Paul Barras (initially)

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French politician human member of the French Directory revolutionary

Paul Barras was a leading French revolutionary politician and member of the Directory who initially backed Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise during the Coup of 18 Brumaire before being sidelined from power.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Paul Barras	20
Paul Barras (initially) canonical	1
Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T213664 — 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: Paul Barras (initially)
Context triple: [Coup of 18 Brumaire, supportedBy, Paul Barras (initially)]

A. Jacques-François Menou
Jacques-François Menou was a French general of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, best known for commanding French forces in Egypt after Napoleon’s departure.
B. Carlo Buonaparte
Carlo Buonaparte was a Corsican lawyer and politician best known as the father of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
C. Lucien Bonaparte
Lucien Bonaparte was a French statesman and diplomat of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, known for his political independence from his brother Napoleon and his role in the coup of 18 Brumaire.
D. Jean-Baptiste
Jean-Baptiste is the French given name of the mathematician and physicist Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, known for pioneering Fourier analysis and the study of heat conduction.
E. Pierre-Roger Ducos
Pierre-Roger Ducos was a French revolutionary politician who served as one of the three provisional consuls alongside Napoleon Bonaparte following the Coup of 18 Brumaire.
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: Paul Barras (initially)
Target entity description: Paul Barras was a leading French revolutionary politician and member of the Directory who initially backed Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise during the Coup of 18 Brumaire before being sidelined from power.

A. Jacques-François Menou
Jacques-François Menou was a French general of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, best known for commanding French forces in Egypt after Napoleon’s departure.
B. Carlo Buonaparte
Carlo Buonaparte was a Corsican lawyer and politician best known as the father of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
C. Lucien Bonaparte
Lucien Bonaparte was a French statesman and diplomat of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, known for his political independence from his brother Napoleon and his role in the coup of 18 Brumaire.
D. Jean-Baptiste
Jean-Baptiste is the French given name of the mathematician and physicist Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, known for pioneering Fourier analysis and the study of heat conduction.
E. Pierre-Roger Ducos
Pierre-Roger Ducos was a French revolutionary politician who served as one of the three provisional consuls alongside Napoleon Bonaparte following the Coup of 18 Brumaire.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French politician ⓘ human ⓘ member of the French Directory ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ
appointed	Napoleon Bonaparte as commander to suppress the 13 Vendémiaire uprising ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	France ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1755-06-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1829-01-29 ⓘ
endOfPosition	resignation from the Directory in 1799 ⓘ
era	Age of Revolution ⓘ linked to: The Age of Revolution
familyName	Barras ⓘ
givenName	Paul ⓘ
knownFor	dominant politician of the French Directory ⓘ early patron of Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ leading figure of the Thermidorian regime ⓘ
languageSpoken	French ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
militaryRank	officer ⓘ
movement	French Revolution ⓘ
notableWork	political leadership of the Directory ⓘ
participatedIn	Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ Coup of 18 Fructidor ⓘ Coup of 9 Thermidor ⓘ linked to: Thermidorian Reaction French Revolution ⓘ Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Fox-Amphoux ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Provence ⓘ Var ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Chaillot ⓘ linked to: Trocadéro France ⓘ Paris ⓘ
positionHeld	de facto head of the Directory ⓘ member of the Committee of Public Safety ⓘ member of the Council of Five Hundred ⓘ member of the French Directory ⓘ member of the National Convention ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
represented	Var ⓘ
residence	Paris ⓘ
servedIn	French Army ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
socialClass	nobility ⓘ
supported	rise of Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
title	vicomte de Barras ⓘ
wasInvolvedIn	suppression of the royalist insurrection of 13 Vendémiaire ⓘ
wasSidelinedBy	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ

How these facts were elicited