August Vestris
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August Vestris was a celebrated 18th–19th century French ballet dancer and teacher, renowned for his virtuosity and for training many leading dancers of the Romantic era.
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| August Vestris canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19704561 — 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: August Vestris Context triple: [Jules Perrot, studentOf, August Vestris]
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A.
Jacques d’Amboise
Jacques d’Amboise was a celebrated American ballet dancer, choreographer, and longtime New York City Ballet principal known for his charismatic performances and for founding the National Dance Institute to promote dance education for children.
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B.
Marie Petipa
Marie Petipa was a Russian ballerina of the late 19th century, known for originating the role of the Lilac Fairy in Marius Petipa’s landmark ballet "The Sleeping Beauty."
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C.
Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar was a prominent 20th-century ballet dancer, choreographer, and influential ballet master of the Paris Opera who helped shape modern classical ballet.
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D.
Ted Shawn
Ted Shawn was a pioneering American modern dance choreographer and teacher who helped establish modern dance in the United States and co-founded the influential Denishawn company.
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E.
Marie-Françoise de Bournonville
Marie-Françoise de Bournonville was a French noblewoman best known as the mother of Adrien Maurice de Noailles, a prominent 18th-century marshal and statesman.
- 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: August Vestris Target entity description: August Vestris was a celebrated 18th–19th century French ballet dancer and teacher, renowned for his virtuosity and for training many leading dancers of the Romantic era.
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A.
Jacques d’Amboise
Jacques d’Amboise was a celebrated American ballet dancer, choreographer, and longtime New York City Ballet principal known for his charismatic performances and for founding the National Dance Institute to promote dance education for children.
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B.
Marie Petipa
Marie Petipa was a Russian ballerina of the late 19th century, known for originating the role of the Lilac Fairy in Marius Petipa’s landmark ballet "The Sleeping Beauty."
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C.
Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar was a prominent 20th-century ballet dancer, choreographer, and influential ballet master of the Paris Opera who helped shape modern classical ballet.
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D.
Ted Shawn
Ted Shawn was a pioneering American modern dance choreographer and teacher who helped establish modern dance in the United States and co-founded the influential Denishawn company.
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E.
Marie-Françoise de Bournonville
Marie-Françoise de Bournonville was a French noblewoman best known as the mother of Adrien Maurice de Noailles, a prominent 18th-century marshal and statesman.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.