Thomas-Alexandre
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Thomas-Alexandre was a pioneering French general of Haitian descent in Revolutionary France and the father of novelist Alexandre Dumas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas-Alexandre canonical | 2 |
| Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3435591 — 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: Thomas-Alexandre Context triple: [Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, givenName, Thomas-Alexandre]
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A.
Alexandre Pétion
Alexandre Pétion was a key leader of the Haitian Revolution who became the first president of the Republic of Haiti and is remembered as a founding father of the nation.
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B.
Bonhomme Richard
Bonhomme Richard was the famous American Revolutionary War frigate commanded by John Paul Jones, best known for its fierce 1779 battle against HMS Serapis.
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C.
Baraque Michel
Baraque Michel is a high plateau area and former coaching inn in Belgium’s High Fens, known as one of the country’s coldest and highest inhabited spots and a popular starting point for hikes in the surrounding nature reserve.
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D.
Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette was a French aristocrat and military officer who became a key ally of the American Revolution and later an influential figure in the French Revolution.
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E.
Georges Washington de Lafayette
Georges Washington de Lafayette was the son of the famed French Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette, who served as a French military officer and politician during the turbulent years of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era.
- 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: Thomas-Alexandre Target entity description: Thomas-Alexandre was a pioneering French general of Haitian descent in Revolutionary France and the father of novelist Alexandre Dumas.
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A.
Alexandre Pétion
Alexandre Pétion was a key leader of the Haitian Revolution who became the first president of the Republic of Haiti and is remembered as a founding father of the nation.
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B.
Bonhomme Richard
Bonhomme Richard was the famous American Revolutionary War frigate commanded by John Paul Jones, best known for its fierce 1779 battle against HMS Serapis.
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C.
Baraque Michel
Baraque Michel is a high plateau area and former coaching inn in Belgium’s High Fens, known as one of the country’s coldest and highest inhabited spots and a popular starting point for hikes in the surrounding nature reserve.
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D.
Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette was a French aristocrat and military officer who became a key ally of the American Revolution and later an influential figure in the French Revolution.
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E.
Georges Washington de Lafayette
Georges Washington de Lafayette was the son of the famed French Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette, who served as a French military officer and politician during the turbulent years of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French general
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ person of Haitian descent ⓘ |
| allegiance | French First Republic ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexandre Dumas père’s father
Thomas-Alexandre ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie
|
| birthDate | 1762-03-25 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Jeremie, Saint-Domingue
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French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ
surface form:
Saint-Domingue
present-day Haiti ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Villers-Cotterêts
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surface form:
Villers-Cotterêts, France
|
| causeOfImprisonment | captured returning from Egyptian campaign ⓘ |
| child |
Alexandre Dumas
ⓘ
Alexandre Dumas ⓘ
surface form:
Alexandre Dumas père
|
| citizenship | France ⓘ |
| conflict | French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1806-02-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Villers-Cotterêts
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surface form:
Villers-Cotterêts, France
|
| ethnicOrigin |
African
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French ⓘ |
| familyName |
Alexandre Dumas
ⓘ
surface form:
Dumas
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| father | Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas-Alexandre self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
French Revolution
ⓘ
Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| imprisonedIn | Kingdom of Naples ⓘ |
| inspired | characters in the works of Alexandre Dumas ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
French Revolutionary Army
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surface form:
French Army
|
| mother | Marie-Cessette Dumas ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the highest-ranking officers of African descent in a Western army of his time
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opposition to some policies of Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ pioneering role as a Black general in Revolutionary France ⓘ service in the Army of the Alps ⓘ service in the Egyptian campaign ⓘ service in the Italian campaigns ⓘ |
| occupation |
military commander
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soldier ⓘ |
| race | mixed-race ⓘ |
| rank |
general
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general of division ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1802 ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 1786 ⓘ |
| spouse | Marie-Louise Élisabeth Labouret ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
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biographical studies on mixed-race officers in Revolutionary France ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie
subject surface form:
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
subject surface form:
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
this entity surface form:
Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie