Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
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Louis-Eugène Cavaignac was a French general and statesman who briefly led France as head of government in 1848, notably suppressing the June Days uprising during the turbulent early period of the Second Republic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Louis-Eugène Cavaignac canonical | 5 |
| Cavaignac | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1562345 — 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: Louis-Eugène Cavaignac Context triple: [French Second Republic, notableHeadOfGovernment, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac]
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Jean-Baptiste Thierrée
Jean-Baptiste Thierrée is a French actor and circus performer best known as the co-founder, with Victoria Chaplin, of the influential contemporary circus company Le Cirque Invisible.
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B.
Léon Gambetta
Léon Gambetta was a prominent French republican statesman who played a key leadership role in organizing France’s resistance and government during and after the Franco-Prussian War.
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C.
Barthélemy Catherine Joubert
Barthélemy Catherine Joubert was a French Revolutionary general noted for his rapid rise through the ranks and his distinguished service in Italy before being killed in battle at a young age.
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D.
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux was a French revolutionary politician and member of the Directoire (Directory) who played a key role in the government of France during the late 1790s.
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E.
Patrice de MacMahon
Patrice de MacMahon was a 19th-century French army marshal and conservative statesman who served as President of the French Third Republic from 1873 to 1879.
- 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: Louis-Eugène Cavaignac Target entity description: Louis-Eugène Cavaignac was a French general and statesman who briefly led France as head of government in 1848, notably suppressing the June Days uprising during the turbulent early period of the Second Republic.
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A.
Jean-Baptiste Thierrée
Jean-Baptiste Thierrée is a French actor and circus performer best known as the co-founder, with Victoria Chaplin, of the influential contemporary circus company Le Cirque Invisible.
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B.
Léon Gambetta
Léon Gambetta was a prominent French republican statesman who played a key leadership role in organizing France’s resistance and government during and after the Franco-Prussian War.
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C.
Barthélemy Catherine Joubert
Barthélemy Catherine Joubert was a French Revolutionary general noted for his rapid rise through the ranks and his distinguished service in Italy before being killed in battle at a young age.
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D.
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux was a French revolutionary politician and member of the Directoire (Directory) who played a key role in the government of France during the late 1790s.
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E.
Patrice de MacMahon
Patrice de MacMahon was a 19th-century French army marshal and conservative statesman who served as President of the French Third Republic from 1873 to 1879.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French general
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| activityStart | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| familyName |
Cavaignac
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linked to:
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
|
| fullName | Louis-Eugène Cavaignac ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Louis-Eugène ⓘ |
| governmentForm | French Second Republic ⓘ |
| ideology | republicanism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| movement |
French republican movement
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linked to:
French republicanism
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| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
June Days uprising
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linked to:
June Days Uprising
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| notableFor |
leading the executive power of France in 1848
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repression of a workers' insurrection in Paris ⓘ |
| notableWork |
suppression of the June Days uprising
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linked to:
June Days Uprising
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| officeStartContext | after the February Revolution of 1848 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 1848 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister of War of France
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head of government of France ⓘ head of the executive power of the French Republic ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | suppressed the June Days uprising ⓘ |
| sphereOfActivity |
military
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politics ⓘ |
| wasLeaderDuring | early period of the French Second Republic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Louis-Eugène Cavaignac Description of subject: Louis-Eugène Cavaignac was a French general and statesman who briefly led France as head of government in 1848, notably suppressing the June Days uprising during the turbulent early period of the Second Republic.
Referenced by (7)
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