Jean-Nicolas Stofflet
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Jean-Nicolas Stofflet was a prominent royalist military leader and general during the French Revolutionary Wars, noted for his key role in the counter-revolutionary fighting in the Vendée region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jean-Nicolas Stofflet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5450306 — 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-Nicolas Stofflet Context triple: [Vendée uprising, commander, Jean-Nicolas Stofflet]
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A.
Eugène Beaudouin
Eugène Beaudouin was a prominent 20th-century French architect known for his influential modernist designs and major urban projects in Paris.
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B.
Marcellin Desboutin
Marcellin Desboutin was a 19th-century French painter and printmaker, closely associated with the Impressionists and known for his etched portraits of contemporary artists and writers.
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C.
Charles Beauquier
Charles Beauquier was a French politician and lawyer active in the Third Republic, known for his involvement in centrist republican politics and legislative work.
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D.
Émilien Jubineau
Émilien Jubineau is a French press freedom advocate best known as a founder of the international non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontières).
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E.
Henri Chrétien
Henri Chrétien was a French astronomer and optical engineer best known for co-developing the Ritchey–Chrétien telescope design and pioneering wide-angle optical systems.
- 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-Nicolas Stofflet Target entity description: Jean-Nicolas Stofflet was a prominent royalist military leader and general during the French Revolutionary Wars, noted for his key role in the counter-revolutionary fighting in the Vendée region.
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A.
Eugène Beaudouin
Eugène Beaudouin was a prominent 20th-century French architect known for his influential modernist designs and major urban projects in Paris.
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B.
Marcellin Desboutin
Marcellin Desboutin was a 19th-century French painter and printmaker, closely associated with the Impressionists and known for his etched portraits of contemporary artists and writers.
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C.
Charles Beauquier
Charles Beauquier was a French politician and lawyer active in the Third Republic, known for his involvement in centrist republican politics and legislative work.
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D.
Émilien Jubineau
Émilien Jubineau is a French press freedom advocate best known as a founder of the international non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontières).
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E.
Henri Chrétien
Henri Chrétien was a French astronomer and optical engineer best known for co-developing the Ritchey–Chrétien telescope design and pioneering wide-angle optical systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French royalist military leader
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human ⓘ |
| activeYears | French Revolutionary period ⓘ |
| allegiance | French monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution by firing squad ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1753-02-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1796-02-25 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Lorraine people ⓘ |
| familyName | Stofflet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foughtIn | counter-revolutionary campaigns in western France ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean-Nicolas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royalist insurgent forces in the Vendée ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| movement | French royalism ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
command in the Catholic and Royal Army of the Vendée
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participation in major Vendée uprisings against the Republic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
counter-revolutionary fighting in the Vendée
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role in the War in the Vendée ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership of royalist insurgents in the Vendée ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
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soldier ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
French First Republic
NERFINISHED
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Republican forces in the Vendée NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
French Revolutionary Wars
NERFINISHED
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War in the Vendée NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bathelémont-lès-Bauzemont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Angers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | general of the Catholic and Royal Army of the Vendée ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Royalist side in the War in the Vendée ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jean-Nicolas Stofflet Description of subject: Jean-Nicolas Stofflet was a prominent royalist military leader and general during the French Revolutionary Wars, noted for his key role in the counter-revolutionary fighting in the Vendée region.
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