Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley
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Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley was a French naval officer of the Napoleonic era, best known for commanding a squadron that escaped Trafalgar but was later defeated and captured at the Battle of Cape Ortegal in 1805.
All labels observed (1)
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| Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7359259 — 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: Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley Context triple: [Battle of Cape Ortegal, combatantCommander (French), Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley]
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Maurice Gamelin
Maurice Gamelin was a French army general who served as commander-in-chief of the French forces at the outset of World War II and is often associated with France’s rapid defeat in 1940.
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Joseph de Villèle
Joseph de Villèle was a prominent ultra-royalist French statesman who served as prime minister under King Louis XVIII and Charles X during the Bourbon Restoration.
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François Darlan
François Darlan was a French admiral and Vichy regime leader who briefly aligned with the Allies in North Africa during World War II before his assassination in 1942.
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D.
Maxime Weygand
Maxime Weygand was a French army general best known for briefly commanding French forces during the Battle of France in 1940 and later serving in the Vichy regime.
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Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny was a prominent French Army general of World War II who became one of France’s most celebrated military leaders and represented the country at the German Instrument of Surrender in 1945.
- 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: Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley Target entity description: Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley was a French naval officer of the Napoleonic era, best known for commanding a squadron that escaped Trafalgar but was later defeated and captured at the Battle of Cape Ortegal in 1805.
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A.
Maurice Gamelin
Maurice Gamelin was a French army general who served as commander-in-chief of the French forces at the outset of World War II and is often associated with France’s rapid defeat in 1940.
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B.
Joseph de Villèle
Joseph de Villèle was a prominent ultra-royalist French statesman who served as prime minister under King Louis XVIII and Charles X during the Bourbon Restoration.
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C.
François Darlan
François Darlan was a French admiral and Vichy regime leader who briefly aligned with the Allies in North Africa during World War II before his assassination in 1942.
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D.
Maxime Weygand
Maxime Weygand was a French army general best known for briefly commanding French forces during the Battle of France in 1940 and later serving in the Vichy regime.
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E.
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny was a prominent French Army general of World War II who became one of France’s most celebrated military leaders and represented the country at the German Instrument of Surrender in 1945.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French naval officer
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human ⓘ rear admiral ⓘ |
| allegiance |
First French Empire
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| capturedAt | Battle of Cape Ortegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanded | French squadron at Trafalgar ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1770 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1829 ⓘ |
| era | Napoleonic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | War of the Third Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding a French squadron at the Battle of Trafalgar
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defeat and capture at the Battle of Cape Ortegal in 1805 ⓘ escape from the Battle of Trafalgar with part of the combined fleet ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Royal Navy squadron under Sir Richard Strachan at Cape Ortegal
NERFINISHED
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Royal Navy under Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Navy under Admiral Horatio Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Cape Ortegal
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Trafalgar NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| partOf | combined Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Granville, Manche, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Granville, Manche, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | contre-amiral ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Napoleon I of France
NERFINISHED
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Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceStart | French Revolutionary period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley Description of subject: Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley was a French naval officer of the Napoleonic era, best known for commanding a squadron that escaped Trafalgar but was later defeated and captured at the Battle of Cape Ortegal in 1805.
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