Jean-Baptiste Drouet
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Jean-Baptiste Drouet was a French postmaster and revolutionary best known for recognizing and helping to arrest King Louis XVI during the Flight to Varennes in 1791.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jean-Baptiste Drouet canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T913506 — 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-Baptiste Drouet Context triple: [Flight to Varennes, identifiedBy, Jean-Baptiste Drouet]
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Toussaint Bréda
Toussaint Bréda, better known as Toussaint Louverture, was the formerly enslaved leader who became the principal architect and military strategist of the Haitian Revolution and a founding figure of Haiti’s independence movement.
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B.
Jean Lannes
Jean Lannes was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic Wars, renowned for his aggressive leadership and key role in many of Napoleon’s major victories.
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C.
Louis Desaix
Louis Desaix was a prominent French general of the Revolutionary era, renowned for his campaigns in Italy and Egypt and his decisive role in Napoleon Bonaparte’s early military successes.
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D.
Jacques François Dugommier
Jacques François Dugommier was a French Revolutionary general noted for his decisive leadership in several key campaigns, including the early victories of the Revolutionary Wars.
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E.
François Étienne de Kellermann
François Étienne de Kellermann was a French cavalry general of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, noted for his decisive charge that helped secure Napoleon’s victory at the Battle of Marengo.
- 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-Baptiste Drouet Target entity description: Jean-Baptiste Drouet was a French postmaster and revolutionary best known for recognizing and helping to arrest King Louis XVI during the Flight to Varennes in 1791.
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A.
Toussaint Bréda
Toussaint Bréda, better known as Toussaint Louverture, was the formerly enslaved leader who became the principal architect and military strategist of the Haitian Revolution and a founding figure of Haiti’s independence movement.
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B.
Jean Lannes
Jean Lannes was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic Wars, renowned for his aggressive leadership and key role in many of Napoleon’s major victories.
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C.
Louis Desaix
Louis Desaix was a prominent French general of the Revolutionary era, renowned for his campaigns in Italy and Egypt and his decisive role in Napoleon Bonaparte’s early military successes.
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D.
Jacques François Dugommier
Jacques François Dugommier was a French Revolutionary general noted for his decisive leadership in several key campaigns, including the early victories of the Revolutionary Wars.
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E.
François Étienne de Kellermann
François Étienne de Kellermann was a French cavalry general of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, noted for his decisive charge that helped secure Napoleon’s victory at the Battle of Marengo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French revolutionary
ⓘ
human ⓘ postmaster ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French First Republic
ⓘ
National Convention ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | interception of the royal family at Varennes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| eventRole |
alerted local authorities in Varennes
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contributed to the arrest of the royal family in 1791 ⓘ identified Louis XVI during the Flight to Varennes ⓘ |
| familyName | Drouet ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean-Baptiste ⓘ |
| hasRole | key witness to the king’s attempted escape ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to the failure of Louis XVI’s escape
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helped precipitate the radicalization of the French Revolution ⓘ |
| ideology | republicanism ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping to arrest King Louis XVI in Varennes
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recognizing King Louis XVI during the Flight to Varennes ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
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postmaster ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
French monarchy
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancien Régime
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| participatedIn |
Flight to Varennes
ⓘ
French Revolution ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Paris
ⓘ
Varennes-en-Argonne ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | revolutionary left ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
deputy for the Marne
ⓘ
member of the National Convention ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
18th century
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French Revolutionary era ⓘ |
| workLocation | Varennes-en-Argonne ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jean-Baptiste Drouet Description of subject: Jean-Baptiste Drouet was a French postmaster and revolutionary best known for recognizing and helping to arrest King Louis XVI during the Flight to Varennes in 1791.
Referenced by (4)
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