Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville
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Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville was a French revolutionary lawyer and public prosecutor best known for directing many of the political trials and executions during the Reign of Terror.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville canonical | 6 |
| Fouquier-Tinville | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4863178 — 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: Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville Context triple: [Trial of Louis XVI, prosecutor, Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville]
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A.
Jean-Baptiste Carrier
Jean-Baptiste Carrier was a radical French Revolutionary politician and Jacobin best known for orchestrating brutal mass executions during the Reign of Terror, particularly in Nantes.
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B.
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Jean-Pierre Marielle was a renowned French actor celebrated for his distinctive voice and memorable roles in French cinema and theatre.
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C.
Sydney Carton
Sydney Carton is a dissipated but brilliant English lawyer in Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities," whose ultimate act of self-sacrifice defines his redemption.
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D.
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre was a leading Jacobin lawyer and politician who became a central architect of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
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E.
Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette
Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette was a radical French revolutionary leader and influential Parisian politician known for his role in de-Christianization and popular revolutionary politics during the French Revolution.
- 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: Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville Target entity description: Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville was a French revolutionary lawyer and public prosecutor best known for directing many of the political trials and executions during the Reign of Terror.
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A.
Jean-Baptiste Carrier
Jean-Baptiste Carrier was a radical French Revolutionary politician and Jacobin best known for orchestrating brutal mass executions during the Reign of Terror, particularly in Nantes.
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B.
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Jean-Pierre Marielle was a renowned French actor celebrated for his distinctive voice and memorable roles in French cinema and theatre.
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C.
Sydney Carton
Sydney Carton is a dissipated but brilliant English lawyer in Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities," whose ultimate act of self-sacrifice defines his redemption.
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D.
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre was a leading Jacobin lawyer and politician who became a central architect of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
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E.
Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette
Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette was a radical French revolutionary leader and influential Parisian politician known for his role in de-Christianization and popular revolutionary politics during the French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French revolutionary figure
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human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ public prosecutor ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Law of 22 Prairial enforcement
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linked to:
Law of 22 Prairial
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| causeOfDeath | decapitation ⓘ |
| convictedOf | crimes committed during the Reign of Terror ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1746-06-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1795-05-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Collège des Bons-Enfants de Reims ⓘ |
| employer | Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| executedBy | French authorities ⓘ |
| familyName |
Fouquier-Tinville
ⓘ
linked to:
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville
|
| givenName | Antoine ⓘ |
| hasRole | accuser in major political trials ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by guillotine ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Jacobin movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Jacobin Club
|
| movement | French Revolution ⓘ |
| name | Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
directing political trials during the French Revolution
ⓘ
role in the Reign of Terror ⓘ |
| notableTrial |
trial of Georges Danton
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linked to:
Revolutionary Tribunal
trial of Marie Antoinette ⓘ trial of the Girondins ⓘ
linked to:
Revolutionary Tribunal
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| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
public prosecutor ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
French Revolutionary Tribunal proceedings
ⓘ
linked to:
Revolutionary Tribunal
Reign of Terror ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Aisne
ⓘ
Herouël ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Picardy ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | radical revolutionary ⓘ |
| positionHeld | public prosecutor of the Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | Paris ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
numerous executions during the Reign of Terror
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numerous political trials ⓘ |
| sentencedTo | death ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Henriette Gérard ⓘ |
| trial | tried after the fall of Robespierre ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (7)
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linked to: Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville