Henri-Maurice Perrault
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Henri-Maurice Perrault was a 19th-century Canadian architect and civil engineer known for his influential role in shaping Montreal’s civic architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henri-Maurice Perrault canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3782363 — 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-Maurice Perrault Context triple: [Montreal City Hall, architect, Henri-Maurice Perrault]
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A.
Auguste Mercier
Auguste Mercier was a French general and Minister of War best known for his central and controversial role in the Dreyfus affair.
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B.
Eustache de Saint Pierre
Eustache de Saint Pierre was a prominent 14th-century citizen of Calais famed for volunteering as one of the burghers to sacrifice himself to King Edward III during the siege of Calais in the Hundred Years’ War.
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C.
Salomon de Brosse
Salomon de Brosse was a prominent early 17th-century French architect known for helping shape the transition from French Renaissance to classical Baroque architecture.
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D.
Pierre-Charles Le Monnier
Pierre-Charles Le Monnier was an 18th-century French astronomer known for his work on lunar theory, planetary observations, and contributions to the determination of longitudes.
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E.
Paul Scarron
Paul Scarron was a 17th-century French poet, dramatist, and novelist known for his burlesque works and as the first husband of Françoise d’Aubigné, later Madame de Maintenon.
- 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-Maurice Perrault Target entity description: Henri-Maurice Perrault was a 19th-century Canadian architect and civil engineer known for his influential role in shaping Montreal’s civic architecture.
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A.
Auguste Mercier
Auguste Mercier was a French general and Minister of War best known for his central and controversial role in the Dreyfus affair.
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B.
Eustache de Saint Pierre
Eustache de Saint Pierre was a prominent 14th-century citizen of Calais famed for volunteering as one of the burghers to sacrifice himself to King Edward III during the siege of Calais in the Hundred Years’ War.
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C.
Salomon de Brosse
Salomon de Brosse was a prominent early 17th-century French architect known for helping shape the transition from French Renaissance to classical Baroque architecture.
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D.
Pierre-Charles Le Monnier
Pierre-Charles Le Monnier was an 18th-century French astronomer known for his work on lunar theory, planetary observations, and contributions to the determination of longitudes.
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E.
Paul Scarron
Paul Scarron was a 17th-century French poet, dramatist, and novelist known for his burlesque works and as the first husband of Françoise d’Aubigné, later Madame de Maintenon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian architect
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Canadian civil engineer ⓘ architect ⓘ civil engineer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
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Province of Canada ⓘ |
| employer |
Montreal
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surface form:
City of Montreal
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| ethnicGroup | French Canadian ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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civil engineering ⓘ urban infrastructure ⓘ |
| genre |
civic architecture
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public architecture ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | development of Montreal’s urban landscape ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
British North American engineering practices
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French architectural traditions ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
professional community of Canadian architects
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professional community of Canadian civil engineers ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
design of public buildings in Montreal
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development of Montreal’s water supply infrastructure ⓘ integration of engineering and architectural design in civic projects ⓘ shaping Montreal’s civic architecture ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Montreal City Hall
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Montreal aqueduct system ⓘ Montreal waterworks projects ⓘ civic buildings in Montreal ⓘ public infrastructure in Montreal ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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civil engineer ⓘ surveyor ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of architecture in Canada
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history of civil engineering in Canada ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Montreal ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Montreal ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
city surveyor of Montreal
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municipal engineer in Montreal ⓘ |
| residence | Montreal ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Montreal
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Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Henri-Maurice Perrault Description of subject: Henri-Maurice Perrault was a 19th-century Canadian architect and civil engineer known for his influential role in shaping Montreal’s civic architecture.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.