Dufour
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Dufour is a Swiss surname most notably associated with Guillaume-Henri Dufour, a prominent 19th-century general, engineer, and cartographer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dufour canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T790652 — 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: Dufour Context triple: [Guillaume-Henri Dufour, familyName, Dufour]
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A.
Aiguilles de Chamonix
Aiguilles de Chamonix are a dramatic cluster of sharp granite peaks in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, renowned worldwide for alpine climbing and mountaineering.
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B.
Aiguille Verte
Aiguille Verte is a prominent and challenging 4,122-meter peak in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, renowned among mountaineers for its steep faces and classic alpine routes.
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C.
Aiguille du Dru
Aiguille du Dru is a striking granite peak in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, famed among climbers for its steep faces and challenging routes.
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D.
Glacier de Taconnaz
Glacier de Taconnaz is a major Alpine glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its steep icefalls and proximity to the Chamonix valley.
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E.
Glacier des Bossons
Glacier des Bossons is a prominent valley glacier on the French side of the Mont Blanc massif, known for descending close to the Chamonix valley and being one of the most visible glaciers in the Alps.
- 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: Dufour Target entity description: Dufour is a Swiss surname most notably associated with Guillaume-Henri Dufour, a prominent 19th-century general, engineer, and cartographer.
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A.
Aiguilles de Chamonix
Aiguilles de Chamonix are a dramatic cluster of sharp granite peaks in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, renowned worldwide for alpine climbing and mountaineering.
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B.
Aiguille Verte
Aiguille Verte is a prominent and challenging 4,122-meter peak in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, renowned among mountaineers for its steep faces and classic alpine routes.
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C.
Aiguille du Dru
Aiguille du Dru is a striking granite peak in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, famed among climbers for its steep faces and challenging routes.
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D.
Glacier de Taconnaz
Glacier de Taconnaz is a major Alpine glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its steep icefalls and proximity to the Chamonix valley.
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E.
Glacier des Bossons
Glacier des Bossons is a prominent valley glacier on the French side of the Mont Blanc massif, known for descending close to the Chamonix valley and being one of the most visible glaciers in the Alps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ mountain peak ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| category |
French-language surnames
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Swiss surnames ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| etymologicalLanguage | Old French ⓘ |
| familyName |
Dufour
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Dufour ⓘ Dufour ⓘ Dufour ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartography
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engineering ⓘ military ⓘ |
| givenName | Guillaume-Henri ⓘ |
| hasDerivedForm | Dufourspitze ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Charles Dufour
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Guillaume-Henri Dufour ⓘ Jean Dufour ⓘ Pierre Dufour ⓘ |
| highestPointOf | Switzerland ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Pennine Alps ⓘ |
| meaning | from the oven ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Guillaume-Henri Dufour ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to Swiss topographic mapping
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role in Swiss military history ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartographer
ⓘ
engineer ⓘ general ⓘ |
| partOf |
Monte Rosa massif
ⓘ
linked to:
Monte Rosa
|
| usedInCountry |
Canada
ⓘ
France ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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
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: Dufour Description of subject: Dufour is a Swiss surname most notably associated with Guillaume-Henri Dufour, a prominent 19th-century general, engineer, and cartographer.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Guillaume-Henri
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Dufour
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Dufour
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Dufour
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Dufour