Adolphe Thiers
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Adolphe Thiers was a French statesman and historian who served as the first president of the French Third Republic and played a key role in suppressing the Paris Commune.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adolphe Thiers canonical | 15 |
| Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1540288 — 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: Adolphe Thiers Context triple: [French Third Republic, notablePresident, Adolphe Thiers]
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A.
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis was a prominent French jurist and statesman best known as a principal architect of the Napoleonic Code and a key figure in shaping modern civil law.
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B.
Léon Gambetta
Léon Gambetta was a prominent French republican statesman who played a key leadership role in organizing France’s resistance and government during and after the Franco-Prussian War.
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C.
Émile Loubet
Émile Loubet was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1899 to 1906, overseeing a period of political stabilization during the Third Republic.
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D.
Marie François Sadi Carnot
Marie François Sadi Carnot was a French statesman who served as President of the French Third Republic from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.
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E.
Élie Guadet
Élie Guadet was a prominent French lawyer and revolutionary politician, best known as a leading figure of the moderate Girondin faction 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: Adolphe Thiers Target entity description: Adolphe Thiers was a French statesman and historian who served as the first president of the French Third Republic and played a key role in suppressing the Paris Commune.
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A.
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis was a prominent French jurist and statesman best known as a principal architect of the Napoleonic Code and a key figure in shaping modern civil law.
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B.
Léon Gambetta
Léon Gambetta was a prominent French republican statesman who played a key leadership role in organizing France’s resistance and government during and after the Franco-Prussian War.
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C.
Émile Loubet
Émile Loubet was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1899 to 1906, overseeing a period of political stabilization during the Third Republic.
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D.
Marie François Sadi Carnot
Marie François Sadi Carnot was a French statesman who served as President of the French Third Republic from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.
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E.
Élie Guadet
Élie Guadet was a prominent French lawyer and revolutionary politician, best known as a leading figure of the moderate Girondin faction during the French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French politician
ⓘ
historian ⓘ human ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Père Lachaise Cemetery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1797-04-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1877-09-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Lycée Thiers
ⓘ
University of Aix-Marseille ⓘ
surface form:
University of Aix-en-Provence
|
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Thiers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
history of the French Revolution
ⓘ
political history ⓘ |
| fullName |
Adolphe Thiers
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers
|
| givenName | Adolphe ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment | France ⓘ |
| headOfState | France ⓘ |
| knownFor |
first President of the French Third Republic
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negotiating the end of the Franco-Prussian War ⓘ role in suppressing the Paris Commune ⓘ |
| languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned | French ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie française
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Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques ⓘ
surface form:
French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
|
| movement |
House of Orléans
ⓘ
surface form:
Orléanism
|
| notableWork |
Histoire de la Révolution française
ⓘ
Histoire du Consulat et de l’Empire ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Franco-Prussian War
ⓘ
surface form:
Franco-Prussian War (aftermath)
suppression of the Paris Commune ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bouches-du-Rhône
ⓘ
France ⓘ Marseille ⓘ Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
ⓘ
Saint-Germain-en-Laye ⓘ Yvelines ⓘ Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form:
Île-de-France
|
| politicalAlignment | liberalism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief of the Executive Power of the French Republic
ⓘ
Deputy in the Chamber of Deputies of France ⓘ Member of the National Assembly of France ⓘ Minister of Foreign Affairs of France ⓘ Minister of the Interior of France ⓘ President of the French Republic ⓘ
surface form:
President of France
President of the French Third Republic ⓘ Prime Minister of France ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| signature | signature of Adolphe Thiers (image) ⓘ |
| spouse | Élise Dosne ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Adolphe Thiers Description of subject: Adolphe Thiers was a French statesman and historian who served as the first president of the French Third Republic and played a key role in suppressing the Paris Commune.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers