Maurice Thorez
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Maurice Thorez was a prominent French communist politician who led the French Communist Party for decades and served as Deputy Prime Minister after World War II.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maurice Thorez canonical | 13 |
| Jean Thorez | 2 |
| Pierre Thorez | 2 |
| Paul Thorez | 1 |
| Thorez | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1664529 — 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: Maurice Thorez Context triple: [Communist Party of France, notableMember, Maurice Thorez]
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A.
Pierre Bérégovoy
Pierre Bérégovoy was a French Socialist politician who served as Prime Minister of France in the early 1990s under President François Mitterrand.
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B.
Georges Bidault
Georges Bidault was a French politician, Resistance leader, and statesman who served multiple times as foreign minister and briefly as prime minister in the turbulent post-World War II era.
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C.
Pierre Mendès France
Pierre Mendès France was a French statesman and reformist prime minister known for ending France’s involvement in the First Indochina War and advocating economic modernization and decolonization.
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D.
Michel Crozier
Michel Crozier was a prominent French sociologist best known for his influential work on bureaucracy, organizational analysis, and the dynamics of power and change in modern institutions.
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E.
Michel Debré
Michel Debré was a French Gaullist statesman and jurist who served as the first Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic and played a key role in shaping modern French institutions.
- 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: Maurice Thorez Target entity description: Maurice Thorez was a prominent French communist politician who led the French Communist Party for decades and served as Deputy Prime Minister after World War II.
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A.
Pierre Bérégovoy
Pierre Bérégovoy was a French Socialist politician who served as Prime Minister of France in the early 1990s under President François Mitterrand.
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B.
Georges Bidault
Georges Bidault was a French politician, Resistance leader, and statesman who served multiple times as foreign minister and briefly as prime minister in the turbulent post-World War II era.
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C.
Pierre Mendès France
Pierre Mendès France was a French statesman and reformist prime minister known for ending France’s involvement in the First Indochina War and advocating economic modernization and decolonization.
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D.
Michel Crozier
Michel Crozier was a prominent French sociologist best known for his influential work on bureaucracy, organizational analysis, and the dynamics of power and change in modern institutions.
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E.
Michel Debré
Michel Debré was a French Gaullist statesman and jurist who served as the first Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic and played a key role in shaping modern French institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French politician
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communist politician ⓘ human ⓘ party leader ⓘ trade unionist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hero of Socialist Labour (Soviet Union)
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linked to:
Hero of Socialist Labour
Order of Lenin ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Père Lachaise Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1900-04-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1964-07-11 ⓘ |
| employer |
French Communist Party
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linked to:
Communist Party of France
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| ethnicGroup | French people ⓘ |
| familyName |
Thorez
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linked to:
Maurice Thorez
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| fullName | Maurice Thorez ⓘ |
| givenName | Maurice ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Jean Thorez
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linked to:
Maurice Thorez
Paul Thorez ⓘ
linked to:
Maurice Thorez
Pierre Thorez ⓘ
linked to:
Maurice Thorez
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| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
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communism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
French Communist Party
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linked to:
Communist Party of France
|
| movement |
French Communist movement
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linked to:
Communist Party of France
|
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableWork | Fils du peuple ⓘ |
| officeEnd |
1947-05-05
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1964-07-11 ⓘ |
| officeEndStatementFor |
Deputy Prime Minister of France
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General Secretary of the French Communist Party ⓘ |
| officeStart |
1930-07-01
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1944-11-21 ⓘ |
| officeStartStatementFor |
Deputy Prime Minister of France
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General Secretary of the French Communist Party ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
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Noyelles-Godault ⓘ Pas-de-Calais ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Bucharest
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Romania ⓘ |
| politicalParty |
French Communist Party
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linked to:
Communist Party of France
|
| positionHeld |
Deputy Prime Minister of France
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General Secretary of the French Communist Party ⓘ Member of the Chamber of Deputies of France ⓘ Member of the National Assembly of France ⓘ Vice President of the Council of Ministers of France ⓘ |
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Fourth French Republic government
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linked to:
French Fourth Republic
Provisional Government of the French Republic ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Jeannette Vermeersch ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
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Subject: Maurice Thorez Description of subject: Maurice Thorez was a prominent French communist politician who led the French Communist Party for decades and served as Deputy Prime Minister after World War II.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maurice Thorez
linked to: Maurice Thorez
linked to: Maurice Thorez
linked to: Maurice Thorez
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Communist International
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officeHolder
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Maurice Thorez
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linked to: Maurice Thorez
linked to: Maurice Thorez