Charles de Beauharnois
E451800
Charles de Beauharnois was an 18th-century French naval officer and colonial administrator who served as Governor General of New France during a period of imperial rivalry in North America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles de Beauharnois canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4546426 — 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: Charles de Beauharnois Context triple: [French colonial authorities in New France, notableOfficeHolder, Charles de Beauharnois]
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A.
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux was a French revolutionary politician and member of the Directoire (Directory) who played a key role in the government of France during the late 1790s.
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B.
Charles de Noailles
Charles de Noailles was a French aristocrat and influential patron of the arts and avant-garde cinema in the early 20th century.
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C.
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières was an 18th–19th century French politician, naturalist, and pioneering Pyrenean mountaineer noted for his scientific exploration of the Pyrenees.
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D.
Louis Coulon de Villiers
Louis Coulon de Villiers was a French military officer best known for leading the 1754 expedition that forced George Washington’s surrender during the early stages of the French and Indian War.
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E.
Charles Louis Borie Jr.
Charles Louis Borie Jr. was an American architect known for his work on prominent public and institutional buildings in the early 20th century, including contributions to the design of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- 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: Charles de Beauharnois Target entity description: Charles de Beauharnois was an 18th-century French naval officer and colonial administrator who served as Governor General of New France during a period of imperial rivalry in North America.
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A.
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux was a French revolutionary politician and member of the Directoire (Directory) who played a key role in the government of France during the late 1790s.
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B.
Charles de Noailles
Charles de Noailles was a French aristocrat and influential patron of the arts and avant-garde cinema in the early 20th century.
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C.
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières was an 18th–19th century French politician, naturalist, and pioneering Pyrenean mountaineer noted for his scientific exploration of the Pyrenees.
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D.
Louis Coulon de Villiers
Louis Coulon de Villiers was a French military officer best known for leading the 1754 expedition that forced George Washington’s surrender during the early stages of the French and Indian War.
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E.
Charles Louis Borie Jr.
Charles Louis Borie Jr. was an American architect known for his work on prominent public and institutional buildings in the early 20th century, including contributions to the design of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French colonial administrator
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French naval officer ⓘ Governor General of New France ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | French colonial policy in North America ⓘ |
| continentOfActivity |
Europe
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North America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| employer |
French Navy
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French colonial administration ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName | de Beauharnois ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
colonial governance
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naval affairs ⓘ |
| genre | colonial administration ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Navy ⓘ |
| name | Charles de Beauharnois ⓘ |
| notableFor | governorship of New France during Anglo-French rivalry ⓘ |
| notableWork | administration of New France ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial administrator
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naval officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | imperial rivalry in North America ⓘ |
| politicalEntityGoverned | New France ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Governor General of New France ⓘ |
| residence |
France
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New France ⓘ |
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: Charles de Beauharnois Description of subject: Charles de Beauharnois was an 18th-century French naval officer and colonial administrator who served as Governor General of New France during a period of imperial rivalry in North America.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.