Marshal Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d’Erlon
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Marshal Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d’Erlon was a prominent French military commander of the Napoleonic Wars who rose from humble origins to become a marshal of France and led corps in several major campaigns, including the Waterloo campaign.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marshal Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d’Erlon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7116433 — 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: Marshal Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d’Erlon Context triple: [Tyrolean Rebellion, opponentCommander, Marshal Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d’Erlon]
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A.
Nicolas Soult
Nicolas Soult was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic era, renowned for his strategic skill and key role in many of Napoleon’s major campaigns.
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B.
Emmanuel de Grouchy
Emmanuel de Grouchy was a French marshal of the Napoleonic era, best known for his controversial role in the Waterloo campaign.
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C.
François Christophe de Kellermann
François Christophe de Kellermann was a prominent French military commander and Marshal of France who played a key role in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, notably at the Battle of Valmy.
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D.
Louis-Nicolas Davout
Louis-Nicolas Davout was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic Wars, renowned for his strict discipline, tactical brilliance, and decisive victories against larger enemy forces.
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E.
Marshal Auguste de Marmont
Marshal Auguste de Marmont was a French Napoleonic general and marshal known for his campaigns in the Peninsular War and his controversial defection from Napoleon in 1814.
- 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: Marshal Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d’Erlon Target entity description: Marshal Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d’Erlon was a prominent French military commander of the Napoleonic Wars who rose from humble origins to become a marshal of France and led corps in several major campaigns, including the Waterloo campaign.
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A.
Nicolas Soult
Nicolas Soult was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic era, renowned for his strategic skill and key role in many of Napoleon’s major campaigns.
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B.
Emmanuel de Grouchy
Emmanuel de Grouchy was a French marshal of the Napoleonic era, best known for his controversial role in the Waterloo campaign.
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C.
François Christophe de Kellermann
François Christophe de Kellermann was a prominent French military commander and Marshal of France who played a key role in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, notably at the Battle of Valmy.
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D.
Louis-Nicolas Davout
Louis-Nicolas Davout was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic Wars, renowned for his strict discipline, tactical brilliance, and decisive victories against larger enemy forces.
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E.
Marshal Auguste de Marmont
Marshal Auguste de Marmont was a French Napoleonic general and marshal known for his campaigns in the Peninsular War and his controversial defection from Napoleon in 1814.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French military commander
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human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| allegiance |
First French Empire
NERFINISHED
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July Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of France (Bourbon Restoration) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
French Revolutionary Wars
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Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| decoratedWith | Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| familyName | Drouet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean-Baptiste NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
military officer
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soldier ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOfActivity |
Algeria
NERFINISHED
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Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
general
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marshal of France ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | comte d’Erlon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Austerlitz
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Jena–Auerstedt NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Ligny NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Quatre Bras NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Wagram NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ Peninsular War engagements ⓘ |
| notableCommanderOf | I Corps of the Armée du Nord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding a corps in the Waterloo campaign
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rising from enlisted ranks to marshal of France ⓘ service in the Peninsular War ⓘ |
| notableWork | command of I Corps in the Waterloo campaign ⓘ |
| partOf | Armée du Nord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Marshal of France
NERFINISHED
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governor of French Algeria ⓘ peer of France ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Louis XVIII of France
NERFINISHED
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Louis-Philippe I of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleon I of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialBackground | humble origins ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marshal Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d’Erlon Description of subject: Marshal Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d’Erlon was a prominent French military commander of the Napoleonic Wars who rose from humble origins to become a marshal of France and led corps in several major campaigns, including the Waterloo campaign.
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