Patrice de MacMahon
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Patrice de MacMahon was a 19th-century French army marshal and conservative statesman who served as President of the French Third Republic from 1873 to 1879.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patrice de MacMahon canonical | 17 |
| Marshal Patrice de MacMahon | 4 |
| Marie Armand Patrice de MacMahon | 1 |
| Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon | 1 |
| Marquis de MacMahon | 1 |
| Patrice de MacMahon, duc de Magenta | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T661483 — 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: Patrice de MacMahon Context triple: [1878 Exposition Universelle, headOfStateAtOpening, Patrice de MacMahon]
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A.
François Certain Canrobert
François Certain Canrobert was a 19th-century French Army marshal who gained prominence for leading French forces during the Crimean War.
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B.
Ferdinand Foch
Ferdinand Foch was a French general who served as Supreme Allied Commander during the final phase of World War I and played a key role in securing the Allied victory.
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C.
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny was a prominent French Army general of World War II who became one of France’s most celebrated military leaders and represented the country at the German Instrument of Surrender in 1945.
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D.
Maurice Gamelin
Maurice Gamelin was a French army general who served as commander-in-chief of the French forces at the outset of World War II and is often associated with France’s rapid defeat in 1940.
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E.
Alphonse Juin
Alphonse Juin was a French Army general and Marshal of France renowned for his leadership of French Expeditionary Corps in Italy during World War II.
- 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: Patrice de MacMahon Target entity description: Patrice de MacMahon was a 19th-century French army marshal and conservative statesman who served as President of the French Third Republic from 1873 to 1879.
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A.
François Certain Canrobert
François Certain Canrobert was a 19th-century French Army marshal who gained prominence for leading French forces during the Crimean War.
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B.
Ferdinand Foch
Ferdinand Foch was a French general who served as Supreme Allied Commander during the final phase of World War I and played a key role in securing the Allied victory.
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C.
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny was a prominent French Army general of World War II who became one of France’s most celebrated military leaders and represented the country at the German Instrument of Surrender in 1945.
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D.
Maurice Gamelin
Maurice Gamelin was a French army general who served as commander-in-chief of the French forces at the outset of World War II and is often associated with France’s rapid defeat in 1940.
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E.
Alphonse Juin
Alphonse Juin was a French Army general and Marshal of France renowned for his leadership of French Expeditionary Corps in Italy during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French general
ⓘ
French politician ⓘ President of France ⓘ human ⓘ marshal of France ⓘ |
| allegiance | France ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur
ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Medal of the Crimean War ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1808-07-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Sully, Saône-et-Loire, France ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Hôtel des Invalides
ⓘ
surface form:
Cathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides, Paris
|
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1893-10-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Montcresson, Loiret, France ⓘ |
| education |
École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
ⓘ
surface form:
Special Military School of Saint-Cyr
|
| era |
French Third Republic
ⓘ
Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form:
Second French Empire
|
| ethnicOrigin | Irish descent ⓘ |
| familyName | MacMahon ⓘ |
| fullName |
Patrice de MacMahon
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon
|
| givenName | Patrice ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Duc de Magenta ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Marshal of France ⓘ |
| monarchDuringOffice | none (French Third Republic) ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle of Magenta
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Crimean War ⓘ Franco-Prussian War ⓘ Seize Mai crisis ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading conservative opposition to republican radicals in the early Third Republic
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victory at the Battle of Magenta in 1859 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Suppression of the Paris Commune ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| officeEnd | President of the French Republic:1879-01-30 ⓘ |
| officeStart | President of the French Republic:1873-05-24 ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
conservatism
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monarchism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief of the Executive Power of the French Republic
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Duc de Magenta ⓘ
surface form:
Duke of Magenta
President of the French Republic ⓘ Senator for life of France ⓘ |
| precededBy | Adolphe Thiers ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Élisabeth de MacMahon ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Jules Grévy ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Patrice de MacMahon Description of subject: Patrice de MacMahon was a 19th-century French army marshal and conservative statesman who served as President of the French Third Republic from 1873 to 1879.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Marshal Patrice de MacMahon
this entity surface form:
Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon
this entity surface form:
Marshal Patrice de MacMahon
this entity surface form:
Marshal Patrice de MacMahon
this entity surface form:
Marshal Patrice de MacMahon
this entity surface form:
Marquis de MacMahon
this entity surface form:
Marie Armand Patrice de MacMahon
this entity surface form:
Patrice de MacMahon, duc de Magenta
subject surface form:
Sully, Saône-et-Loire
subject surface form:
Sully, Saône-et-Loire