Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure
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Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure was a Swiss linguist whose ideas laid the foundations for modern structural linguistics and semiotics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7631553 — 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: Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure Context triple: [Ferdinand de Saussure, fullName, Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure]
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A.
Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure
Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure was a 19th-century Swiss entomologist and mineralogist known for his extensive taxonomic work on insects, particularly Hymenoptera and Orthoptera.
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B.
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy was a 17th-century French Jansenist theologian and Bible translator best known for his influential French translation of the Scriptures, often called the Port-Royal Bible.
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C.
Anaïs de Saussure
Anaïs de Saussure was a 19th-century Swiss woman from the notable de Saussure family, known primarily as the wife of botanist Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle.
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D.
Alain Cuny
Alain Cuny was a French actor known for his intense screen presence and collaborations with major European directors in mid-20th-century cinema.
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E.
Edmond Duranty
Edmond Duranty was a 19th-century French novelist and influential art critic closely associated with the early Impressionist movement.
- 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: Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure Target entity description: Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure was a Swiss linguist whose ideas laid the foundations for modern structural linguistics and semiotics.
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A.
Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure
Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure was a 19th-century Swiss entomologist and mineralogist known for his extensive taxonomic work on insects, particularly Hymenoptera and Orthoptera.
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B.
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy was a 17th-century French Jansenist theologian and Bible translator best known for his influential French translation of the Scriptures, often called the Port-Royal Bible.
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C.
Anaïs de Saussure
Anaïs de Saussure was a 19th-century Swiss woman from the notable de Saussure family, known primarily as the wife of botanist Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle.
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D.
Alain Cuny
Alain Cuny was a French actor known for his intense screen presence and collaborations with major European directors in mid-20th-century cinema.
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E.
Edmond Duranty
Edmond Duranty was a 19th-century French novelist and influential art critic closely associated with the early Impressionist movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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linguist ⓘ semiotician ⓘ |
| citizenship | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1857-11-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1913-02-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
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surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Leipzig ⓘ |
| employer | University of Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | de Saussure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
linguistics
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philology ⓘ semiotics ⓘ |
| fullName | Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Ferdinand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Claude Lévi-Strauss
NERFINISHED
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Louis Hjelmslev NERFINISHED ⓘ Prague linguistic circle NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland Barthes NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Jakobson NERFINISHED ⓘ structuralism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Course in General Linguistics
NERFINISHED
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founding modern semiotics ⓘ founding structural linguistics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | Geneva School of linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Geneva School of linguistics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
structuralism ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableIdea | language as a system of differences without positive terms ⓘ |
| notableWork | Cours de linguistique générale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Vufflens-le-Château NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied |
Indo-European languages
NERFINISHED
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comparative linguistics ⓘ |
| taughtSubject |
Indo-European linguistics
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general linguistics ⓘ |
| theorized |
arbitrariness of the sign
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concept of linguistic sign ⓘ diachronic linguistics ⓘ distinction between langue and parole ⓘ signifier and signified ⓘ synchronic linguistics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure Description of subject: Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure was a Swiss linguist whose ideas laid the foundations for modern structural linguistics and semiotics.
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