Destutt de Tracy
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Destutt de Tracy was an 18th–19th century French Enlightenment philosopher and ideologist known for developing a systematic theory of ideas and contributing to liberal political thought.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Destutt de Tracy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13097478 — 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: Destutt de Tracy Context triple: [Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, influenced, Destutt de Tracy]
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Lazare Chanteau
Lazare Chanteau is a central character in Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series, depicted as a sensitive, indecisive young man whose pessimism and failed ambitions embody the novel’s themes of disillusionment and the struggle for happiness.
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B.
Augustus Melmotte
Augustus Melmotte is a wealthy, unscrupulous financier whose rise and fall in Victorian high society drives the satirical plot of Anthony Trollope's novel "The Way We Live Now."
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C.
Jules Gilliéron
Jules Gilliéron was a pioneering Swiss-French linguist and dialectologist best known for his foundational work in Romance linguistics and the creation of the Atlas linguistique de la France.
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D.
Monsieur Bonacieux
Monsieur Bonacieux is a minor but pivotal character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as Constance Bonacieux's older, miserly husband and d'Artagnan's landlord in Paris.
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E.
Raymond Aubrac
Raymond Aubrac was a prominent French engineer and Resistance leader during World War II, known for his role in organizing underground networks against the Nazi occupation and the Vichy regime.
- 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: Destutt de Tracy Target entity description: Destutt de Tracy was an 18th–19th century French Enlightenment philosopher and ideologist known for developing a systematic theory of ideas and contributing to liberal political thought.
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A.
Lazare Chanteau
Lazare Chanteau is a central character in Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series, depicted as a sensitive, indecisive young man whose pessimism and failed ambitions embody the novel’s themes of disillusionment and the struggle for happiness.
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B.
Augustus Melmotte
Augustus Melmotte is a wealthy, unscrupulous financier whose rise and fall in Victorian high society drives the satirical plot of Anthony Trollope's novel "The Way We Live Now."
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C.
Jules Gilliéron
Jules Gilliéron was a pioneering Swiss-French linguist and dialectologist best known for his foundational work in Romance linguistics and the creation of the Atlas linguistique de la France.
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D.
Monsieur Bonacieux
Monsieur Bonacieux is a minor but pivotal character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as Constance Bonacieux's older, miserly husband and d'Artagnan's landlord in Paris.
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E.
Raymond Aubrac
Raymond Aubrac was a prominent French engineer and Resistance leader during World War II, known for his role in organizing underground networks against the Nazi occupation and the Vichy regime.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Enlightenment thinker
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French nobleman ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ |
| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1754-07-20 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| citizenship | France ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
analysis of ideas as the basis of all sciences
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linking ideology with liberal constitutionalism ⓘ reduction of mental life to sensations and their combinations ⓘ |
| deathCountry | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1836-03-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| era |
18th century philosophy
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19th century philosophy ⓘ |
| familyName | Destutt de Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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epistemology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| fullName | Antoine Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
Antoine
NERFINISHED
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Claude NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
French liberal economists
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Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Locke
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Montesquieu NERFINISHED ⓘ Étienne Bonnot de Condillac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to liberal political thought
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developing a systematic theory of ideas ⓘ founding the doctrine of ideology ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| movement |
Enlightenment
NERFINISHED
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French liberalism ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | count ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Commentaire sur l’Esprit des lois de Montesquieu
NERFINISHED
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Éléments d’idéologie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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politician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
empiricism
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sensationalism ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | liberalism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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