Charles Alexandre de Calonne
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Charles Alexandre de Calonne was a French statesman and Controller-General of Finances under Louis XVI, best known for his ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful attempts at financial reform on the eve of the French Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
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| Charles Alexandre de Calonne canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20382337 — 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: Charles Alexandre de Calonne Context triple: [Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne, predecessor, Charles Alexandre de Calonne]
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A.
Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne
Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne was an 18th-century French cardinal and statesman who served as Louis XVI’s finance minister and played a key role in the political crisis leading up to the French Revolution.
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B.
François-Marie de Barthélemy
François-Marie de Barthélemy was a French diplomat and politician of the Revolutionary era, notably serving as a negotiator of key peace treaties and briefly as a Director of the French Republic.
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C.
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles was a prominent French revolutionary politician and jurist who helped draft the French Constitution of 1793 and served as president of the National Convention before being executed during the Reign of Terror.
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D.
Louis-Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Louis-Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil was a French aristocrat, diplomat, and royal minister under Louis XVI, known for his staunch support of absolute monarchy during the turbulent years leading up to and during the French Revolution.
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E.
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois was a French revolutionary, actor, and politician who became a prominent Jacobin leader and key organizer of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
- 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 Alexandre de Calonne Target entity description: Charles Alexandre de Calonne was a French statesman and Controller-General of Finances under Louis XVI, best known for his ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful attempts at financial reform on the eve of the French Revolution.
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A.
Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne
Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne was an 18th-century French cardinal and statesman who served as Louis XVI’s finance minister and played a key role in the political crisis leading up to the French Revolution.
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B.
François-Marie de Barthélemy
François-Marie de Barthélemy was a French diplomat and politician of the Revolutionary era, notably serving as a negotiator of key peace treaties and briefly as a Director of the French Republic.
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C.
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles was a prominent French revolutionary politician and jurist who helped draft the French Constitution of 1793 and served as president of the National Convention before being executed during the Reign of Terror.
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D.
Louis-Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Louis-Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil was a French aristocrat, diplomat, and royal minister under Louis XVI, known for his staunch support of absolute monarchy during the turbulent years leading up to and during the French Revolution.
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E.
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois was a French revolutionary, actor, and politician who became a prominent Jacobin leader and key organizer of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.