Olympe de Gouges
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Olympe de Gouges was an 18th-century French playwright and political activist best known for authoring the pioneering feminist text "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen" during the French Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
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| Olympe de Gouges canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5098844 — 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: Olympe de Gouges Context triple: [Errancis Cemetery, notableBurials, Olympe de Gouges]
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Lucile Desmoulins
Lucile Desmoulins was a French Revolutionary-era diarist and political hostess, best known for her intimate writings and tragic execution alongside her husband Camille Desmoulins during the Reign of Terror.
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B.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft was an 18th-century British writer and philosopher best known as a pioneering advocate for women's rights and author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman."
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C.
Louise Michel
Louise Michel was a French anarchist, schoolteacher, and revolutionary heroine of the Paris Commune, renowned for her radical politics, activism, and writings.
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D.
Camille Desmoulins
Camille Desmoulins was a radical French journalist, lawyer, and revolutionary whose impassioned speeches and writings helped ignite and shape the early stages of the French Revolution.
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E.
Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland
Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland was a French actress who became the wife of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, and the mother of several of his children.
- 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: Olympe de Gouges Target entity description: Olympe de Gouges was an 18th-century French playwright and political activist best known for authoring the pioneering feminist text "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen" during the French Revolution.
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A.
Lucile Desmoulins
Lucile Desmoulins was a French Revolutionary-era diarist and political hostess, best known for her intimate writings and tragic execution alongside her husband Camille Desmoulins during the Reign of Terror.
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B.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft was an 18th-century British writer and philosopher best known as a pioneering advocate for women's rights and author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman."
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C.
Louise Michel
Louise Michel was a French anarchist, schoolteacher, and revolutionary heroine of the Paris Commune, renowned for her radical politics, activism, and writings.
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D.
Camille Desmoulins
Camille Desmoulins was a radical French journalist, lawyer, and revolutionary whose impassioned speeches and writings helped ignite and shape the early stages of the French Revolution.
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E.
Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland
Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland was a French actress who became the wife of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, and the mother of several of his children.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French playwright
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human ⓘ political activist ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
civil rights for illegitimate children
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equality of women and men before the law ⓘ social welfare reforms ⓘ women's right to vote ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Olympe de Gouges ⓘ |
| authorOf | Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen ⓘ |
| birthName | Marie Gouze ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| citizenship | France ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1748-05-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1793-11-03 ⓘ |
| era |
18th century
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Age of Enlightenment ⓘ |
| executedBy |
French Revolutionary Tribunal
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linked to:
Revolutionary Tribunal
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| executionMethod | guillotine ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
abolitionism
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political philosophy ⓘ theatre ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | political philosopher ⓘ |
| influenced | modern feminist thought ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of gender inequality in revolutionary France
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early advocacy of women's political rights ⓘ support for the abolition of slavery ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by guillotine ⓘ |
| movement |
French Revolution
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feminism ⓘ |
| notableIdea | extension of the Declaration of the Rights of Man to women ⓘ |
| notableWork | Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
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pamphleteer ⓘ playwright ⓘ political writer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | French Revolution ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of France
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Montauban ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Girondin sympathizer ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1791 ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Olympe de Gouges Description of subject: Olympe de Gouges was an 18th-century French playwright and political activist best known for authoring the pioneering feminist text "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen" during the French Revolution.
Referenced by (6)
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