Jean-Pierre Sauvage
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Jean-Pierre Sauvage is a French chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the design and synthesis of molecular machines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jean-Pierre Sauvage canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4702837 — 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-Pierre Sauvage Context triple: [Ben Feringa, sharedNobelPrizeWith, Jean-Pierre Sauvage]
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A.
Jean-Claude Perrin
Jean-Claude Perrin is a French former pole vaulter and athletics coach known for his contributions to French track and field.
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B.
Yves Chauvin
Yves Chauvin was a French chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanism of olefin metathesis reactions.
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C.
Jean-Thierry Perrin
Jean-Thierry Perrin is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Perrin.
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D.
Jean-Michel Perrin
Jean-Michel Perrin is a notable individual who bears the French surname Perrin, recognized enough to be specifically cited among its prominent holders.
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E.
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- 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-Pierre Sauvage Target entity description: Jean-Pierre Sauvage is a French chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the design and synthesis of molecular machines.
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A.
Jean-Claude Perrin
Jean-Claude Perrin is a French former pole vaulter and athletics coach known for his contributions to French track and field.
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B.
Yves Chauvin
Yves Chauvin was a French chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanism of olefin metathesis reactions.
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C.
Jean-Thierry Perrin
Jean-Thierry Perrin is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Perrin.
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D.
Jean-Michel Perrin
Jean-Michel Perrin is a notable individual who bears the French surname Perrin, recognized enough to be specifically cited among its prominent holders.
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E.
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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academic ⓘ chemist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
CNRS Gold Medal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Légion d'honneur NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-10-21 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Jean-Marie Lehn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Strasbourg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Strasbourg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
CNRS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Strasbourg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Sauvage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
ⓘ
coordination chemistry ⓘ molecular machines ⓘ supramolecular chemistry ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean-Pierre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicRank | professor ⓘ |
| knownFor |
catenanes
ⓘ
design of molecular machines ⓘ rotaxanes ⓘ synthesis of molecular machines ⓘ template-directed synthesis of interlocked molecules ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Academia Europaea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
French Academy of Sciences
|
| name | Jean-Pierre Sauvage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.category | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.motivation | for the design and synthesis of molecular machines ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.sharedWith |
Bernard L. Feringa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
J. Fraser Stoddart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.year | 2016 ⓘ |
| notableStudent | chemists in supramolecular chemistry community ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| publicationType | scientific articles ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
mechanically interlocked molecules
ⓘ
molecular switches ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Strasbourg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jean-Pierre Sauvage Description of subject: Jean-Pierre Sauvage is a French chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the design and synthesis of molecular machines.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.