Isaac Le Chapelier
E131127
Isaac Le Chapelier was a French lawyer and revolutionary politician best known for authoring the Le Chapelier Law of 1791, which banned guilds and workers’ associations during the French Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Isaac Le Chapelier canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T606318 — 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: Isaac Le Chapelier Context triple: [The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished), depictsFigure, Isaac Le Chapelier]
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A.
Louis de Jaucourt
Louis de Jaucourt was an 18th-century French scholar and physician best known for writing thousands of articles for Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, making him one of its most prolific contributors.
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B.
Jean-Baptiste Le Blond
Jean-Baptiste Le Blond was a French architect and landscape designer of the early 18th century, known for bringing French formal garden and architectural styles to Russia under Peter the Great.
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C.
Antoine-Claude Briasson
Antoine-Claude Briasson was an 18th-century French printer-publisher best known for being one of the principal publishers of Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie.
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D.
Jean-Baptiste Huet
Jean-Baptiste Huet was an 18th-century French painter and engraver best known for his pastoral scenes and designs for toile de Jouy textiles.
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E.
Jean-Baptiste Marie Colin
Jean-Baptiste Marie Colin was a French painter associated with the prestigious Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris.
- 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: Isaac Le Chapelier Target entity description: Isaac Le Chapelier was a French lawyer and revolutionary politician best known for authoring the Le Chapelier Law of 1791, which banned guilds and workers’ associations during the French Revolution.
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A.
Louis de Jaucourt
Louis de Jaucourt was an 18th-century French scholar and physician best known for writing thousands of articles for Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, making him one of its most prolific contributors.
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B.
Jean-Baptiste Le Blond
Jean-Baptiste Le Blond was a French architect and landscape designer of the early 18th century, known for bringing French formal garden and architectural styles to Russia under Peter the Great.
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C.
Antoine-Claude Briasson
Antoine-Claude Briasson was an 18th-century French printer-publisher best known for being one of the principal publishers of Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie.
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D.
Jean-Baptiste Huet
Jean-Baptiste Huet was an 18th-century French painter and engraver best known for his pastoral scenes and designs for toile de Jouy textiles.
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E.
Jean-Baptiste Marie Colin
Jean-Baptiste Marie Colin was a French painter associated with the prestigious Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French politician
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human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French revolutionary bourgeoisie
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National Assembly of France ⓘ |
| authorOf |
Le Chapelier Law
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linked to:
Le Chapelier
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| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Le Chapelier ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
law
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politics ⓘ |
| givenName | Isaac ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
rights of workers to organize in revolutionary France
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structure of professional corporations in France ⓘ |
| ideology |
anti-corporatism
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liberalism ⓘ |
| influenced |
French labor law
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development of trade union legislation in France ⓘ |
| knownFor |
banning guilds in France
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banning workers’ associations ⓘ role in early French Revolution legislation ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| legalAction |
abolition of guilds
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prohibition of trade unions ⓘ restriction of workers’ coalitions ⓘ |
| movement | French Revolution ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Le Chapelier Law
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linked to:
Le Chapelier
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| occupation |
lawyer
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politician ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
collective bargaining by workers’ coalitions in 1791 France
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corporate privileges ⓘ guild system ⓘ |
| participatedIn | French Revolution ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | revolutionary bourgeoisie ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
deputy to the Estates-General of 1789
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member of the National Constituent Assembly ⓘ |
| reasonForNotability |
key figure in dismantling the Ancien Régime’s corporate structures in France
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principal drafter of the Le Chapelier Law of 1791 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Isaac Le Chapelier Description of subject: Isaac Le Chapelier was a French lawyer and revolutionary politician best known for authoring the Le Chapelier Law of 1791, which banned guilds and workers’ associations during the French Revolution.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.