Jean
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Jean is the given first name of Henry Dunant, the Swiss humanitarian who founded the Red Cross and received the first Nobel Peace Prize.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T380739 — 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 Context triple: [Henry Dunant, givenName, Jean]
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A.
Marie
Marie is a widely used European given name, especially common in French-speaking countries, derived from the Hebrew name Miryam (Mary).
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B.
Jane
Jane is a feminine given name of English origin that has been widely used in many English-speaking countries for centuries.
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C.
Jacques
Jacques is the French form of the given name James, commonly used in French-speaking countries.
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D.
Louise
Louise is a feminine given name of French origin, traditionally associated with nobility and widely used in many European and English-speaking countries.
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E.
Eugène
Eugène is a masculine given name of French origin, derived from the Greek "Eugenios," meaning "well-born" or "noble."
- 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 Target entity description: Jean is the given first name of Henry Dunant, the Swiss humanitarian who founded the Red Cross and received the first Nobel Peace Prize.
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A.
Marie
Marie is a widely used European given name, especially common in French-speaking countries, derived from the Hebrew name Miryam (Mary).
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B.
Jane
Jane is a feminine given name of English origin that has been widely used in many English-speaking countries for centuries.
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C.
Jacques
Jacques is the French form of the given name James, commonly used in French-speaking countries.
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D.
Louise
Louise is a feminine given name of French origin, traditionally associated with nobility and widely used in many European and English-speaking countries.
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E.
Eugène
Eugène is a masculine given name of French origin, derived from the Greek "Eugenios," meaning "well-born" or "noble."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Swiss person
ⓘ
human ⓘ humanitarian ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ social reformer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Henri Dunant
ⓘ
linked to:
Henry Dunant
Henry Dunant ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Peace Prize
ⓘ
first Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ
linked to:
Nobel Peace Prize
|
| awardReceivedInYear | 1901 ⓘ |
| basedIn | Geneva ⓘ |
| causeOfRenown | advocacy for neutral and voluntary relief for war wounded ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Switzerland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1828-05-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1910-10-30 ⓘ |
| describedIn | A Memory of Solferino ⓘ |
| familyName |
Dunant
ⓘ
linked to:
Henry Dunant
|
| fieldOfWork |
humanitarianism
ⓘ
international humanitarian law ⓘ
linked to:
International humanitarian law
|
| founded |
International Committee of the Red Cross
ⓘ
Red Cross movement ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean ⓘ |
| hasHonoraryTitle | Founder of the Red Cross ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Henry Dunant (English)
ⓘ
linked to:
Henry Dunant
Jean Henri Dunant (French) ⓘ
linked to:
Henry Dunant
|
| inspired |
Geneva Convention of 1864
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linked to:
First Geneva Convention of 1864
|
| movement | Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding the Red Cross
ⓘ
initiating the modern international humanitarian movement ⓘ |
| notableWork | A Memory of Solferino ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
ⓘ
businessman ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Geneva ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Heiden ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| sharedAwardWith | Frédéric Passy ⓘ |
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: Jean Description of subject: Jean is the given first name of Henry Dunant, the Swiss humanitarian who founded the Red Cross and received the first Nobel Peace Prize.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.