Boussole
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Boussole was one of the two French naval frigates used by explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, during his ill-fated 18th-century Pacific expedition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Boussole canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5660231 — 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: Boussole Context triple: [Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, commandedShip, Boussole]
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A.
Lagrenée
Lagrenée is a French surname most notably associated with the 18th-century painter Louis Lagrenée.
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B.
Peillon
Peillon is a picturesque medieval hilltop village in southeastern France, known for its narrow streets, stone houses, and views over the surrounding Alpes-Maritimes countryside.
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C.
Sauvestre
Sauvestre is a French surname most notably associated with architect Stephen Sauvestre, who contributed to the design of the Eiffel Tower.
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D.
Sauvy
Sauvy is a French surname most notably borne by Alfred Sauvy, a prominent demographer, sociologist, and economist.
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E.
Thieux
Thieux is a small French commune located in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
- 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: Boussole Target entity description: Boussole was one of the two French naval frigates used by explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, during his ill-fated 18th-century Pacific expedition.
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A.
Lagrenée
Lagrenée is a French surname most notably associated with the 18th-century painter Louis Lagrenée.
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B.
Peillon
Peillon is a picturesque medieval hilltop village in southeastern France, known for its narrow streets, stone houses, and views over the surrounding Alpes-Maritimes countryside.
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C.
Sauvestre
Sauvestre is a French surname most notably associated with architect Stephen Sauvestre, who contributed to the design of the Eiffel Tower.
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D.
Sauvy
Sauvy is a French surname most notably borne by Alfred Sauvy, a prominent demographer, sociologist, and economist.
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E.
Thieux
Thieux is a small French commune located in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French naval frigate
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exploration vessel ⓘ sailing ship ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Age of Enlightenment scientific voyages
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French maritime exploration history ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| departureCountry | France ⓘ |
| departurePort | Brest ⓘ |
| departureYear | 1785 ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| fate | lost with all hands ⓘ |
| flag | French flag ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | major vessel in pre-Revolutionary French exploration ⓘ |
| lostCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| lostDuring | La Pérouse expedition ⓘ |
| lostInRegion | South Pacific ⓘ |
| namedAfter | French word "boussole" (compass) ⓘ |
| notableFor | participation in La Pérouse’s ill-fated expedition ⓘ |
| operator | French Navy ⓘ |
| partOfExpedition | La Pérouse expedition ⓘ |
| role | flagship of La Pérouse ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
Marine royale (Royal French Navy)
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linked to:
Marine Nationale
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| sisterShip | Astrolabe ⓘ |
| usedBy | Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Pacific exploration
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cartographic surveys ⓘ scientific exploration ⓘ |
| visitedRegion |
Australia
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East Asia ⓘ North Pacific ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Pacific Ocean
Oceania ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ South Pacific ⓘ coasts of North America ⓘ |
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: Boussole Description of subject: Boussole was one of the two French naval frigates used by explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, during his ill-fated 18th-century Pacific expedition.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.