Alexander von Bournonville
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Alexander von Bournonville was a 17th-century Flemish nobleman and general who served the Habsburgs in several major European conflicts, including the Franco-Dutch War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander von Bournonville canonical | 2 |
| von Bournonville | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7812428 — 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: Alexander von Bournonville Context triple: [Winter campaign of 1674–1675 in Alsace, opponentCommander, Alexander von Bournonville]
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Alexander von Bournonville
Alexander von Bournonville was a 17th-century French nobleman and military commander who served as a marshal of France and led royal forces in several major battles of the Franco-Dutch War.
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Marie-Françoise de Bournonville
Marie-Françoise de Bournonville was a French noblewoman best known as the mother of Adrien Maurice de Noailles, a prominent 18th-century marshal and statesman.
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Marius Petipa
Marius Petipa was a seminal 19th-century ballet master and choreographer whose work helped define the classical ballet repertoire, including major contributions to Tchaikovsky’s ballets.
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Marie Petipa
Marie Petipa was a Russian ballerina of the late 19th century, known for originating the role of the Lilac Fairy in Marius Petipa’s landmark ballet "The Sleeping Beauty."
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Alexei Ratmansky
Alexei Ratmansky is a renowned contemporary ballet choreographer and former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, celebrated for his innovative reimaginings of classical works and widely commissioned by leading companies worldwide.
- 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: Alexander von Bournonville Target entity description: Alexander von Bournonville was a 17th-century Flemish nobleman and general who served the Habsburgs in several major European conflicts, including the Franco-Dutch War.
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A.
Alexander von Bournonville
Alexander von Bournonville was a 17th-century French nobleman and military commander who served as a marshal of France and led royal forces in several major battles of the Franco-Dutch War.
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B.
Marie-Françoise de Bournonville
Marie-Françoise de Bournonville was a French noblewoman best known as the mother of Adrien Maurice de Noailles, a prominent 18th-century marshal and statesman.
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C.
Marius Petipa
Marius Petipa was a seminal 19th-century ballet master and choreographer whose work helped define the classical ballet repertoire, including major contributions to Tchaikovsky’s ballets.
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D.
Marie Petipa
Marie Petipa was a Russian ballerina of the late 19th century, known for originating the role of the Lilac Fairy in Marius Petipa’s landmark ballet "The Sleeping Beauty."
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E.
Alexei Ratmansky
Alexei Ratmansky is a renowned contemporary ballet choreographer and former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, celebrated for his innovative reimaginings of classical works and widely commissioned by leading companies worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Flemish person
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human ⓘ military commander ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| allegiance | Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitle | nobleman ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Spanish Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Flemish ⓘ |
| familyName | von Bournonville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexander ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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French ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Habsburg army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Bournonville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | service as a general for the Habsburgs in major European conflicts ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
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noble ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
17th-century European wars
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Franco-Dutch War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Alexander von Bournonville Description of subject: Alexander von Bournonville was a 17th-century Flemish nobleman and general who served the Habsburgs in several major European conflicts, including the Franco-Dutch War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
von Bournonville