Pierre Laclède
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Pierre Laclède was an 18th-century French fur trader and colonial entrepreneur best known for establishing the settlement that became St. Louis, Missouri.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pierre Laclède canonical | 10 |
| Pierre Laclède Liguest | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T90001 — 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: Pierre Laclède Context triple: [St. Louis, Missouri, United States, foundedBy, Pierre Laclède]
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A.
Jacques Marquette
Jacques Marquette was a 17th-century French Jesuit missionary and explorer known for his expeditions in the Great Lakes region and along the Mississippi River.
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B.
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville was a French colonial administrator and explorer who played a key role in the early history of Louisiana and served multiple terms as governor of French Louisiana.
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C.
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was a French explorer and colonial administrator best known for establishing the settlement that became the city of Detroit in New France.
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D.
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville was a French-Canadian explorer, naval officer, and soldier renowned for his campaigns against the English in North America and for helping to establish French Louisiana.
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E.
John Sutter
John Sutter was a Swiss-born pioneer and landowner in Mexican and early American California, best known for establishing the agricultural empire around which Sacramento developed and for his connection to the California Gold Rush.
- 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: Pierre Laclède Target entity description: Pierre Laclède was an 18th-century French fur trader and colonial entrepreneur best known for establishing the settlement that became St. Louis, Missouri.
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A.
Jacques Marquette
Jacques Marquette was a 17th-century French Jesuit missionary and explorer known for his expeditions in the Great Lakes region and along the Mississippi River.
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B.
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville was a French colonial administrator and explorer who played a key role in the early history of Louisiana and served multiple terms as governor of French Louisiana.
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C.
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was a French explorer and colonial administrator best known for establishing the settlement that became the city of Detroit in New France.
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D.
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville was a French-Canadian explorer, naval officer, and soldier renowned for his campaigns against the English in North America and for helping to establish French Louisiana.
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E.
John Sutter
John Sutter was a Swiss-born pioneer and landowner in Mexican and early American California, best known for establishing the agricultural empire around which Sacramento developed and for his connection to the California Gold Rush.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French fur trader
ⓘ
colonial entrepreneur ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activity |
established trading relationships with Indigenous peoples of the Mississippi Valley
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organized fur trade with Native American tribes ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chouteau family
ⓘ
French colonial merchants in Louisiana ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1729-11-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Bedous, Béarn, France ⓘ |
| businessPartner | Gilbert Antoine de Maxent ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Laclede County, Missouri
ⓘ
Laclede's Landing, St. Louis ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1778-06-20 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
en route from New Orleans toward St. Louis
ⓘ
near the Mississippi River, Arkansas Territory ⓘ |
| employer | Maxent, Laclède and Company ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| founded |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
|
| founder | Pierre Laclède self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key figure in early European settlement of the central Mississippi Valley ⓘ |
| knownFor |
establishing a French trading post on the west bank of the Mississippi River
ⓘ
founding the settlement that became St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| legacy | considered a founder of St. Louis ⓘ |
| name |
Pierre Laclède
self-link
ⓘ
Pierre Laclède self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Pierre Laclède Liguest
|
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
led expedition from New Orleans to establish a trading post on the Mississippi
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selected site for St. Louis in 1763–1764 ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial entrepreneur
ⓘ
fur trader ⓘ merchant ⓘ |
| partner | Auguste Chouteau ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
New France
ⓘ
surface form:
French colonial Louisiana
transition of Louisiana from French to Spanish control ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
New France
ⓘ
surface form:
French Louisiana
Spanish Louisiana ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
New Orleans
ⓘ
surface form:
New Orleans, Louisiana
St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
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| settlementFoundedDate | 1764 ⓘ |
| stepfather | Pierre Laclède self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| tradingRegion |
Mississippi River valley
ⓘ
Mississippi River valley ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Louisiana
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pierre Laclède Description of subject: Pierre Laclède was an 18th-century French fur trader and colonial entrepreneur best known for establishing the settlement that became St. Louis, Missouri.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pierre Laclède Liguest
subject surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
subject surface form:
Auguste Chouteau
subject surface form:
Laclede, Missouri