Jean-Baptiste-Louis Le Prévost de La Croix, Duc d'Anville
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Jean-Baptiste-Louis Le Prévost de La Croix, Duc d'Anville, was an 18th-century French naval officer and aristocrat best known for leading a major French expedition to retake Louisbourg and Acadia during the War of the Austrian Succession.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jean-Baptiste-Louis Le Prévost de La Croix, Duc d'Anville canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3241846 — 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: Jean-Baptiste-Louis Le Prévost de La Croix, Duc d'Anville Context triple: [Siege of Louisbourg (1745), commander, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Le Prévost de La Croix, Duc d'Anville]
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La Condamine
La Condamine is one of Monaco’s traditional districts, known for its bustling port area, markets, and central urban character.
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B.
Albert de Franqueville
Albert de Franqueville was a 19th-century mountaineer known for participating in the first recorded ascent of Aneto, the highest peak in the Pyrenees.
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C.
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was an 18th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading the voyages that led to the European discovery of the remote sub-Antarctic archipelago now called the Kerguelen Islands.
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D.
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.
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E.
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis Antoine de Bougainville was an 18th-century French admiral, explorer, and navigator best known for leading the first French circumnavigation of the globe.
- 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: Jean-Baptiste-Louis Le Prévost de La Croix, Duc d'Anville Target entity description: Jean-Baptiste-Louis Le Prévost de La Croix, Duc d'Anville, was an 18th-century French naval officer and aristocrat best known for leading a major French expedition to retake Louisbourg and Acadia during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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A.
La Condamine
La Condamine is one of Monaco’s traditional districts, known for its bustling port area, markets, and central urban character.
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B.
Albert de Franqueville
Albert de Franqueville was a 19th-century mountaineer known for participating in the first recorded ascent of Aneto, the highest peak in the Pyrenees.
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C.
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was an 18th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading the voyages that led to the European discovery of the remote sub-Antarctic archipelago now called the Kerguelen Islands.
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D.
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.
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E.
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis Antoine de Bougainville was an 18th-century French admiral, explorer, and navigator best known for leading the first French circumnavigation of the globe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
French aristocrat
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French naval officer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activityStartTime | 18th century ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | naval commander ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Duke of Anville ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempt to retake Acadia
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attempt to retake Louisbourg ⓘ leading a major French expedition against British North America ⓘ |
| notableWork | French expedition to retake Louisbourg and Acadia ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
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nobleman ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jean-Baptiste-Louis Le Prévost de La Croix, Duc d'Anville Description of subject: Jean-Baptiste-Louis Le Prévost de La Croix, Duc d'Anville, was an 18th-century French naval officer and aristocrat best known for leading a major French expedition to retake Louisbourg and Acadia during the War of the Austrian Succession.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
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commander
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Jean-Baptiste-Louis Le Prévost de La Croix, Duc d'Anville
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