Jean Reynier
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Jean Reynier was a French general of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, noted for his campaigns in Italy and service under Napoleon.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean Louis Ebénézer Reynier | 2 |
| Jean Reynier canonical | 2 |
| Jean-Louis Reynier | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7359393 — 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 Reynier Context triple: [French invasion of Naples (1806), commander, Jean Reynier]
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A.
François Dufrêne
François Dufrêne was a French avant-garde poet and visual artist associated with sound poetry and experimental practices within the Nouveau Réalisme movement.
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B.
Charles Barbaroux
Charles Barbaroux was a prominent French revolutionary politician and lawyer associated with the Girondin faction during the French Revolution.
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C.
Antoine Compagnon
Antoine Compagnon is a prominent French literary critic and scholar, renowned for his work on modern French literature and literary theory.
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D.
Edward Blaquiere
Edward Blaquiere was a prominent early 19th-century Irish naval officer and philhellene who actively supported and publicized the Greek War of Independence.
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E.
Jean Baptiste Richardville
Jean Baptiste Richardville was a prominent 19th-century Miami chief known for his role in treaty negotiations and efforts to protect his people's land and interests amid U.S. expansion.
- 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 Reynier Target entity description: Jean Reynier was a French general of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, noted for his campaigns in Italy and service under Napoleon.
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A.
François Dufrêne
François Dufrêne was a French avant-garde poet and visual artist associated with sound poetry and experimental practices within the Nouveau Réalisme movement.
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B.
Charles Barbaroux
Charles Barbaroux was a prominent French revolutionary politician and lawyer associated with the Girondin faction during the French Revolution.
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C.
Antoine Compagnon
Antoine Compagnon is a prominent French literary critic and scholar, renowned for his work on modern French literature and literary theory.
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D.
Edward Blaquiere
Edward Blaquiere was a prominent early 19th-century Irish naval officer and philhellene who actively supported and publicized the Greek War of Independence.
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E.
Jean Baptiste Richardville
Jean Baptiste Richardville was a prominent 19th-century Miami chief known for his role in treaty negotiations and efforts to protect his people's land and interests amid U.S. expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French general
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human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| employer |
First French Empire
NERFINISHED
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First French Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | military ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | General ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| movement |
French Revolutionary military campaigns
NERFINISHED
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Napoleonic military campaigns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
commanding troops in Italy
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service in major European campaigns ⓘ |
| notableFor |
campaigns in Italy
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leadership in Revolutionary and Napoleonic battles ⓘ service under Napoleon ⓘ |
| notableRole |
French general of the Napoleonic Wars
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French general of the Revolutionary Wars ⓘ |
| occupation | general ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
French Revolutionary Wars
NERFINISHED
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Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Jean Reynier Description of subject: Jean Reynier was a French general of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, noted for his campaigns in Italy and service under Napoleon.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jean Louis Ebénézer Reynier
this entity surface form:
Jean Louis Ebénézer Reynier
this entity surface form:
Jean-Louis Reynier