René-François Dumas
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René-François Dumas was a French revolutionary lawyer and politician who became a prominent and feared figure during the Reign of Terror before being executed after the fall of Robespierre.
All labels observed (1)
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| René-François Dumas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5106137 — 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: René-François Dumas Context triple: [Revolutionary Tribunal, president, René-François Dumas]
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A.
François Marie Daudin
François Marie Daudin was a French zoologist and herpetologist known for his pioneering taxonomic work on reptiles and amphibians in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
Armand Petitjean
Armand Petitjean was a French perfumer and entrepreneur best known for creating the luxury cosmetics and fragrance brand Lancôme in the 1930s.
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C.
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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D.
Théodore Maunoir
Théodore Maunoir was a Swiss physician and humanitarian who was one of the key co-founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the 19th century.
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E.
Hippolyte Durand-Gasselin
Hippolyte Durand-Gasselin was a 19th-century French architect best known for designing the Passage Pommeraye in Nantes, a celebrated covered shopping arcade.
- 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: René-François Dumas Target entity description: René-François Dumas was a French revolutionary lawyer and politician who became a prominent and feared figure during the Reign of Terror before being executed after the fall of Robespierre.
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A.
François Marie Daudin
François Marie Daudin was a French zoologist and herpetologist known for his pioneering taxonomic work on reptiles and amphibians in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
Armand Petitjean
Armand Petitjean was a French perfumer and entrepreneur best known for creating the luxury cosmetics and fragrance brand Lancôme in the 1930s.
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C.
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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D.
Théodore Maunoir
Théodore Maunoir was a Swiss physician and humanitarian who was one of the key co-founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the 19th century.
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E.
Hippolyte Durand-Gasselin
Hippolyte Durand-Gasselin was a 19th-century French architect best known for designing the Passage Pommeraye in Nantes, a celebrated covered shopping arcade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French politician
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human ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| activeDuring | French First Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| closeAllyOf | Maximilien Robespierre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convictedOf | counter-revolutionary activities ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1753-12-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1794-07-28 ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| executedDuring | Thermidorian Reaction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executedOnSameDayAs |
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maximilien Robespierre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Dumas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | René-François NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Reign of Terror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
harsh conduct of political trials
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zealous support of the Terror ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by guillotine ⓘ |
| memberOf | Revolutionary Tribunal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor | role during the Reign of Terror ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Reign of Terror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | radical Jacobin network ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
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Jura NERFINISHED ⓘ Lons-le-Saunier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Montagnard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of the Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn |
Jura
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Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasArrestedAfter | fall of Robespierre ⓘ |
| wasPresidentOf | Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasTriedBy | Revolutionary Tribunal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: René-François Dumas Description of subject: René-François Dumas was a French revolutionary lawyer and politician who became a prominent and feared figure during the Reign of Terror before being executed after the fall of Robespierre.
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