph Paul de Grasse was a French admiral whose decisive naval victory in the American Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of the Chesapeake, helped secure the British surrender at Yorktown.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French admiral
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human ⓘ naval commander ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kingdom of France
NERFINISHED
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Provence NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Cannat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanded | French squadron in the Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| conflict |
American War of Independence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anglo-French War (1778–1783) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fourth Anglo-Dutch War NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ War of the Austrian Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1729-07-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1788-12-08 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| familyName | de Suffren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
André
NERFINISHED
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Pierre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPartInTheNameOf |
French cruiser Suffren
NERFINISHED
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Suffren-class cruiser NERFINISHED ⓘ Suffren-class submarine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Bailli of the Order of Malta ⓘ |
| knownFor |
aggressive naval tactics
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campaigns against the British in the Indian Ocean ⓘ service during the American War of Independence ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of Saint John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname |
le Bailli de Suffren
NERFINISHED
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l’Amiral Satan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Bailli de Suffren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Cuddalore (1783)
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Negapatam (1782) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Porto Praya NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Providien NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Sadras NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Trincomalee (1782) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
naval campaigns during the American War of Independence
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naval campaigns in the Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
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naval officer ⓘ |
| opponent | Sir Edward Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | Vice-amiral ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| servedOn |
French ship Fantasque
NERFINISHED
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French ship Héros NERFINISHED ⓘ French ship Palmier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Pierre André de Suffren Description of subject: Pierre André de Suffren was an 18th-century French admiral renowned for his bold naval campaigns against the British during the American War of Independence and in the Indian Ocean.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bailli de Suffren
this entity surface form:
Admiral Pierre André de Suffren