Adam Lesage
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Adam Lesage was a 17th-century French occult practitioner and alleged sorcerer implicated in the Affair of the Poisons, a major scandal involving poisonings and black magic at the court of Louis XIV.
All labels observed (1)
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| Adam Lesage canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5442151 — 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: Adam Lesage Context triple: [Affair of the Poisons, significantPerson, Adam Lesage]
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A.
Ian La Frenais
Ian La Frenais is a British screenwriter best known for co-creating classic TV comedies such as "Porridge" and "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet," and for his long-time writing partnership with Dick Clement.
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B.
Eric Thibault
Eric Thibault is a professional basketball coach best known for leading the WNBA’s Washington Mystics.
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C.
David Batteau
David Batteau is an American singer-songwriter and musician known for his work in pop and soft rock, including both solo material and songwriting for other artists.
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D.
Vincent Damphousse
Vincent Damphousse is a retired Canadian NHL center best known for his prolific scoring, leadership roles with teams like the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens, and his standout performances in the early 1990s.
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E.
James LeGros
James LeGros is an American character actor known for his work in independent films and television, including roles in projects like "Drugstore Cowboy," "Ally McBeal," and "Justified."
- 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: Adam Lesage Target entity description: Adam Lesage was a 17th-century French occult practitioner and alleged sorcerer implicated in the Affair of the Poisons, a major scandal involving poisonings and black magic at the court of Louis XIV.
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A.
Ian La Frenais
Ian La Frenais is a British screenwriter best known for co-creating classic TV comedies such as "Porridge" and "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet," and for his long-time writing partnership with Dick Clement.
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B.
Eric Thibault
Eric Thibault is a professional basketball coach best known for leading the WNBA’s Washington Mystics.
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C.
David Batteau
David Batteau is an American singer-songwriter and musician known for his work in pop and soft rock, including both solo material and songwriting for other artists.
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D.
Vincent Damphousse
Vincent Damphousse is a retired Canadian NHL center best known for his prolific scoring, leadership roles with teams like the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens, and his standout performances in the early 1990s.
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E.
James LeGros
James LeGros is an American character actor known for his work in independent films and television, including roles in projects like "Drugstore Cowboy," "Ally McBeal," and "Justified."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alleged sorcerer
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historical figure ⓘ person involved in criminal investigation ⓘ |
| accusedOf |
black magic
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involvement in poisonings ⓘ sorcery ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French royal court
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La Voisin ⓘ Louis XIV ⓘ
linked to:
Louis XIV of France
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| associatedWithEvent | poisoning scandal at the court of Louis XIV ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
divination
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occultism ⓘ ritual magic ⓘ |
| genreOfActivity |
esoteric practices
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rituals of black magic ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
absolutist monarchy of Louis XIV
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moral and religious anxieties in 17th-century France ⓘ |
| implicatedIn | plots involving poison and magic ⓘ |
| involvedIn | network of fortune-tellers and occultists in 17th-century France ⓘ |
| knownFor |
connection to high-profile clients through the occult milieu of the Affair of the Poisons
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reputation as a sorcerer ⓘ |
| legalStatus | suspect in criminal investigation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
alleged sorcery
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involvement in the Affair of the Poisons ⓘ practice of occult arts ⓘ |
| occupation |
occult practitioner
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sorcerer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Affair of the Poisons ⓘ |
| partOf | occult underworld surrounding the French royal court ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Kingdom of France
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Paris ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historical studies on the Affair of the Poisons ⓘ |
| timePeriod | reign of Louis XIV ⓘ |
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
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: Adam Lesage Description of subject: Adam Lesage was a 17th-century French occult practitioner and alleged sorcerer implicated in the Affair of the Poisons, a major scandal involving poisonings and black magic at the court of Louis XIV.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.