Franck Goddio
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Franck Goddio is a French underwater archaeologist renowned for discovering and excavating submerged ancient cities and shipwrecks, particularly off the coast of Egypt.
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| Franck Goddio canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Franck Goddio Context triple: [Canopus, excavatedBy, Franck Goddio]
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A.
Jean-Claude Olivier
Jean-Claude Olivier is a writer associated with the Juicy brand or publication.
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B.
Michel Andrault
Michel Andrault was a prominent French architect known for his influential large-scale housing and urban development projects in the late 20th century.
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C.
Jean-Claude Kalache
Jean-Claude Kalache is a cinematographer and lighting artist best known for his work on Pixar animated films such as Monsters, Inc.
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D.
Peter Biziou
Peter Biziou is a British cinematographer known for his work on films such as "Bugsy Malone" and the Oscar-winning "Mississippi Burning."
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E.
Serge Losique
Serge Losique is a Canadian film festival founder and cultural figure best known for creating and long directing the Montreal World Film Festival.
- 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: Franck Goddio Target entity description: Franck Goddio is a French underwater archaeologist renowned for discovering and excavating submerged ancient cities and shipwrecks, particularly off the coast of Egypt.
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A.
Jean-Claude Olivier
Jean-Claude Olivier is a writer associated with the Juicy brand or publication.
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B.
Michel Andrault
Michel Andrault was a prominent French architect known for his influential large-scale housing and urban development projects in the late 20th century.
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C.
Jean-Claude Kalache
Jean-Claude Kalache is a cinematographer and lighting artist best known for his work on Pixar animated films such as Monsters, Inc.
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D.
Peter Biziou
Peter Biziou is a British cinematographer known for his work on films such as "Bugsy Malone" and the Oscar-winning "Mississippi Burning."
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E.
Serge Losique
Serge Losique is a Canadian film festival founder and cultural figure best known for creating and long directing the Montreal World Film Festival.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
maritime archaeologist
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person ⓘ underwater archaeologist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Egyptology
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maritime archaeology ⓘ underwater archaeology ⓘ |
| founded |
Institut Européen d’Archéologie Sous-Marine
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surface form:
European Institute for Underwater Archaeology
Institut Européen d’Archéologie Sous-Marine ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasCollaboratedWith |
Hilti Corporation
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surface form:
Hilti Foundation
Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology ⓘ Egyptian Antiquities Service ⓘ
surface form:
Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt
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| hasConductedResearchIn |
Egypt
ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ |
| hasExhibitedAt |
British Museum
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surface form:
British Museum, London
Grand Palais, Paris ⓘ Martin-Gropius-Bau ⓘ
surface form:
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
|
| hasWorkedOn |
Aboukir Bay archaeological sites
ⓘ
Napoleon’s fleet shipwrecks off Aboukir Bay ⓘ ruins of the Serapeum of Alexandria ⓘ
surface form:
Portus Magnus of Alexandria underwater sites
Royal quarters of ancient Alexandria (submerged district) ⓘ sunken palace area associated with Cleopatra VII in Alexandria ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large-scale mapping of submerged ancient urban landscapes
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public exhibitions of underwater archaeological finds ⓘ use of advanced geophysical survey techniques in underwater archaeology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement | modern underwater archaeology ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration with the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt
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discovery and excavation of the ancient city of Canopus (Egypt) ⓘ discovery and excavation of the ancient city of Menouthis ⓘ discovery and excavation of the ancient city of Thonis-Heracleion ⓘ discovery of submerged ancient cities in Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ excavation of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ excavation of shipwrecks in the Red Sea ⓘ underwater excavations off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alexandria: The Submerged Royal Quarters
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Egypt’s Sunken Treasures ⓘ Sunken Treasures of Egypt (exhibition catalogue) ⓘ Thonis-Heracleion: The Lost City of the Pharaohs ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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explorer ⓘ underwater archaeologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology ⓘ |
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