Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut
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Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut was a 17th-century French explorer and soldier known for his expeditions in the Great Lakes region of North America and for being the namesake of the city of Duluth, Minnesota.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut canonical | 2 |
| Daniel Greysolon | 1 |
| Daniel Greysolon du Lhut | 1 |
| Greysolon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T587259 — 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: Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut Context triple: [Duluth, namedAfter, Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut]
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A.
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville was a French-Canadian explorer, naval officer, and soldier renowned for his campaigns against the English in North America and for helping to establish French Louisiana.
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B.
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville was a French colonial administrator and explorer who played a key role in the early history of Louisiana and served multiple terms as governor of French Louisiana.
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C.
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was a French explorer and colonial administrator best known for establishing the settlement that became the city of Detroit in New France.
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D.
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve was a 17th-century French military officer and colonial leader best known as the founder and first governor of Montreal in New France.
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E.
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer and cartographer known as the "Father of New France" for founding Quebec City and extensively mapping northeastern North America in the early 17th century.
- 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: Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut Target entity description: Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut was a 17th-century French explorer and soldier known for his expeditions in the Great Lakes region of North America and for being the namesake of the city of Duluth, Minnesota.
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A.
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville was a French-Canadian explorer, naval officer, and soldier renowned for his campaigns against the English in North America and for helping to establish French Louisiana.
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B.
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville was a French colonial administrator and explorer who played a key role in the early history of Louisiana and served multiple terms as governor of French Louisiana.
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C.
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was a French explorer and colonial administrator best known for establishing the settlement that became the city of Detroit in New France.
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D.
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve was a 17th-century French military officer and colonial leader best known as the founder and first governor of Montreal in New France.
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E.
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer and cartographer known as the "Father of New France" for founding Quebec City and extensively mapping northeastern North America in the early 17th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French nobleman
ⓘ
explorer ⓘ human ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| activityRegion |
Great Lakes region of North America
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linked to:
Great Lakes region
Lake Superior region ⓘ
linked to:
Great Lakes region
New France ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French colonial expansion in the interior of North America
ⓘ
fur trade in North America ⓘ |
| birthDate | circa 1639 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | France ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1710 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Montreal
ⓘ
New France ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Discovery
ⓘ
linked to:
Age of Exploration
French colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName |
Greysolon
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linked to:
Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut
|
| givenName | Daniel ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Ancien Régime in France ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Sieur du Lhut ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being namesake of Duluth, Minnesota
ⓘ
exploration of the Great Lakes region ⓘ exploration of the upper Mississippi region ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French colonial troops ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| namesakeOf |
Duluth, Minnesota
ⓘ
linked to:
Duluth
|
| notableExpedition |
expeditions around western Lake Superior
ⓘ
journeys to the upper Mississippi River ⓘ |
| notableFor | mediating relations between French and Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
ⓘ
fur trader ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Montreal
ⓘ
New France ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut Description of subject: Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut was a 17th-century French explorer and soldier known for his expeditions in the Great Lakes region of North America and for being the namesake of the city of Duluth, Minnesota.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut
linked to: Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut
linked to: Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut