Henri Giraud
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Henri Giraud was a French general and key Free French leader during World War II who briefly co-led the French Committee of National Liberation alongside Charles de Gaulle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henri Giraud canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T140892 — 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: Henri Giraud Context triple: [Operation Torch, commander, Henri Giraud]
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A.
Georges Catroux
Georges Catroux was a French general and diplomat who became a prominent leader in the Free French movement during World War II.
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B.
Charles Léon
Charles Léon was the illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte and a French servant, known primarily for his connection to the emperor.
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C.
Théodore Maunoir
Théodore Maunoir was a Swiss physician and humanitarian who was one of the key co-founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the 19th century.
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D.
Émile Nouguier
Émile Nouguier was a French civil engineer best known as one of the principal designers of the Eiffel Tower.
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E.
Stephen Sauvestre
Stephen Sauvestre was a French architect best known for designing the architectural embellishments and final aesthetic of the Eiffel Tower.
- 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: Henri Giraud Target entity description: Henri Giraud was a French general and key Free French leader during World War II who briefly co-led the French Committee of National Liberation alongside Charles de Gaulle.
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A.
Georges Catroux
Georges Catroux was a French general and diplomat who became a prominent leader in the Free French movement during World War II.
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B.
Charles Léon
Charles Léon was the illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte and a French servant, known primarily for his connection to the emperor.
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C.
Théodore Maunoir
Théodore Maunoir was a Swiss physician and humanitarian who was one of the key co-founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the 19th century.
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D.
Émile Nouguier
Émile Nouguier was a French civil engineer best known as one of the principal designers of the Eiffel Tower.
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E.
Stephen Sauvestre
Stephen Sauvestre was a French architect best known for designing the architectural embellishments and final aesthetic of the Eiffel Tower.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French general
ⓘ
World War II military personnel ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Allies of World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Allied powers
Charles de Gaulle ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| awardReceived | Légion d'honneur ⓘ |
| coLed |
Free France
ⓘ
surface form:
French Committee of National Liberation
|
| conflict |
World War I
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| describedAs | key Free French leader during World War II ⓘ |
| escapeFrom | German captivity in World War II ⓘ |
| familyName | Giraud ⓘ |
| givenName | Henri ⓘ |
| ideology | French nationalism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Free French Forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Free French forces
French Army ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| militaryStatus | prisoner of war of Germany during World War II ⓘ |
| notableEvent | co-presidency of the French Committee of National Liberation in Algiers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
escape from German captivity during World War II
ⓘ
rivalry and political tension with Charles de Gaulle ⓘ role in aligning French North Africa with the Allies ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership of Free French forces in North Africa ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Vichy ⓘ
surface form:
Vichy regime
|
| participantIn |
French campaign of 1940
ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Free France
ⓘ
surface form:
Free French movement
|
| positionHeld |
Commander-in-Chief of French forces in North Africa
ⓘ
co-leader of the French Committee of National Liberation ⓘ |
| residence | French North Africa ⓘ |
| roleIn | transition of French North Africa from Vichy to Free French control ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharesPowerWith | Charles de Gaulle ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Henri Giraud Description of subject: Henri Giraud was a French general and key Free French leader during World War II who briefly co-led the French Committee of National Liberation alongside Charles de Gaulle.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Free French Forces