Ferme générale
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Ferme générale was a powerful private tax-farming corporation in pre-revolutionary France that collected royal taxes and became a symbol of Ancien Régime fiscal injustice.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ferme générale canonical | 6 |
| Ferme Générale | 2 |
| Mur des Fermiers généraux | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1494442 — 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: Ferme générale Context triple: [Antoine Lavoisier, employer, Ferme générale]
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A.
La Justice
La Justice is a philosophical poem by French writer and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that explores themes of law, morality, and the nature of justice.
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B.
Dieu et mon droit
Dieu et mon droit is the traditional French-language royal motto of the British monarchy, signifying the divine right of the sovereign to rule.
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C.
La Moisson
La Moisson is a painting by French Post-Impressionist artist Émile Bernard, exemplifying his early synthetist style and interest in rural, agrarian themes.
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D.
La Sablonière
La Sablonière is one of the small islets within the Les Écréhous reef and island group off the coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
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E.
Lion of Belfort
The Lion of Belfort is a monumental sandstone sculpture in Belfort, France, symbolizing French resistance during the Franco-Prussian War and created by Statue of Liberty sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.
- 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: Ferme générale Target entity description: Ferme générale was a powerful private tax-farming corporation in pre-revolutionary France that collected royal taxes and became a symbol of Ancien Régime fiscal injustice.
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A.
La Justice
La Justice is a philosophical poem by French writer and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that explores themes of law, morality, and the nature of justice.
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B.
Dieu et mon droit
Dieu et mon droit is the traditional French-language royal motto of the British monarchy, signifying the divine right of the sovereign to rule.
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C.
La Moisson
La Moisson is a painting by French Post-Impressionist artist Émile Bernard, exemplifying his early synthetist style and interest in rural, agrarian themes.
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D.
La Sablonière
La Sablonière is one of the small islets within the Les Écréhous reef and island group off the coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
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E.
Lion of Belfort
The Lion of Belfort is a monumental sandstone sculpture in Belfort, France, symbolizing French resistance during the Franco-Prussian War and created by Statue of Liberty sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancien Régime institution
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financial institution ⓘ tax farming corporation ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | revolutionary authorities ⓘ |
| abolishedDuring | French Revolution ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | French Revolution ⓘ |
| beneficiary | French royal treasury ⓘ |
| businessModel | tax farming ⓘ |
| contributedTo | popular discontent before the French Revolution ⓘ |
| controlledBy | fermiers généraux ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | Enlightenment philosophers ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
corruption
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oppressive tax collection methods ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| employed |
clerks
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guards ⓘ tax collectors ⓘ |
| employer | fermiers généraux ⓘ |
| governedBy | royal contracts ⓘ |
| grantedBy | French Crown ⓘ |
| hadPrivilege |
right to employ armed agents
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right to farm specific taxes ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| influenced | public perception of royal taxation ⓘ |
| keptAsProfit | surplus tax receipts over farmed amount ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| legalForm | private company under royal contract ⓘ |
| literalMeaningOfName | general farm ⓘ |
| mainFunction |
collection of indirect taxes
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farming of royal tax revenues ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Antoine Lavoisier
ⓘ
Jacques Necker ⓘ |
| operatedIn | pre-revolutionary France ⓘ |
| owedPaymentsTo | French monarchy ⓘ |
| paidToCrown | fixed annual sum ⓘ |
| replacedBy | state-run tax administration ⓘ |
| revenueSource |
customs duties
ⓘ
excise duties ⓘ indirect taxes ⓘ salt tax ⓘ tobacco monopoly ⓘ |
| sector | public finance ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Ancien Régime fiscal injustice
ⓘ
privileged tax system ⓘ |
| taxTypeManaged | indirect taxation ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Ancien Régime ⓘ |
| usedInstrument | tax barriers around Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ferme générale Description of subject: Ferme générale was a powerful private tax-farming corporation in pre-revolutionary France that collected royal taxes and became a symbol of Ancien Régime fiscal injustice.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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