La Voisin
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La Voisin was a notorious 17th-century French fortune-teller and alleged sorceress central to the Affair of the Poisons scandal at the court of Louis XIV.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| La Voisin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21129869 — 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: La Voisin Context triple: [Catherine Monvoisin, alsoKnownAs, La Voisin]
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A.
Bachet Noir
Bachet Noir is a rare, old French wine grape variety historically used in the Champagne region and known primarily as a parent of the modern grape variety Gamay.
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B.
La Duchère
La Duchère is a residential district in Lyon known for its large post-war housing estates, urban renewal projects, and hilltop views over the city.
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C.
Madame La Motte
Madame La Motte is a central character in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "The Romance of the Forest," depicted as the anxious, morally conflicted wife of an impoverished fugitive.
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D.
Le Prestre
Le Prestre is the noble Breton family name of Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, the famed 17th-century French military engineer and marshal.
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E.
Mignault
Mignault is a village in the municipality of Le Roeulx in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
- 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: La Voisin Target entity description: La Voisin was a notorious 17th-century French fortune-teller and alleged sorceress central to the Affair of the Poisons scandal at the court of Louis XIV.
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A.
Bachet Noir
Bachet Noir is a rare, old French wine grape variety historically used in the Champagne region and known primarily as a parent of the modern grape variety Gamay.
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B.
La Duchère
La Duchère is a residential district in Lyon known for its large post-war housing estates, urban renewal projects, and hilltop views over the city.
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C.
Madame La Motte
Madame La Motte is a central character in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "The Romance of the Forest," depicted as the anxious, morally conflicted wife of an impoverished fugitive.
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D.
Le Prestre
Le Prestre is the noble Breton family name of Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, the famed 17th-century French military engineer and marshal.
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E.
Mignault
Mignault is a village in the municipality of Le Roeulx in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.