Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty
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Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty was a prominent French cavalry general of the Napoleonic Wars, renowned for his leadership of the Imperial Guard cavalry in numerous major campaigns.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7084569 — 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: Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty Context triple: [Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube, combatantCommander, Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty]
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A.
Charles Rohault de Fleury
Charles Rohault de Fleury was a 19th-century French architect and archaeologist known for his work on Parisian theaters and his scholarly studies of Christian monuments.
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B.
Louis-Nicolas d’Avout
Louis-Nicolas d’Avout was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic era, renowned for his strict discipline, tactical brilliance, and decisive victories such as the Battle of Auerstädt.
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C.
Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin
Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin was a prominent French neoclassical architect best known for designing Paris’s Arc de Triomphe.
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D.
Jean-Baptiste Baille
Jean-Baptiste Baille was a 19th-century French physicist and close friend of Paul Cézanne and Émile Zola, known for his contributions to optics and his role in the intellectual circle of Aix-en-Provence.
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E.
Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle
Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle was a young French monarchist and resistance fighter best known for assassinating Admiral François Darlan in Algiers in 1942 during World War II.
- 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: Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty Target entity description: Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty was a prominent French cavalry general of the Napoleonic Wars, renowned for his leadership of the Imperial Guard cavalry in numerous major campaigns.
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A.
Charles Rohault de Fleury
Charles Rohault de Fleury was a 19th-century French architect and archaeologist known for his work on Parisian theaters and his scholarly studies of Christian monuments.
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B.
Louis-Nicolas d’Avout
Louis-Nicolas d’Avout was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic era, renowned for his strict discipline, tactical brilliance, and decisive victories such as the Battle of Auerstädt.
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C.
Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin
Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin was a prominent French neoclassical architect best known for designing Paris’s Arc de Triomphe.
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D.
Jean-Baptiste Baille
Jean-Baptiste Baille was a 19th-century French physicist and close friend of Paul Cézanne and Émile Zola, known for his contributions to optics and his role in the intellectual circle of Aix-en-Provence.
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E.
Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle
Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle was a young French monarchist and resistance fighter best known for assassinating Admiral François Darlan in Algiers in 1942 during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French general
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person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
First French Empire
NERFINISHED
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France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Order of the Iron Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
French invasion of Russia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ War of the Fifth Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the Fourth Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the Sixth Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the Third Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| era | Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| familyName | Champion de Nansouty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Étienne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Count of the Empire ⓘ |
| hasPartInName | de Nansouty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | First French Empire military elite ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
French Army
NERFINISHED
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cavalry ⓘ |
| militarySpecialty | heavy cavalry tactics ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Austerlitz
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Borodino NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Hanau NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Wagram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding Imperial Guard cavalry
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service in the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| notableStudentOrSubordinate | officers of the Imperial Guard cavalry ⓘ |
| notedFor |
careful battlefield management
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effective use of shock cavalry charges ⓘ strict discipline ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
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military leader ⓘ |
| partOf |
Grande Armée
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Imperial Guard cavalry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
cavalry corps commander
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commander of Imperial Guard heavy cavalry ⓘ |
| rank | general of division ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Napoleon I of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty Description of subject: Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty was a prominent French cavalry general of the Napoleonic Wars, renowned for his leadership of the Imperial Guard cavalry in numerous major campaigns.
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