Charles-Jean-Baptiste Sanson
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Charles-Jean-Baptiste Sanson was an 18th-century French royal executioner from the famous Sanson family, which served as official executioners of Paris for multiple generations.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19818602 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles-Jean-Baptiste Sanson Context triple: [Charles-Henri Sanson, father, Charles-Jean-Baptiste Sanson]
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Paris executioner Charles-Henri Sanson
Charles-Henri Sanson was the chief executioner of Paris during the French Revolution, notorious for overseeing numerous guillotine executions, including those of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
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Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville was a French revolutionary lawyer and public prosecutor best known for directing many of the political trials and executions during the Reign of Terror.
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C.
Sydney Carton
Sydney Carton is a dissipated but brilliant English lawyer in Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities," whose ultimate act of self-sacrifice defines his redemption.
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D.
Jean-Baptiste Carrier
Jean-Baptiste Carrier was a radical French Revolutionary politician and Jacobin best known for orchestrating brutal mass executions during the Reign of Terror, particularly in Nantes.
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E.
Butcher of Lyon
The "Butcher of Lyon" is the notorious nickname of Klaus Barbie, a Nazi SS officer responsible for brutal war crimes and torture in occupied France during World War II.
- 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: Charles-Jean-Baptiste Sanson Target entity description: Charles-Jean-Baptiste Sanson was an 18th-century French royal executioner from the famous Sanson family, which served as official executioners of Paris for multiple generations.
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A.
Paris executioner Charles-Henri Sanson
Charles-Henri Sanson was the chief executioner of Paris during the French Revolution, notorious for overseeing numerous guillotine executions, including those of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
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B.
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville was a French revolutionary lawyer and public prosecutor best known for directing many of the political trials and executions during the Reign of Terror.
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C.
Sydney Carton
Sydney Carton is a dissipated but brilliant English lawyer in Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities," whose ultimate act of self-sacrifice defines his redemption.
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D.
Jean-Baptiste Carrier
Jean-Baptiste Carrier was a radical French Revolutionary politician and Jacobin best known for orchestrating brutal mass executions during the Reign of Terror, particularly in Nantes.
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E.
Butcher of Lyon
The "Butcher of Lyon" is the notorious nickname of Klaus Barbie, a Nazi SS officer responsible for brutal war crimes and torture in occupied France during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Paris executioner Charles-Henri Sanson