Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
E98593
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy was a French Army officer later exposed as the real author of the treasonous documents wrongly attributed to Alfred Dreyfus, making him a central figure in the Dreyfus affair.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy canonical | 3 |
| Charles-Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T736184 — 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 Walsin Esterhazy Context triple: [Dreyfus affair, involves, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy]
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A.
Count Ludwig von Cobenzl
Count Ludwig von Cobenzl was an Austrian diplomat and statesman of the late 18th century who played a key role in Habsburg foreign policy during the wars of the French Revolution.
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B.
Jacques Ignace Hittorff
Jacques Ignace Hittorff was a 19th-century German-born French architect and urban planner known for his major contributions to Parisian architecture and city design, including prominent public buildings and squares.
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C.
Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons
Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons was a 17th-century French nobleman and military commander of the House of Savoy, notable as the father of the famed general Prince Eugene of Savoy.
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D.
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg was an Austrian field marshal best known for leading the coalition forces against Napoleon, including commanding the Allied army at the decisive Battle of Leipzig.
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E.
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz was an influential 18th-century Austrian statesman and diplomat who served as Maria Theresa’s chief minister and architect of Habsburg foreign policy.
- 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 Walsin Esterhazy Target entity description: Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy was a French Army officer later exposed as the real author of the treasonous documents wrongly attributed to Alfred Dreyfus, making him a central figure in the Dreyfus affair.
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A.
Count Ludwig von Cobenzl
Count Ludwig von Cobenzl was an Austrian diplomat and statesman of the late 18th century who played a key role in Habsburg foreign policy during the wars of the French Revolution.
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B.
Jacques Ignace Hittorff
Jacques Ignace Hittorff was a 19th-century German-born French architect and urban planner known for his major contributions to Parisian architecture and city design, including prominent public buildings and squares.
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C.
Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons
Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons was a 17th-century French nobleman and military commander of the House of Savoy, notable as the father of the famed general Prince Eugene of Savoy.
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D.
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg was an Austrian field marshal best known for leading the coalition forces against Napoleon, including commanding the Allied army at the decisive Battle of Leipzig.
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E.
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz was an influential 18th-century Austrian statesman and diplomat who served as Maria Theresa’s chief minister and architect of Habsburg foreign policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French Army officer
ⓘ
central figure in the Dreyfus affair ⓘ human ⓘ spy ⓘ |
| accusedOf | treason ⓘ |
| allegiance | France ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French General Staff
ⓘ
anti-Dreyfusard movement ⓘ |
| benefitedFrom | anti-Dreyfusard support in the French Army high command ⓘ |
| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1847-12-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | exposure as the real traitor in the Dreyfus affair ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| courtMartialed | 1898 ⓘ |
| courtMartialOutcome | acquitted ⓘ |
| deathCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1923-05-21 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Harpenden ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Hungarian noble descent ⓘ |
| familyName |
Esterházy family
ⓘ
surface form:
Esterhazy
|
| fledTo | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Ferdinand ⓘ |
| involvedIn | French Third Republic political scandals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the real author of the treasonous documents attributed to Alfred Dreyfus
ⓘ
role in the Dreyfus affair ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| laterReputation | symbol of miscarriage of justice in the Dreyfus affair ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Dreyfus affair ⓘ |
| notableWork | authorship of the bordereau in the Dreyfus affair ⓘ |
| occupation |
intelligence agent
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| relative |
Esterházy family
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Esterházy
|
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Harpenden ⓘ |
| servedIn | Franco-Prussian War ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1898 ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 1869 ⓘ |
| spiedFor | German Empire ⓘ |
| usedAlias | Jean de Voilemont ⓘ |
| wroteDocument | bordereau ⓘ |
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: Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy Description of subject: Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy was a French Army officer later exposed as the real author of the treasonous documents wrongly attributed to Alfred Dreyfus, making him a central figure in the Dreyfus affair.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Charles-Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy